The Human Pinata
Posted on 10/12/2010 6:05:20 PM PDT by Justaham
The more popular half of the White House's first couple is hitting the campaign trail.
Michelle Obama, who has largely avoided political events this midterm cycle, is slated to hold rallies and fundraisers for Democratic Senate candidates in seven states over the next two weeks, including stops in Illinois, Colorado, and Wisconsin.
Obama campaigned extensively for her husband during the 2008 presidential race, although her individual appearances were generally low-key, featuring intimate roundtable events and discussions about specific policy issues like support for military families. The upcoming tour of midterm battleground states -- Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin, New York, Washington, Connecticut, and California -- will be her most extensive foray into campaign politics for more than two years.
The first lady remains much more popular than her husband nationwide. An NBC/WSJ poll in August showed less than one in five respondents saying they have a negative view of Mrs. Obama.
She is particularly popular with women, African Americans and other core Democratic voters – constituencies that could be crucial in tight Senate races nationwide. According to the NBC/WSJ poll, 57 percent of female respondents have a positive impression of Michelle Obama, compared to just 43 percent of men. Comparatively, just 48 percent of women view Barack Obama in a positive light.
Michelle Obama also performs better than her husband now with suburban voters and retirees.
But a downside for Obama could be that her fans – not unlike 2008 Obama voters as a whole – simply aren't all that motivated to vote in November. Almost 60 percent of Michelle Obama supporters expressed relatively low interest in the midterm elections when they were surveyed in August.
Democrats are hoping that the first lady can turn those numbers around.
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The poor stump was probably just sitting their minding its own business, and never saw it coming.
who would actually listen to chewy?
Is that what she calls him?
Who is paying for this tour? Will the Obama’s or their commie ‘RAT pals be footing the bill for the planes and Secret Service?
First Lady is a stump.
I can’t fathom just why anyone would want to be near this monstrosity. The big question is “Are you still proud to be an American, you fool?”
Laughable. What is this Oprah wannabe going to tell the double digit unemployed in these states? How much she enjoyed her trip to a Spanish resort?
The rout is on folks.
Laughable. What is this Oprah wannabe going to tell the double digit unemployed in these states? How much she enjoyed her trip to a Spanish resort?
The rout is on folks.
No, we call her the First Wookie. :0)
Laughable. What is this Oprah wannabe going to tell the double digit unemployed in these states? How much she enjoyed her trip to a Spanish resort?
The rout is on folks.
Let’s hope that the stump hits back.
‘more popular’
my *ss.
The Human Pinata
She back digging a White House garden?
I bet it was the other way around and prolly the whole tree
Unfortunate headline. 8-)
As they say down the bayou, "Good bye stump!".
the first lady hits the stumps....and hurt her rump.
I love that! If she's the more popular half, that tells us lots about the trouble obammy is in................
I certainly have never heard any complimentary things about her other than from the lamestream media.
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