Democrats distancing themselves from Obama

[retro]

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=148382&catid=40

This isn't just in Georgia though... it's all over the country. It seems like the only Democrats that want to be associated with Obama are the ones who believe their jobs to be secure or who aren't up for election this cycle. This goes far beyond what we saw with members of the GOP distancing themselves from Bush in the mid-term elections of his second term. It seems to be all over the country, ranging from state races to congressional ones.

His support amongst independent voters has nearly completely eroded at this point after he proved himself to be a flat-out liberal and not the moderate he campaigned as. I think this is scaring the mainstream Democratic party now, so the majority of them seem to be diving back toward the center.

 

[itsmeJonB]

I knew they should have nominated Will Smith

 

[retro]

I knew they should have nominated Will Smith

I wonder if he would've moved the capital to Bel Air.

 

[itsmeJonB]

I wonder if he would've moved the capital to Bel Air.

Probably, but not until a couple of guys who were up to good started making trouble in his neighborhood

 

[Tim]

If he was a flat out liberal like you claim, his approval numbers with the democrats would be much higher. Or are you saying he is too liberal for the democrats? :24:

 

[itsmeJonB]

I like Obama because he's black

That said, I dont care for politics

 

[retro]

If he was a flat out liberal like you claim, his approval numbers with the democrats would be much higher. Or are you saying he is too liberal for the democrats? :24:

I actually think you might be closer to the truth than you realize. This country is pretty centrist with fringes on both the far right and the far left. The majority of people in each party are moderates if you really get down to it. Obama has proven to be a far left President as opposed to the center-left campaign he ran on. I think a lot of people were expecting a President more like Bill Clinton, and instead they got something closer to Nancy Pelosi in terms of politics.

 

[Tim]

Just because Fox news call him "radical left", "most liberal", etc. and people believe that crap, it does not make it so. His record so far is anything but far left.

If anything, he is a corporatist, but left he is not.

 

[Peter Parka]

It never fails to make me laugh when I here knee jerkers saying Obama is far left.:thumbup

 

[Codrus]

It never fails to make me laugh when I here knee jerkers saying Obama is far left.:thumbup

wouldn't it depend on what part of the planet you were on?

if he were in New York and you in California and you were facing north,..he would definitely be far left but closer to your right