Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama's declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they'd rather have his predecessor.
Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final term that's somewhat of a surprise and an indication that voters are increasingly placing the blame on Obama for the country's difficulties instead of giving him space because of the tough situation he inherited. The closeness in the Obama/Bush numbers also has implications for the 2010 elections.
Using the Bush card may not be particularly effective for Democrats anymore, which is good news generally for Republicans and especially ones like Rob Portman who are running for office and have close ties to the former President.
Here's what Reid said on the Senate floor Monday morning:
"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all Republicans have come up with is this slow down, stop everything, let's start over," said Reid. "You think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right. When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said, slow down, it's too early. Let's wait. Things aren't bad enough. When women spoke up for the right to speak up, they wanted to vote, some insisted slow down, there will be a better day to do that. The day isn't quite right. When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to everyone, regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear today. More recently, when chairman Chris Dodd of Connecticut, one of the people who will go down as a chief champion of the bill before us today, said that Americans should be able to take care of their families without fear of losing their jobs, you heard the same old excuses. seven years of fighting and more than one presidential veto, it was slow down, stop everything, start over. History is repeating itself before our eyes. There are now those who don't think it is the right time to reform health care. If not now, when, madam president? But the reality for many that feel that way, it will never, never be a good time to reform health care."
Holy revisionist history, Harry Reid! Once again I must ask the question! Why do Americans of African descent vote for the Democrat Party! Why do you like being lied to!!!!
In all his examples the folks who have stalled the process in the past were DEMOCRATS not Republicans.
DEMOCRATS!
The abolition of Slavery was spearheaded by Republicans and opposed by southern Democrats. Women's sufferage was championed by Republicans and opposed by Democrats. Civil Rights was supported by Republicans and opposed by southern Democrats.
DEMOCRATS!!!!
Now that Republicans are against a bill that will raise taxes, expand an already exploding national debt, cut healthcare availability for the nation's seniors, and create government control of 17% of our economy and a major portion of our lives, Dirty Harry Reid has the audacity to make these comparisons and blame Republicans!?!
Americans of all descents and genders, listening up!
DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED SLAVERY, WERE AGAINST WOMEN, AND OPPOSED TO CIVIL RIGHTS!
“The recession has created a unique systemic risk that threatens all parts of the African-American community, including the poor and the middle class..." -Maxine Waters
Yeah, o.k. What if Obama's numbers were Bush's numbers. And you thought Katrina was bad! But no this economic debacle is worse than a hurricane and Obama owns it.
The Chocolate Jesus is all Hope & Change for the worse!
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"Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings founded the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in 1990. In 2007 Kevin Jennings was paid $273,573.96 as the executive director of GLSEN. Recently he was appointed by the Obama administration to run the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools in the US Department of Education." - Big Government Blog
"ObamaCare advocates claim that putting government in charge of health care coverage and treatments won’t result in care rationing, while its opponents say rationing will be the inevitable result. The latter can point to California as evidence for their position. Facing enormous budget shortfalls, the state has ended subsidies for mammograms for poor women between 40-50 years of age, and will also freeze enrollments in a breast-cancer screening program for its Medicaid recipients..." -Hot Air!
12/10/2009 “The Talk Of The Town,” tomorrow from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 1290 WMCS Yours truly will be Mr. Earl Ingram's guest on "The Talk Of The Town," tomorrow from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. That's right. A full three hours of The Beautiful Man and The Beast going toe-to-toe. (Just kidding, Earl. You're beautiful, too. Sort of...)
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