[drangundsturm]

I like Hanson’s columns in general, but I don’t buy Obama’s poll losses are because he isn’t liberal enough. Most of his recent losses are from independents who tend to be more moderate than lib. Yes he is losing some dems as well but probably more of the moderate dems who are among the working class who are getting nailed by the recession, not the limo libs.

[whitedog57]

I have no doubt that O will be re-elected.

The average American doesn’t realize the damage he is doing to the country.

I just lectured to people at the CIA about the state of the economy (but was told not to mention politics). Instead, I said the bank industry is dead and on life support and the banking bill only made matters worse.

[whitedog57]

I have no doubt that O will be re-elected.

The average American doesn’t realize the damage he is doing to the country.

I just lectured to people at the CIA about the state of the economy (but was told not to mention politics). Instead, I said the bank industry is dead and on life support and the banking bill only made matters worse.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”According to a popular myth, President Obama’s declining poll numbers are a consequence of his failure to be liberal enough. On race, in the wake of the Shirley Sherrod mess, we are told he needs to appoint more African Americans and bring in more advisers from the black community. On the economy, liberal economists decry his unwillingness to borrow and stimulate more. .....
First, the voters in 2008 did not vote for liberal change, but for change from the costly and lengthy Bush wars, deficits, spending policies, and immigration proposals. Obama voters were also motivated by a desire to elect our first African-American president, fear over the September 2008 financial meltdown, a lackluster McCain campaign, and the strange perception that Obama was a centrist.
Since his election, Obama has outdone the average Bush deficits by a factor of four or five...”

A good analysis!

[SMARTY]

During the campaign process and the actual Presidential election, “O’s” image (we ALL know how) was polished to a blinding veneer. All the flaws (and what candidate is without them) were glossed over, minimized, swept under the carpet... etc... and the man was made into some sort of ‘golden child’ no rational person could reject.

Well...

There is NO cocktail so unwholesome and ruinous as anything the MSM and its political ally are capable of producing when so motivated. And they WERE motivated. McCain was beatable and THAT was all the MSM needed to know. The “O” administration is the perfect political storm for the US.

Unfortunately for “O”, storms expose as much as they destroy.

“O” is flagging with Americans now, because much of his character which was whitewashed during the campaign, is now obvious. Some people REALLY need a house to fall on them.

[Joan Kerrey]

Little will change until MSM starts realizing their contribution toward the destruction of our society.

If media were doing it's job the Obama team would already be neutralized

[Last Dakotan]

His problem is more fundamental: It is one of self-knowledge.

There, fixed the only thing wrong with the article.

[ozzymandus]

The only people I’ve seen complaining that Obama isn’t liberal enough are the nut-jobs on MSNBC. I don’t think fat thug Ed Schultz speaks for many people.

[TigersEye]

Since 2008, both Barack and Michelle Obama have committed a series of gaffes that appeared to reflect an attachment to identity politics. Taken together, these divisive musings have fostered the impression that the first couple is excessively concerned with racial issues.

Barry0 is trying hard to convince MO that he's a real American negro. But his life gives him no connection to the American black experience. So he overcompensates to impress his mate. 10 to 1 he sat in that Black Liberation church for twenty years to please her.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Obama can choose to be a successful triangulating Clinton, or he can insist on being a failed ideological Carter.

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It is my opinion that Clinton could "triangulate" because he was not a true believer. He wanted to be President for the perks, not what he could get done. Hillary was/is the driving force (and the reason after this socialist administration will never get elected President). He could compromise on his agenda since he really did not care.

Obama on the other hand, is a true believer. We are seeing him pushing his core beliefs. As the article pointed out, he really thinks he has a mandate. Nothing will convince him otherwise.