Los Angeles Times
Democrats like Deeds are running from Obama’s record
As he is quick to point out,President Obama is presiding over two wars,a sour economy,and an epic fight to rebuild the nation’s health care system.
Now he has tacked on state and local political races. With an off-year election fast approaching,Obama is stepping up his commitment to Democratic candidates in hopes that an infusion of campaign charisma might pump up turnout.
What the party is finding,though,is that the electricity of 2008 is tough to recapture. Some Democratic candidates running for local office around the country call the phenomenon the “Obama Hangover.’’ It is proving tougher to recruit volunteers and get people to vote.
“It’s like the morning after the party,’’ said Michael McGann,a Democrat running for clerk of courts in the Philadelphia suburbs. “The party was wonderful and exciting. The day after it’s like,‘Gee,I don’t want to do that again for a while.’ ’’
Obama is trying to inspire voters with the “fired up;ready to go’’ fervor that made last year’s race riveting political theater.
People that voted for "OOO"are turned off by what he's been doing to America. When his fans that were start seeing their wallets with less in them,they will realize what a disaster this man in the oval office is. The outrage will carry over to the ballot box in 2010.
We do need to clean house in Congress and Senate of all the liberals and progressives who hate this country and us. They never quit voting against us. It's high time we ousted these 30 to 50 year politicians who do nothing good on our behalf. I don't care what party they're in whether Dems or Republicans. These men and women like Pelosi and Reid do nothing but harm.
It's not a next morning hangover. It's been nine months and the people who voted for O realize what they did and don't want to do it again.
The hype they built to get him in office has run dry. The parade is over and the American people are paying to clean up the mess. We cannot handle any more radicals in office. The Democrat party has caused themselves severe damage and loss of supporters. I am one of them. I guess they were right…it's time for "change"…I have swiched parties.