Vulnerable Dems seek distance from Obama

The Baltimore Sun ^ | February 3, 2010 | Janet Hook and Christi Parsons

[Baladas]

As Congress begins picking through President Obama's vast election year budget, many Democratic incumbents and candidates seem to be finding something they love — to campaign against.

A Democratic Senate candidate in Missouri denounced the budget's sky-high deficit. A Florida Democrat whose district includes the Kennedy Space Center hit the roof over NASA budget cuts. And an endangered Senate Democrat denounced proposed cuts in farm subsidies.

A headline on the 2010 campaign website of Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), blares her opposition to Obama's farm budget: ``Blanche stands up for Arkansas farm families,'' it says.

Heading into an election season in which Republicans are trying to tie Democrats to Obama's unpopular policies, Obama's budget gives his fellow Democrats an unlikely campaign tool — a catalogue of ways to establish their distance from controversial aspects of his administration.

It is a time-tested campaign tactic for politicians to declare their independence of party leaders. But the tactic is particularly important for Democrats this year, because their party dominates Washington, and being an insider is a political liability in an anti-incumbent climate.

[Baladas]

Can't run away far or fast enough, he's politically radioactive now, post-toxic.

[Red Steel]

Don’t run away from the “Won”. You guys can blame Bush. *snicker*

[Vigilanteman]

Republicans only need to pull out the video clips from the 2008 campaign trail of broken ObaMao promises and the lower level official pimping him if they have the guts to do so.

[Gay State Conservative]

Guess what,you RATS.Come October,every Republican House and Senate ad is gonna feature a picture of you swooning while listening to Hussein tell you that when it comes to health care we can trust him because he's not like the others.

[paudio]

We should start asking people, "Are you better off today than 4 years ago?"

At least our math is not off like the Dear leader who kept talking about the last 8 yrs when he has been a president for a year.

[Man50D]

What coattails?

[VeniVidiVici]

``The president's proposal lacks a bold vision for space exploration and begs for the type of leadership that he has described as critical for inspiring innovation for the 21st century,'' said Kosmas.

Kosmas voted with Pelosi on every single bill last year. Now that she's starting to whine is a bit ironic.

[dearolddad]

Republicans only need to pull out the video clips from the 2008 campaign trail of broken ObaMao promises and the lower level official pimping him if they have the guts to do so.

Republican "leaders" with guts? Surely you jest!

[goldstategop]

The Republicans tried that in 2006. It didn't save them and the Democrats are panicking. They haven't hit bottom yet.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[RichInOC]

[cue Harry Shearer as Monty Burns]

“Exxxxxxcellent.”

[hinckley buzzard]

The 'rats can run but they can't hide. They'll have to vote on this pile of sh*t, sometime before November.