With the president on the road again pushing legislation that the American people have long since decided they don’t want, we have yet another piece of evidence that the man who billed himself as a pragmatic politician on the campaign trail is anything but. Does he really believe that endless stumping for an overhaul of our nation’s health care system will cause Americans to change their minds and suddenly see the light, realizing they had been wrong to oppose it?
What we have seen in the year since Democrats began talking about this proposal is a near-steady increase in opposition, with only an occasional uptick in support. And we’ve seen candidates supporting the plan — or associated with the party backing their plan– lose their bids for office.
The debate is helping energize the opposition while demoralizing Democrats–and pushing independents toward the GOP.
And yet the president presses on. His determination should silence his left-wing critics beholden to more government-involvement in health care. He’s fighting their battle, even if hurts his party.
He may even succeed in this, but right now he seems like the singer who won’t leave the stage even after the public has tired of his music. He keeps on singing and singing, hoping he’ll receive once again the thunderous applause that greeted his opening number.
Very well said Dan.
I especially like how he speaks to crowds that are mostly full of Obama lovers and the few who support the Healthcare bill. So then on the media, it looks like everything is supported!
What John and BC said.
Excellent analogy!
….hell, he wont even leave the stage when the public is BOOING his music — which is what they are doing when 75% of Americans say they want to either start from scratch or stop altogether.
Obama’s radical associations, from Wright to Ayers, were on full display during the campaign yet over half the country voted for him anyway. Now they’re shocked to find out he’s not only an ideologue, but a far-left ideologue. This is what happens when people vote for “hope” over reality. And now we all have to live with the consequences. Damn!
Because he is hoping to change the festival forever. He doesn’t care if the crowd likes it or not; he wants to permanently occupy the space and, if possible, make the crowd think no one else is allowed there.
“Now they’re shocked to find out he’s not only an ideologue, but a far-left ideologue”
Actually, they are not shocked at all.
He retains almost all the support he had back on election day.
As for health care – Gallup poll – March 2,3
Are you confident or not confident that X would propose the right solution to healthcare situation?
Obama 49 – 49
Dems in Congress 37 – 60
Reps in Congress 32 – 62
Its all relative, ya see. To whatever extent Obama has a certain level of unpopularity, it is nothing compared to how Republicans, and conservatives are mistrusted and despised.
Just a few numbers to bear in mind….’
“[A] Newsmax/Zogby poll (Newsmax being, of course, a far right site) asked respondents: “Of the current living former presidents (plus Obama), which do you think is best equipped to deal with the problems the country faces today?”
Obama – 29%
Clinton – 19%
George W. Bush 18%
George H.W. Bush 8%
Carter -2 %
A “center-right” country, eh?
Head to head – would you want Bush back, or Obama?
Obama – 48%
Bush – 38%
Neither – 12%
Thats a bigger margin than he won by.
This is why Obama is going to win on healthcare, and probably do far less bad in November than y’all fantasize about. Ya can’t beat something with nothing, and as of now, the GOP continues to offer nothing that America is attracted to. So even if half of the country opposes, strongly, what Obama offers, it is better than the nihilism that y’all serve up.
I wonder when he is actually going to tap dance.
LOL. You work SO HARD to maintain your delusions!
Meanwhile, the truth is that “52 percent of Americans said President Barack Obama doesn’t deserve reelection in 2012”
52% is almost exactly the support he had on election day, and that many Amercans ALREADY want to fire him. A number that has only been going UP, and will only continue to go UP UP UP as he continues to destroy everything he touches!
But look at the bright side….Obama is finally uniting Americans! …behind the idea that he is a disastrous One-Term BLUNDER!
By the way, ONLY 44% said they WOULD re-elect him. So hes gone from 52.9% support on election day to 44% support now.
One-Term Blunder!
Hey Dan, I didn’t realize that you’d been to one of my gigs!!!! 🙂
In a way, I’m glad he’s not caving. It shows that at least he has the gumption to stick his neck out, even for a losing cause. He’s showing some backbone. Now, if we can just get him to apply that passion to reducing the deficit…
…and MORE poll fun for tardo, just because its fun to rub it in…
A majority of Americans say the US is now less respected in the world because of Obama than it was under Bush.
Tano seems only interested in the polls which he can understand.
Wonder why it is that all polls show that a majority (or substantial plurality) of Americans opposed the health care plan. And other polls show Americans favoring smaller government even if it means fewer services.
To suggest that we’re serving up nihilism is to remain clueless about conservative ideas, a pretty surprising admission from someone who spends so much time on a conservative blog claiming an interest in a dialogue on politics.
Even leading liberal pundits say the Democrats are in disarray, clueless on how to govern. Guess Obama’s cheerleaders are missing all that.
While Tano refuses to address the content of the post to which he attaches his comment while providing no polls showing that the public supports the president’s health care plan.
All the global warming he’s defending must have froze his brain.
How? He can’t even sell watermelons. Dan Blather said so, so it must be “accurate”.
Tano,
I can understand how you can take your comments to worried leftists as a way to calm their fears, but what effect do you expect here?
You do the sycophant’s job of bringing Rosie Scenario to the party, but then you attempt to get everyone else to leave their partner for an evening with Rosie. How does that work? First, there is not enough of Rosie to go around and, second, Rosie is so tarted up she looks like a refugee from a freak show.
What’s your game plan? Do you need an occasional berating in order to feel better?
And here’s the latest: 57% of Americans believe that ObamaCare will damage the economy.
Why?
What’s the biggest problem with ObamaCare? Majorities of all political affiliations agree: the cost. Hardly anyone believes the cost estimates. When asked whether the bill would exceed its cost estimates, 93% of Republicans, 70% of Democrats, and 80% of independents thought it at least somewhat likely — with 88% of Republicans and 73% of independents calling it “very likely.” Only 20% of Democrats thought it unlikely. Again, this looks like a big failure of the Obama administration’s efforts to sell the package as a cost containment program.
You gotta love the lefties. According to tano, everythings fine.
hehe
The change from a year ago in the media and in the democrat ranks is stunning. But the DNC word is, hey we’re fine.
VA NJ MA Copenhagen one and two. State of the Union.
Every nite now on ms NBC there’s constant hand wringing. Who should be fired, Axelrod, Emmanual, Gibbs……
Who’s delusional?