Demand for Obama wanes among moderate Democrats

By JONATHAN MARTIN,Politico

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Moderate House Democrats facing potentially difficult reelections this fall have a message for President Barack Obama:Don’t call us;we’ll call you.

Interviews with nearly a dozen congressional Democrats on the ballot this year reveal a decided lack of enthusiasm for having [...]

Moderates abandon Obama:The Cartoon

White House attacks worry moderate Democrats

By JONATHAN ALLEN,Politico

Obama’s aggressive tactics are scaring the moderates

A White House effort to undermine conservative critics is generating a backlash on Capitol Hill — and not just from Republicans.

“It’s a mistake,” said Rep. Jason Altmire,a moderate Democrat from western Pennsylvania. “I think it’s [...]

Rural dems feel ignored by Obama

United Press

To team Obama,a garden= rural America

Congressional Democrats representing rural America say U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration doesn’t understand —and is ignoring —their districts.

“They don’t get rural America,”Rep. Dennis Cardoza,D-Calif.,told Politico in an article published Wednesday. “They form their views of [...]

The President Is ‘Keeping Score’

Karl Rove,Wall Street Journal

President Obama holds grudges and he doesn't forget

“Don’t think we’re not keeping score,brother.”That’s what President Barack Obama said to Rep. Peter DeFazio in a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus last week,according to the Associated Press.

A few weeks ago,[...]

A party waver over President Barack Obama’s $3.5 trillion budget

BY MICHAEL MCAULIFF,DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Heath Schuler is the type of moderate dem that is ditching on Obama

After proposing the biggest,most ambitious federal budget in history,President Obama isn’t too worried Republicans will get in his way.

It’s Democrats who could give him the biggest headache.Over [...]