While the debates of last night and today focus on the Republican candidates for the president, the Democratic nominee is in trouble. Gallup polls in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day showed voters were not in the holiday spirit when thinking about His Excellency.
His overall approval/disapproval numbers were 42% approval/49% disapproval.
So much for winning that “Payroll Tax Cut” issue.
That 42% approval is not evenly distributed.
Among black people, he is at 83% approval.
Among white people, he is down to 35% approval. In 2008, he received 43% of the white vote — the highest for a Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Among Hispanic people, he is at 46% approval. In 2008, he received 67% of the Hispanic vote.
By age group, he is at 47% approval among voters under 30. In 2008, he received 66% of their vote.
Among voters 65 and older, he is at 41% approval. In 2008, he received 47% of their vote.
Elections are won in the states. Right now it looks like a bloodbath.
Right now it looks like a bloodbath.
Hemorrhoids are usually bloody and this guy is the biggest hemorrhoid to come along in a very long time.
Curt He’s been “in trouble” for months I’d worry about a nominee first. You like MITT?
Here is Dick Morris’s take on the current situation. It looks very good for getting rid of Obama but pundits get it wrong more than they get it right. It’s still too early to be jumping up and down. From a historical perspective, Americans usually re-elect the incumbent. On the other hand, most presidents win a second term with a higher percentage of the popular vote than the first time around which isn’t going to happen. Also, if history serves me right, the last time we had three consecutive two term presidents was 1800-1820 when Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were all re-elected. Being on the pessimist side, I’d give it 50/50. Call it a lack of confidence in the American people (he was elected by a good majority despite being totally unqualified for the job) or in the Republicans for honoring their reputation as being the stupid party. They do have a tendency to blow a good thing.
http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/21-of-dems-have-left-party/#more-5865
I predict we see the return of the Bradley effect this November. The majority of American voters are going to say little or nothing, and then go to the polls and turn Obama out of office.
Unless he attacks Iran. But that’s unlikely as Iran is Shia.
Obama has gone from being “a fresh face with the obvious capacity to bring people together” to being the guy hiding in the room by himself.
AMERICANS need jobs, and they will go with the one who can deliver jobs,
with facts and actions not words promising jobs like he has been doing these last 3 years, meaning killing any chance of job’s creation.