There are several thousand political lifetimes left between today and Election Day, 2010. That means there are tens of thousands of political lifetimes left between today and the next presidential election. Still, Scott Rasmussen's polling must be causing Mr. Axelrod to drink Maalox by the bottle:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 22% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President.
as bad as those numbers are, these numbers should scare Chris van Hollen and Robert Menendez:
Ed's post reminded me of the various reasons I can't support RomneyCare. The inclusion of Romney's interview this past Sunday with FNS's Chris Wallace gave me knew reasons why I won't support Mitt Romney should he decide to run for president in 2012. Here's a quote from Gov. Romney's interview with Chris Wallace:
What we did is the ultimate conservative plan. We said people had to take responsibility for getting insurance, if they can afford it or paying their own way. No more free riders.
John Ziegler is known for his tireless defenses of Sarah Palin, especially for his outstanding documentaryMedia Malpractice, which builds a powerful case for media bias in the differing media treatments of Palin and Barack Obama. His combative exchanges with media hosts had made his appearances on national shows rare, especially on MS-NBC. Today, though, John gets a late spot on Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough and has a somewhat mellow exchange with Scarborough while giving an uncharacteristically dour analysis of Palin’s chances in 2012:
Back in September and October, 2008, Lynn Rothschild tried warning America that an Obama administration would be a disaster. Now she's written an op-ed in the NY Post reminding America of her warnings and why she reached the decision to support John McCain:
Back in September 2008, as a lifelong Democratic Party loyalist and activist, I backed John McCain; I told The New York Times, "I love my country more than my party." Supporting a Republican was the last thing I expected to be doing in the fall of 2008. But I knew it was my only choice, given the decision by the Democratic Party establishment to reject 18 million voters in favor of the inexperienced and ideological Barack Obama.
President Obama frequently talked like a moderate. Frequently, President Obama outlined his radical agenda in soothing tones. It isn't surprising that he's turned out to be the radical I feared he'd be. Unfortunately, the United States Constitution doesn't have a recall provision in it. If it did, President Obama might be the first president to be recalled.
Based on this article, I'd say that President Obama's election coalition has all but disappeared:
A study by the Pew Research Center, being released Wednesday, highlights the eroding support from 18- to 29-year-olds whose strong turnout in November 2008 was read by some demographers as the start of a new Democratic movement.
The findings are significant because they offer further proof that the diverse coalition of voters Obama cobbled together in 2008, including high numbers of first-timers, young minorities and youths, are not Democratic Party voters who can necessarily be counted on.
While young adults remain decidedly more liberal, the survey found the Democratic advantage among 18- to 29-year-olds has substantially narrowed, from a record 62 percent identifying as Democrat vs. 30 percent for the Republicans in 2008, down to 54 percent vs. 40 percent last December. It was the largest percentage point jump in those who identified or leaned Republican among all the voting age groups.
