Political parents weigh in: How’s Obama doing?
Posted
July 10, 2009 at
11:47 am by
Jessica
At just over 6 months into his presidency, Obama might be showing some weaknesses. His administration may be wondering if he’s not as fail-proof as the media and his former supporters have bragged about in the recent past. Recently, Ohio marked the first state that went for Obama in his presidential candidacy as turning. Ohio’s majority is now opposed to Obama, when their state went for him and elected him only 8 months ago. So, what has changed?
Only a few months ago Dems were boasting and touting that Republicans were done for and any ambitions the party had of regaining power, either in the senate, house or executive branch would be thwarted by new legislation which had to passed immediately, before anybody had the chance to read or analyze it’s consequence. It may have been our celebrity culture that elected our new president and perhaps, celebrity expectations that Americans had sunk their future into. Americans, by all defensive measures just like(d) Obama and that was good enough to get him elected and now they seem confused and surprised that what he promised on the campaign trail — he’s trying to deliver on. What did American’s think was going to happen? Did they think he was only paying political lip service? Well, I have to admit, I did. While I might not be a supporter, I thought, as many Americans did, that he was going to lead much more to the center and that he was only pandering to the left. (Oops!)
Now, the Dems may be right on the fiascos on the right. The Republicans still show a lack of leadership or consensus 6 months in and have taken strange leaps of faith. God forbid, if Sara Palin becomes the Repubs nominee in 2012, I’ll write in a Libertarian candidate if I have to. Problem is, the fastest growing segment of the political public are Independents and the Independents are questioning whether their celebrity really has what it takes to get this country back on track. Perhaps a balance of power isn’t such a bad thing? (Ya think??)
Of course, if the economy rebounds, the Dems could be looking at picking up more seats in 2010 and I will still never ceased to be amazed if that happens and then the people complain at that time about liberty squashing bills being passed while scratching their heads, “How could this happen?,” proof that we still need the electoral college and that people who vote may not be as imformed as they should be.
So, what do you think? Is this country moving in the right direction? Are ya still feelin’ the Hope and Change(TM)?
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31. kate
July 26, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
i was reading above and i have to agree about the cambridge police dept comment. i for one was personally offended by his statement. i come from a family of law enforcement. my father and brothers all work in law enforcement. i understand that there is an issue of race in this country, but in that instance, the only person making it an issue was obama and the harvard professor. oh ya and deval patrick too, who also felt it neccessary to put in his two cents. obama didnt even know what really happened that day. dont even get me started on the harvard professor.
how is america supposed to relearn how to admit when we have wronged, or acted inappropriately, if time after time, leaders give people an out? the harvard professor acted like a jerk. at least the officer who arrested him taught academy students how to avoid racial profiling, which just made obama, deval, and harvard professor look like idiots. i applaud that officer for giving the interview he did, and not giving that jerk an apology. he said he never will. obama should give a full apology to the cambridge police department also.
one last thing. how are american citizens going to respect police now? they are not. everything any officer does is going to be judged and criticized, even more than it is now. my father and brothers have felt so disrespected by many people. many citizens do not respect them in any way. now we realize that even the president of the united states doesn’t even respect them.
again this is just my opinion, and im sorry for all the grammar mistakes
32. Rita
July 27, 2009 @ 9:41 am
OMG, people, Obama DID apologize to the officer (even called him personally to apologize) and to the entire police department for his choice of words. This has blown over. It’s done, it’s in the past.
33. mully
July 27, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Sorry Rita. You are definitely wrong. To date, there has been no apology from Obama to the Police Department.
My point anyway, was that he was completely out of line in the first place in saying anything.
Almost every, single political analyst, Democrat or Republican, has come out and said it was the wrong thing for him to do.
Not very politically astute.
34. Rita
July 27, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
From this article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/25/2009-07-25_police_unions_mollified_after_prez_reversal.html
He admitted he made a mistake, he said he could have done things differently. It’s the same thing as an apology. Does he specifically need to say, “I apologize” for people to recognize it as such?
35. CarolAnn
July 27, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
Wow Mully I couldn’t have said it better about “the Cambridge” incident..you go girl!
AND for the person who said “he did apologize” ..no he didn’t…to paraphrase Mr. Obama “I really don’t know about the situation, but in my opinion the police department acted stupidedly” His so called apology was another example of his arrogance IMO.
36. mully
July 27, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
Considering hes been all over the world in the past 7 months apologizing to foreign leaders for Americans being dismissive and derisive….yeah, actually, I DO think he could have used the words “Im sorry”.
In Obama-land, those words are hard to choke out, I guess, when it comes to HIM making a mistake.
Duh! Im pretty sure if someone told HIM he was acting stupidly, they would definitely be giving the impression that they were maligning him.
CarolAnn: Youre right. His arrogance is beyond belief.
37. kate
July 27, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
what is so difficult about obama saying “i apologize for the words i used and getting involved at all.” clearly it wasn’t his place to say anything. just because he is the president doesn’t give him the absolute right to tell an entire nation a police department acted stupidly. the Cambridge police departments reputation is ruined now. even if obama does eventually apologize (i wont be holding my breath), everyone will always associate the Cambridge police dept to this one incident. i think he should just stick to focusing on raising my taxes and making me pay for everyone’s health care. just my opinion.
38. mully
July 28, 2009 @ 7:08 am
LOL..and mine too!