Posted on 09/14/2011 1:06:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
President Obama travels to North Carolina on Wednesday dogged by poor economic news, threats of resistance on the Hill, sagging poll numbers and Democratic losses in a pair of special House elections.
If September, and more specifically the president’s jobs speech, was intended to be the start of a new phase of Obama’s presidency, there is precious little indication as of yet that anything at all has changed.
-- FOR THE RECORD: Obama tour: An earlier version of this online article misstated the White House's assertions regarding any intended connection between President Obama's tour promoting his jobs package and his reelection campaign. The two are not related, the White House said. --
Start with the election losses Tuesday in Nevada, and more crucially in New York. In losing the Empire State's 9th District, Democrats surrendered a congressional seat they have held since Prohibition — and just about everyone involved saw it as reflective of the public’s disquiet with the state of things.
"Republicans, Democrats, and independents in the heart of New York City sent an unmistakable message to President Obama tonight: change course," said Republican Bob Turner, after seizing former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s district over David Weprin.
Like any House race, the dynamic of the contest were tailored to the district’s interests and passions. .. , the president’s Israel policy and gay marriage were two variables in the equation. But a top Democrat .. said that Obama inherits the outcome, whether it can be directly attributed to him or not.
“Every election reflects on the person in charge,” Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the minority whip, told reporters Tuesday. “Do I think it is an overall statement on the president alone? No. Do I think ... it will be interpreted as a statement on Obama? That is probably correct.”
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not that any of that matters to Obama. He has a mission and agenda.. and he has accomplished a lot more of it than we may ever fully appreciate.
House election results cloud Obama’s jobs plan pitch
He’s a victim of electorate ‘climate change’.. he is.. and a main catalyst for all the more to come.
“and he has accomplished a lot more of it than we may ever fully appreciate”.
...Absolutely Correct! The judges he’s been appointing will be our biggest surprises.
— FOR THE RECORD: Obama tour: An earlier version of this online article misstated the White House’s assertions regarding any intended connection between President Obama’s tour promoting his jobs package and his reelection campaign. The two are not related,the White House said. —
Wow, early results of the new snitch website? That’s a pretty hilarious retraction.
Interesting the market is up today. LOL
Note to author, Mr. Oliphant, "No sheet, Sherlock!"
With all the bad news for Zer0, I’ll bet that Mocchelle’s 30 or so minions are out buying some new suitcases - she only has little more than a a year to vacation to every nice destination on the planet.
ROAD TRIP on a 747!!!
Like Beck said on his radio show today: “He is consciously spending the country into oblivion”’
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