Sorry for my absence from the blog. I blame my real job and a nasty sinus infection that just won’t go away.
Anyway, I was just weeding through a ton of GayPatriot email and found this devastating summary by Dick Morris of President Obama’s current political situation. I usually give Dick Morris just about grain of salt, so it was the Zogby poll numbers that really caught my eye. (That would be the traditionally Democrat-leaning Zogby poll)
- People under 30 — long a key element of his support — give him no better than break-even ratings, with 41 percent approving and 41 percent disapproving of the job he’s doing, according to Zogby.
- Only 75 percent of Democrats, who formerly have supported Obama strongly, now approve of his performance in office. Zogby reports that this represents a slide of more than 10 points over the summer.
- Even among blacks, only 74 percent approve of the job he’s doing (also a drop of more than 10 points).
- Hispanics, who voted for him by a margin of more than 40 points, now break even (36-36) when rating his performance.
- Independents, the key swing group in our politics, now deliver a sharply negative 37-50 verdict on Obama’s job performance. The elderly also give him negative ratings by 42-51.
Whoa. Obama’s popularity crash is truly breathtaking and something I never thought I would see so soon. Morris points out, rightly, that this leaves Obama with few good options on healthcare reform.
He obviously can’t get 60 votes in the Senate for his health-care proposals in their current form. No Republican will support them, and moderate Democrats aren’t likely to vote with him.
If he tries to pass it with 50 votes, using so-called reconciliation procedures, he may also fail — because he’d also lose the votes of less-moderate Democrats who’d quail at using parliamentary tricks to pass such a radical, unpopular program.
If Obama waters down his proposals to attract moderate support, he’d lose votes on the left — perhaps more than he’d gain, at this point.
Yet the longer he takes to resolve this political problem, the more his ratings will slip — diminishing his power to achieve anything. No president with support in the 30s would be able to push through a program like his health-care agenda.
Healthcare reform has become a death spiral that looks like a bottomless pit for Obama and fellow Democrats. Morris points out that Clinton recovered by tacking to the right. I was always amazed how Clinton had an epiphany and discovered his interest a balanced budget in 1995; following the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994, of course.
But what is Obama to do when clearly he has only radical leftist bones in his body?
What to do, Chairman Obama? What to do? Ah, I know…. talk to the chillllllllllldren.
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
I also give Dick Morris a grain of salt, but as you point out, others’ numbers support his conclusions. Looks like it’s going to be an interesting fall.
Yep, I asked my kids’ teacher if they were participating in the president’s address to the students and she gave me a very enthusiastic “Yes, isn’t it great?! I’m sure he’ll say some inspirational things!”. Needless to say, I don’t share the same enthusiasm she does. I already teach my kids to work hard, stay in school and do their best without the president making speeches to my kids to do the same.
I would feel better if the transcript of his speech were available to parents prior to his address. I have a very bad feeling that this will be only the first speech in a series to the kids and that, in the future, the topics will vary beyond the scope of his “work hard and stay in school” message.
It could be the start of a series, based upon indoctrination… Hitler style…. not very healthy at all……
Anyway it is all about Barry and not the USA….
“No Liberal or Progressive will lose their Seat(Congress) if the Public Option is not in the Insurance Reform Bill: There are Moderates(Conservatives)who will lose their seat if the Public Option is in the bill. This is the state of Health Care Reform. Liberals and Progressives need to get used to the idea, there will be no public option…”
– Mara Liasson, NPR.
Sounds about right to me.
Best wishes,
-MFS
I would feel better if the transcript of his speech were available to parents prior to his address.
RPOF Chairman Jim Greer has been all over this. From one of the RPOF’s e-mails today:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ib8qja0qqnnbZFsHF7kP6GV9XVfQD9AG43GO0
Chairman Greer has said:
I don’t want to compare Obama to Michael Jackson because I like Michael Jackson, but this “talk to the children” thing is kinda creepy. Jackson started turning to relationships with children (I don’t think he was a pedophile, but let’s not argue that again since it has nothing to do with this point) when he felt he couldn’t handle adult responsibilities. I wonder if Obama is tired of those mean ol’ adults and wants to see himself inspiring all those sweet, innocent children. If they start singing “Heal the World,” we’ll know.
I hope that all of you that have school age children and grandchildren will urge your school districts to have the teachers view this travesty first to see if it might be suitable to be viewed at a letter date.
If Bruce was ins chool, he would be absent that day. We would do something educational but he would NOT be in school to listen to this campaign speech.
Please urge your districts to not show this live.
The revelation that so many of the president’s czars are whackjobs has put his defenders in a bind.
On the one hand, if they claim the whacko policy views (destroy capitalism, coerced abortion) are extreme, they have to explain why Obama hired and continues to employ these whackjobs.
If they say there’s nothing in their views that’s out of the ordinary, then they admit mainline progressive thought/the Obama agenda is to destroy capitalism and enact Draconian methods of population control.
Tough choice.
V the K,
The current plan of our resident trolls seems to mirror the administration:
Don’t talk about it and pray it goes away.
Thank you Ash, that has long been my view exactly.