Ya got me there Wisdom.

I’m sure obama’s next step will be to create the euthanasia machine so the elderly suffering from pain, but denied care by the Fed. Govt. can end it all without wasting “valuable and scarce medical resources”.
I have no doubt larry will hale such an invention as proof of his brilliance and the excellent job he’s doing.

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@Hard Right: Yeah, but Gore invented the internet so Clinton should get credit for it’s benefits, right?

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Ummmm larry, forget a little something called the internet boom? If not for that major engine of the economy the Clinton economic years would not be looked upon so favorably. Obama has no such hope and his change will further destroy the economy. Keep dreaming tho.

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Hey Mike!

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@Larry:

There were really two elixirs for Clinton in 1996; Bob Dole’s doddering candidacy and Ross Perot siphoning off a margin of libertarian types. I doubt the 1994 GoP gains helped his reelection prospects.

Does your comment indicate that you too believe that the scales are coming off the eyes of the grazers?

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Check out the first term vs second term job approval ratings of various presidents. Reagan’s first term; George W Bush’s first term; Clinton’s first term — vs. 2nd term.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

Happiness is proportional to the degree to which expectations are met. Meeting low expectations is always easier than meeting high expectations.

Will the economy show signs of strong recovery by 2010? 2012?

The best thing which could happen to Obama would be strong GOP gains in 2010. This was an elixir for Clinton in 1994.

- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach, CA

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A new low:

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We had a monster-sized 4th of July party here this weekend (well, three days of 24/7 party). During it, I noticed 2 things new this year:
1) my left-leaning and far left friends are returning to their January 2007 sense of apathy, frustration and disdain
2) There’s a very low level sense of uneasiness. You can see it in everyone’s eyes this year. Each and every person who came had concerns for the future; unknowns for the future-immediate and long term.

The party was better than ever, but it’s there. Here in Ohio…something’s happening.

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Here’s something interesting from Gallup via Don Surber:

39% say they have grown more conservative since Election Day.

Another 18% say they are more liberal.

But wait. There’s more.

Among independents, 37% said they are more conservative now that President Obama is actually president, while 19% say more liberal.

Among Democrats, 34% say they are growing more conservative under President Obama, while 23% say they are more liberal.

Among other findings, 52% now say the government has too much power, versus 42% just 5 years ago.

Last year, he was change and hope. This year, he is reality.

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Falling poll numbers? Big surprise. Every president goes through this kind of thing. It is the way of things. I, however, suspect that Obama is really unnerved by this. Agree or disagree with his policies, one of the (many) positives of Bush was that he didn’t appear to sweat his poll numbers. He did what he felt was right – not just what he thought what may improve his numbers. Obama strikes me as the kind of person, though, that will panic and flip-flop like a maniac.

Of course, this poll is technically meaningless simply because it’s months even before the governor races this November. And it’s over a year to go ’til the midterms. A lot can happen in that time, though I personally doubt Obama will have an easy time of things. (Imagine that. Things not being easy for a president. With any luck, maybe junior will at least learn that doing things is a lot harder than saying things.)

And I’m not so much interested in what people that voted for Obama are now thinking. I’m more interested in what those who stayed home on election to protest Bush are now thinking.

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