Jobs, Money, Scott Walker: Is It Time for Democrats to Panic?

National Journal ^ | June 7, 2012 | By Naureen Khan

[SMGFan]

Democrats are having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad June. But if it’s time to start panicking, most of them haven’t gotten the memo.

Despite a spate of negative news, Democrats nationwide, both publicly and privately, seem remarkably Zen about their party’s prospects in November and unwilling to take out any frustration on their man in the Oval Office just yet. “Is there any anxiety on our side? Yes,” said Jerry Crawford, a longtime Democratic activist in Iowa. “Should the other side be feeling at least as much anxiety? Yes. There’s plenty of concern everywhere for both sides.”

[SMGFan]

Be afraid Democrats , be very afraid.

[Jim Scott]

Obama is trying to sell failure as success on the basis that 'it could be worse' and 'it really isn't so bad'. Both memes are insulting to voters and won't help him. The fact that Democrats are still talking victory is what my father used to call 'whistling past the graveyard'.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The eleventh hour is near for the whack left...

[alloysteel]

Hubris.

I had often wondered just what that word meant. So I looked it up, and got this: “Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one’s own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power”.

Not that the Democrats would ever think this would apply to their actions. And most especially, Barack Hussein Obama could never picture himself falling into that category.

Imperial Rome had a number of Caesars who styled themselves beyond any earthly retribution for their acts. For all that, most of those also enjoyed surprisingly short reigns.

[Frank_2001]

If they’re not panicking now, they’re both insane AND stupid. If they want to avoid a 50-state blowout in Nov., IMO Joe Biden should resign and be replaced by Hillary.

[Frank_2001]

“Not that the Democrats would ever think this would apply to their actions.”

Remember how often the words “Bush” and “hubris” appeared in the same sentence?;)

[Paladin2]

"“It’s hard to get people to remember how bad things could’ve gotten—that’s a tough message to send,” said John Wertheim, a former Democratic Party official in New Mexico."

Yep, it IS difficult to remember a past that didn't happen. The guy is a regular genius, he is.

[SMGFan]

Seems like Democrats say you would be sick, homeless or even dead if it were not for us.

[Windflier]

Great post. Thanks for the definition.

“Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one’s own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power”.

[MasterGunner01]

Time to put the Donkeys on assisted suicide watch. That is, if they are despondent, do everything possible to help them make the decision for the Final Curtain. Consider it part of the Voluntary Human Extinction Project.

[Windflier]

"“It’s hard to get people to remember how bad things could’ve gotten—that’s a tough message to send,” said John Wertheim, a former Democratic Party official in New Mexico."

Yep, it IS difficult to remember a past that didn't happen. The guy is a regular genius, he is.

[Jim Scott]

If they’re not panicking now, they’re both insane AND stupid. If they want to avoid a 50-state blowout in Nov., IMO Joe Biden should resign and be replaced by Hillary.

I don't believe Hillary Clinton as VP could save Obama - and I doubt that she really wants to save him, but why give the Democrats any ideas? Or, as Napoleon Bonaparte once put it: "never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake".