It’s Good to Have Obama on the Campaign Trail
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 10th, 2010 4:32 am by HL
It’s Good to Have Obama on the Campaign Trail
Gene Lyons, Salon
Among the enlightened, dialing the psychic hotline is considered superstitious, although watching TV pundits call elections two months before the vote is taken seriously. True, political forecasters have opinion polls to guide them, but then it's also a safe bet that anybody phoning a psychic has a troubled love life.History suggests that Democrats are in for a tough November. But will Republicans succeed in retaking one or both houses of Congress? Anybody who professes certainty is either blowing smoke or watching too much Fox News. Two months can be an eternity in politics….
Will Partisan Rhetoric Make It Worse?
John Podhoretz, Commentary
The big news in all the polls is the astounding gap in electoral enthusiasm between voters intending to vote Republican and voters intending to vote Democratic — Gallup has it as a 25 point difference, it appears. Rich Lowry explains in a fine column today that the president is trying to close the gap by appealing to his base:While most people want less of Obama’s program, his base wants more. Obama could ease off his spending to try to take the edge off the brewing backlash, but that would anger his supporters. Instead, he promises his union-member allies yet…
The Outlook Dims for Democrats
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
With the midterm election less than two months away, all signs point to a punishing defeat for Democrats in the House of Representatives.Since July 1, there have been 111 polls released on U.S. House races in 79 districts. Some were commissioned by news organizations; others came from the campaigns themselves or political groups (a detailed list is posted at Rove.com). Ninety-seven polls were conducted in seats held by Democrats while 14 were in Republican districts.
Obama Frames the Wrong Economic Problem
Thomas Cooley, Forbes
There is an epic and epically unpleasant debate that taking place for much of the last year about stimulus and austerity. On one side are the born-again Keynesians who believe that our recovery is faltering because we simply haven't spent enough to jolt the economy into recovery. This lot includes the Obama administration and some of its harshest critics. They point to the experience of the 1930s when, after signs of recovering, the economy slipped back into recession.They have castigated the Germans for failing to be good economic citizens of the world for focusing on fiscal…
