As far back as February of this year, democrat candidates made it clear for the most part that they wanted Barack Obama to be as far away from them as possible:
The White House and Senate Democrats are preparing an extensive midterm campaign strategy built around one unavoidable fact: Hardly any candidates in the most competitive states want President Barack Obama anywhere near them.
POLITICO spoke with nearly every incumbent up for reelection and aspiring Democratic Senate candidates across the country, but only a handful gave an unequivocal “yes” when asked whether they wanted Obama to come campaign with them.
“I don’t care to have him campaign for me,” said Alaska Sen. Mark Begich. “I’d rather him come up to see where his policies aren’t working. He’s wrong on ANWR, we’ve had struggles to try to get our permits done down in the southeast for our timber industry, I want to show him how important the military is in Fairbanks.”
It hasn’t gotten any better. Obama’s unpopularity is sky high.
Voters have turned decidedly hostile toward President Obama and his policies. That’s not just my partisan view; it is empirical data. A poll released over the weekend shows that 32 percent of voters are using their midterm election votes to send a message of opposition to the president. That is “the highest ‘no vote’ percentage in the last 16 years” as measured by Gallup. I have never seen a White House or a political party as hollowed out as the Democrats appear to be now. The Obama presidency isn’t officially over yet, but it is receding further into our rearview mirror. And it is becoming clear that many in the Democratic Party think the Obama presidency is effectively over, and they are acting accordingly.
So what does the DNC do when the black President has become toxic? They call in the white President.
Bill Clinton is coming home, a place that’s increasingly unrecognizable from the place he grew up as a politician.
In his most intense political swing of the midterm election yet, the campaigner-in-chief will test whether his legacy and powers of persuasion can keep this state’s rightward drift at bay one more time. He’s out to spare some of his oldest friends in politics: his onetime driver Mike Ross, now running for governor; endangered Sen. Mark Pryor; and a pair of House hopefuls with whom Clinton goes back decades.
Interviews with about a dozen Arkansas political hands on the eve of Clinton’s trip — personal friends, professional allies and a few opponents — suggest the ex-president can raise money and perhaps spur some voters to the polls. As far as campaign surrogates go, there’s no one better. Yet even the most optimistic Democrats say that may not be enough.
“He’s well-liked, well-loved, he could win any election he ran for,” said Sheila Bronfman, who has long been active in Arkansas Democratic politics: Bill Clinton even officiated at her wedding. “That doesn’t always translate.”
Clinton is everywhere Obama is disliked. Clinton has appeared in a Alison Grimes TV ad. He’s going to Minnesota for campaign for Dayton and Franken. He’s trying to save Mary Landrieu in Louisiana.
It’s gut wrenching to see the first black President thrown under the bus like this.
Of course, Bill Clinton cannot possibly make an appearance without giving himself props:
Six years, four years ahead of the global average for 150 years we’re doing better than that. I don’t expect anybody to vote on it or be happy because middle class incomes haven’t risen, the average family is making less adjusted for inflation than they were the day I left office. But I am telling you the truth, we are coming back.
Clinton is also reported to have said:
A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.
It’s just awful how racist the democrat party has become.
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Except for liberals being foolish.