Save The Senate? Better Save Himself
Feb 16, 2010 Political
Barack Obama faces the real possibility of losing not only seats but the majority he enjoys, especially in the Senate. It is a long way to the election and anything can happen but Democrat Senators are dropping like flies (there are slightly more Democrats not returning than there are Republicans) and Obama is still stinging from the loss of the people’s seat in Massachusetts.
So Obama is embarking on a “save the Senate” tour where he will campaign for Democrats in peril of losing their seats.
President Obama kicks off what might be called his “Save the Senate” tour this week, heading west to campaign for two embattled Democrats trailing badly against Republican challengers – including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Washington Times
Considering that he is 0-3, he might want to skip the campaign appearances if he wants to actually help them.
Obama has much more to worry about because a new CNN poll shows that 52% of the people polled do not think he deserves a second term. He has three years to fix that problem so now is not the time to panic but considering he has only been in office for 13 months, it might be time to worry a bit.
Obama will certainly triangulate and work to appear moderate so that he can garner more support. There are people who will forget that, to many, he appeared moderate during the campaign only to become more radical upon taking office. He was (and still is) radical all along to those of us not receiving the Kool Aid IV.
This November the clout of Barack Obama will be put to the test. If he can muster enough votes to keep the majority then he might be on semi solid ground. If he loses a lot, and particularly loses one or both chambers, he will be in trouble.
Then again, Republicans in the Congress helped Bill Clinton with a make-over that gave him a second term.
The economy will not be healed any time soon, particularly with the policies of this administration and once inflation hits things will be really bad.
No wonder Obama is sporting more gray hair.
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Tags: democrat, gray hair, moderate, Obama, republican, Senate