Posted on 10/09/2014 11:37:26 AM PDT by Starman417
Earlier this year it became clear that democrats would be running away from Obama as the election neared:
Vocal opposition to the administration’s policies has been another tactic used by Democrats. In his post-speech comments, Arkansas’s Mark Pryor criticized the president for his stances on gun-control and the Keystone XL pipeline. Natalie Tennant, who is trying to hold West Virginia’s Jay Rockefeller’s seat for Democrats, has urged the president to “rethink” his stance on energy and called him “wrong on coal.” “I will fight him or anyone else who wants to take our coal jobs,” she said.But hesitancy to be associated with Obama is not limited to Republican-leaning states. After Tuesday’s speech, Mark Udall from the purple state of Colorado refused to say whether he wanted the president to stump for him. Wisconsin’s Democratic candidate for governor, Mary Burke, who is challenging Republican Scott Walker, skipped out on the president’s visit to the state on Thursday.
The ensuing months have seen matters only get worse. Joe Trippi says Obama has become a drag on the democrat party:
MEGYN KELLY: David Axelrod comes out and says that was a mistake. Was it and how big of one?JOE TRIPPI, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: I agree with him. Big mistake. I mean -- the president is a drag on Democrats. It's the case. He can't run away from it. Democrats are trying to localize these elections, make it between them and their opponent, not between them and Obama and their opponent. And this just walked in a gift to the Republicans. It really was.
It's gotten to the point that democrats called on a white President to save them from the black President.
It may be too late for running away from Obama now:
Likewise, a lot of conservative Democrats — including about half the House’s “Blue Dog” coalition — who had voted against Obama’s main priorities got swept out in a huge Republican wave in the 2010 midterm elections.When a candidate tries to separate himself from his party’s leadership, he’s assuming that the party’s core supporters will understand that he needs to do it — that the checks will keep arriving and the activists will keep knocking on doors. But there’s always the risk of demoralization.
Obama is so toxic that democrats in Hawaii abandoned a plan to name a park after him:
Two Honolulu city councilmen have dropped plans to rename a popular beach for President Barack Obama.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Councilman Stanley Chang and Council Chairman Ernie Martin decided to withdraw the proposal after hearing from the public.
The councilmen last week introduced a resolution to change the name of Sandy Beach Park to President Barack Obama Sandy Beach Park.
The beach is a popular for bodysurfing on Oahu’s east side. It was a favorite for the president as he grew up. He bodysurfed there while on vacation during his 2008 campaign.
Martin says in a statement that he heard historic and cultural sensitivity concerns from the community about the name change.
A President is frequently unpopular in his sixth year, but what makes this year interesting is that democrats are now turning on both Pelosi and Reid. "Centrist" House democrats (you know, the kind who vote with Obama and want you to forget that) have adopted an anti-Pelosi message:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Democrats have proven that they care NOTHING about “the good of the Republic,” and ALWAYS put Party over Country.
all the Demcrats have to do is say:
“Republicans will steal your social security”
“republicans will take your FREE STUFF”
and the zombies will vote lock step.
Yeah, well they’ve always been revolting.
But, but, but, he was the ONE! He was the CHOSEN One!!! He was hand picked by the One World mob. He was The Man!! He would make Amerika loved again around the world. He would, he would, he would . . . . . . . . . . He would basically DESTROY AMEICA!!!
Democrats in full revolt against their leadership..
Democrats have leaders?
Hasn’t been enough for 6 years, why would it change?
In apparent revolt in order to save their miserable asses just before the mid term elections.
The chickens have come home to roost
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