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February 16, 2010
Big Trouble For Democrats
A CNN poll found 52% believe President Obama doesn't deserve to be re-elected! The results are the same whether pollsters are asking all Americans or just registered voters.
An eye-opening result from the new CNN/Opinion Research survey:
6. Do you think Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or not?
All Americans
Yes: 44%
No: 52%Registered Voters
Yes: 44%
No: 52%
It's worse for congress.
The reelect numbers for members of both parties in Congress are slightly worse (41% yes, 56% no for Dems and GOP among registered voters), and the GOP leads the Democrats by 2 points in the generic congressional ballot, 48 to 46.
And there's even more bad news for congressional Democrats. President Obama is planning a rescue mission. He'll be hitting the campaign trail on their behalf. Good luck with that.
With high-profile Democrats already bailing out of re-election campaigns - Sen. Evan Bayh's decision on Monday to drop out of the race in Indiana brings the number of retirees to five - Mr. Obama is putting his popularity and fundraising prowess on the line as he tries to help his party hold the majority in the Senate.
Local Republicans are salivating at the prospect of Mr. Obama dropping into town to campaign for their opponents.
President Obama campaigned for Martha Coakley in Massachusetts; Scott Brown won. He campaigned for Jon Corzine in New Jersey; Chris Christie won. He gave up on Creigh Deeds in Virginia when it became apparent that Deeds would be absolutely crushed by Bob McDonnell. He made a pitch to Olympic Committee for a 2016 Chicago Summer Olympics; Rio de Janeiro will host those games.
Obama's help on the campaign trail is just what Republicans are hoping for.
Posted by Tom Bowler at 04:24 PM | Permalink
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I used to almost get angry when someone would comment that they were sitting out the election so the country would learn how bad the result would be if Obama got elected. I really never saw this coming.
Now we just need to last three years without losing the Supreme Court and I'll pop the crow in the oven.
Posted by: PJ Smith | Feb 16, 2010 10:28:22 PM
I'm not sure anybody saw this coming, and it looks like there are a lot of people who still don't see it. There is an incredibly stupid editorial from the token liberal on the Wall Street Journal's editorial staff, Thomas Franks. He writes, The Tea Parties Are No 'Great Awakening'.
Two weeks ago, the Washington Post sketched out a blueprint of the movement's leadership, naming the players and the organizations who have made the right's resurgence possible. It focused in particular on a shadowy but influential new outfit called the Conservative Action Project, which reportedly works to coordinate the movement's far-flung organizations, bloggers and publishers.What struck me about the Post's story was the familiarity of it all. In particular, I kept being reminded of that ultimate conservative insider, the now-imprisoned superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, and the work he did on behalf of the Northern Marianas Islands, where garment factories churned out "Made in the USA" clothing under re-education camp conditions.
How breathtakingly clueless!
Posted by: Tom Bowler | Feb 17, 2010 9:49:53 AM
