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Jen the Michigander


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Ya think???

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/23/rollins.obama.story/

The oldest rule in politics is to control your story.

What that means is that, if there are five weeks to go in an election, and your party — meaning the Democrats — is in big trouble, the narrative you want to tell voters is: “Why you should re-elect Democratic majorities.”

First everything was President Bush’s fault. It was believable for a time early in President Obama’s term, but soon people responded by saying, “So what? Fix it. It’s your job!”

The next strategy was: “Look at all the wonderful things that Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Reid and I have done for you.” The $850 billion stimulus, health care, the “cash for clunkers” car rebate program. Unfortunately for the White House, a majority of the voters disapproved of those programs and didn’t think they worked.

Then we had the “don’t give the keys back to the guys that drove the car into the ditch” strategy. That didn’t quite work either.

We’ve learned in the last two weeks that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel may be getting off the sinking ship to go run for mayor of Chicago, Illinois. The mastermind who got most of the endangered members of Congress elected in 2006 and 2008 is saying “Adios guys. Chicago needs me.”

Then last week some genius in the White House apparently got the idea, “Let’s go brand all Republicans ‘kooks,’ like the Tea Party candidates.” All that suggestion did was get the most enthused voters/volunteers/activists even more revved up and ready for combat.

Besides, the so-called kook candidates are leading or tied in many of these Senate and governor’s races, and many will be elected.

Then we have former President Jimmy Carter on his umpteenth book tour telling everyone in all humility how, “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents.” What the Carter book tour really did was remind voters how much President Obama reminds them of Carter and his failed presidency.

Then we come to this week. We start the week with a CNBC sponsored and televised town hall meeting with real voters. Well, the real voters tell the president to his face that they really don’t like him and are terribly disappointed in his job performance.

Those voters, many of whom voted for the president, are then featured all week on other television shows repeating why they told the president that his administration is failing them.

Then Tuesday we hear that the economics czar, Larry Summers, is resigning to go back to Harvard and teach. He must have read that the recession is over and his job is done. Ask the 18.8 percent who tell the Gallup Poll that they are unemployed or underemployed if the recession is over.

Another sidebar: While everybody is distracted and getting beaten up by former supporters who don’t love the president anymore, Harry Reid tries with five weeks to go before Election Day to slip the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” into the defense appropriation bill for the Iraq and Afghan wars.

And speaking of bad timing and the Afghan war, we read front page stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post about Bob Woodward’s 16th nonfiction book “Obama’s Wars” that is to be published Monday.

In contrast, the group that has not lost its focus is the Tea Party gang, which seems to pick up strength every week. The Tea Party is not some misguided mob carrying pitchforks and throwing rocks at the windows of the establishment.

The irony is the Obama team ran the most brilliant presidential campaign I have every seen. Its midterm effort pales in comparison. And if the results are as predicted, it will require more change in the White House than just the departure of Larry Summers and Rahm Emanuel.



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Wow! Now that paints a pretty dismal, but accurate picture of the train wreck that is the O administration. Come November, it looks like Barack is finally gonna get that "change" he's been talking about since 2008.

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freespirit wrote:

Wow! Now that paints a pretty dismal, but accurate picture of the train wreck that is the O administration. Come November, it looks like Barack is finally gonna get that "change" he's been talking about since 2008.


What is coming is the natural correction this country's voters make every time they realize they have voted the incompetent into office based on either "style" or the infamous "well, they aren't (fill in the blank)".

Obama was the first true internet, American Idol candidate and this country with its usual concern for detail bought into all the hype instead of substance.  Once this adminstration started filling in all the campaign blanks with substance, the voters are now saying....HELL NO.

I would hope this will wake up the electorate to do their homework so we don't have any more shocks like we have from this adminstration.

But I doubt it.

 



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VotedHillary wrote:
freespirit wrote:

Wow! Now that paints a pretty dismal, but accurate picture of the train wreck that is the O administration. Come November, it looks like Barack is finally gonna get that "change" he's been talking about since 2008.


What is coming is the natural correction this country's voters make every time they realize they have voted the incompetent into office based on either "style" or the infamous "well, they aren't (fill in the blank)".

Obama was the first true internet, American Idol candidate and this country with its usual concern for detail bought into all the hype instead of substance.  Once this adminstration started filling in all the campaign blanks with substance, the voters are now saying....HELL NO.

I would hope this will wake up the electorate to do their homework so we don't have any more shocks like we have from this adminstration.

But I doubt it.
Ditto! Do the people ever realize that they have to look for and insist on SPECIFICS.

The slogans and cant expressions will do us in again if we are not vigilant.



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