Obama Is Losing His Base
Dec 17, 2009 Political
Things are not going well for Barack Obama. His approval numbers have dropped faster than any president at this point in their service and his radical positions are stirring up opposition to him and his Democrat friends. Next November is shaping up to be good for Republicans if things do not turn around.
It is one thing for Obama to stir up conservatives but he is now at a low point in that he is losing the left. Admittedly, he is losing them because he is not being radical enough for them but if he goes in the direction they want he will lose a lot of seats in the next election. This might not matter to the base or to Democrats in safe seats who view the potential loss as the price for the agenda but those who might lose have different feelings about being sacrificial lambs. Sane people have to ask if the agenda is so good why would it cost seats?
Howard Dean is not happy with Obama. He has an axe to grind to begin with because he has been snubbed by this administration even though he was able to help the Democrats win a lot of seats. Dean feels he should have been the Secretary of Health and Human Services and though I disagree with his political views he is more qualified than Sebelius. I would think the fact that he is a doctor would be more beneficial to the position.
Dean said that they should scrap the entire health care reform plan and start over because it is not radical enough. I don’t agree but at least he sticks to his beliefs. I think it should be scrapped because it is too radical but we both think it should be scrapped. Dean also thinks that the Senate should use reconciliation to pass reform because they would only need a simple majority. I am not well versed on the process but I think what it can be used for is limited and if they do it a lot of things would have to be left out of the bill.
Dean also said he would support Obama when he runs for reelection but he will not do so “vigorously.”
Dean is not the only liberals who Obama is losing. Obama now has Markos Moulitsas (Kos), Ed Schultz, Keith Olberman and Arianna Huffington all expressing dissatisfaction with him and the health care takeover plan.
These people represent the far left liberal base. They are all so far to the left that they are holding the wall up and now they are not happy with Obama and the Democrats. Not very long ago these people would defend their politicians engaging in human sacrifice and in their eyes Obama could do no wrong.
Now it looks as if they are not happy at all because their politicians are not being radical enough.
I think they misread what the election was about.
It certainly was not a mandate to transform the country into a Socialist nation.
America is Souring On Democrats
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Tags: dean, dissatisfaction, health care reform, Obama, radicals, senelius