Posted on 01/26/2010 8:46:55 AM PST by jazusamo
President Obama's response to the catastrophic political failures of his freshman year in office is to fight harder for more of the same. Presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett made the point explicitly on Sunday, asserting that the White House is "not hitting a reset button at all." That reflects the kind of political savvy that handed the safest Democratic Senate seat in America to a Republican.
Mr. Obama seems unaware that he is part of the problem. The president credited Scott Brown's historic Senate-race victory in Massachusetts last week to the same voter frustration that swept him into office in 2008. The glitch in that worldview is that Mr. Brown ran explicitly against the Obama agenda.
Mr. Obama's response to comparisons to 1994, when Democrats lost control of both the House and Senate, is that "the big difference here and in '94 was you've got me." Mr. Obama certainly is making a big difference, but none that should give comfort to his party.
Gallup polling data show he is the most polarizing first-year president since records have been kept, significantly more so than Bill Clinton, the previous record holder. Mr. Obama's approval rating dropped faster than Mr. Clinton's in his first year, and generic ballots for the 2010 race show Republicans in an as good or better position compared to 1994 or 2006, when Congress last changed hands. A Fox News poll from January 2006 found a 51 percent disapproval rate for the then-Republican Congress. The same poll this month shows disapproval with the Democratic Congress at 63 percent.
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Its only gonna get worse
I agree even though an argument can be made against it. I remember the fiasco of Jimmah in the WH, it wasn’t pretty.
Hmph. Obama is still a strong contender for that title.
It may be so, but the GOP should refrain from extreme personal assaults. I’m not saying “respect the office”, although I suppose that could be something to keep in mind. Instead, follow that rule, “If your enemy is hurting himself, get out of the way”. Republicans should call liars “liars” and always be ready to debate the opposition on the facts. If however we’re not prepared to call for handing the oval office over to Biden by reason of Obama’s loss of sanity, then we ought to avoid these sorts of attacks. Remember the Democrat left’s hyperventilating when Bush was doing well? Our situation is quite different now, but Obama is the main reason for his own problems, not us. If Obama’s luck changes (watch the economy), the last thing that the GOP should be doing is going down the list of ad-hominems. That is no substitute for a convincing and serious conservative agenda.
"Uh daaaaaahhhh I'm special... Beans and Bawney Fwanks! Beans and Bawney Fwanks! Uh daaaahhhhh..."
Good points, Obama is his own worst enemy now.
This little piggy went to market.............................and this little piggie went “wee wee”...all the way home to Chicago.
Swept into office? The difference between voters was around 7 million ... not exactly a sweep ....
As usual the “one” will use law enforcement officers as props for his speech to prove that he is tough on terrorism. What a joke!
Fort Hood Police Officers to be Guests at State of the Union Address
Two police officers credited with stopping last year’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood will be guests of the first lady during Wednesday’s State of the Union speech.
Especially considering he's only 1/4 of the way through his term...
“...is still safe.”
“bammy’s working on that....we hit the trifecta when interest rates pop to 20%....
When I first saw the headline I thought it said “0bama’s goose step on reality”, which is technically a correct statement, but not relevant to the topic.
WOW, is he really that narcissistic or is it an act?Keep opening your mouth BamBam, maybe you'll finally sink the liberal/progressive party and we can get this country back on a paying basis.
The definition of insanity bump......
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