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08-21-2015, 09:02 AM
Over the last few years, it has been pointed out a number of times on this forum how President Obama has really hurt his party, always met with mocking and wise cracks.
Thought it might be relative to post this on a political forum...and it sort of bears witness to what many have been saying over and over...
"As historians begin to assess Barack Obama’s record as president, there’s at least one legacy he’ll leave that will indeed be historic—but not in the way he would have hoped. Even as Democrats look favorably ahead to the presidential landscape of 2016, the strength in the Electoral College belies huge losses across much of the country. In fact, no president in modern times has presided over so disastrous a stretch for his party, at almost every level of politics"
Read more: Democratic Blues - Jeff Greenfield - POLITICO Magazine (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/democratic-blues-121561.html#ixzz3jSQGf883)
The editorial then goes on to give the details of this slide.
This exert may give reason to why Trump is popular at the moment....
"“These voters,” pollster Stan Greenberg wrote recently in the Washington Monthly, “are open to an expansive Democratic economic agenda—to more benefits for child care and higher education, to tax hikes on the wealthy, to investment in infrastructure spending, and to economic policies that lead employers to boost salaries for middle- and working-class Americans, especially women. Yet they are only ready to listen when they think that Democrats understand their deeply held belief that politics has been corrupted and government has failed. Championing reform of government and the political process is the price of admission with these voters.”
I think it is a good read for anyone from either party.
I never liked a single party power. I believe our government works better when the different perspectives are equally represented and negotiations and compromise are the order of the day.
Our President has acted as if he never heard the word compromise. The Republicans do not help. I really think, however, that the weight is on the shoulder of the sitting President, and Obama has insured that mocking of the other party was public, loud, and consistent. Not good things for any compromise. Again, not all his fault but the President has to take the biggest responsibility, not matter what party owns the WH.
Thought it might be relative to post this on a political forum...and it sort of bears witness to what many have been saying over and over...
"As historians begin to assess Barack Obama’s record as president, there’s at least one legacy he’ll leave that will indeed be historic—but not in the way he would have hoped. Even as Democrats look favorably ahead to the presidential landscape of 2016, the strength in the Electoral College belies huge losses across much of the country. In fact, no president in modern times has presided over so disastrous a stretch for his party, at almost every level of politics"
Read more: Democratic Blues - Jeff Greenfield - POLITICO Magazine (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/democratic-blues-121561.html#ixzz3jSQGf883)
The editorial then goes on to give the details of this slide.
This exert may give reason to why Trump is popular at the moment....
"“These voters,” pollster Stan Greenberg wrote recently in the Washington Monthly, “are open to an expansive Democratic economic agenda—to more benefits for child care and higher education, to tax hikes on the wealthy, to investment in infrastructure spending, and to economic policies that lead employers to boost salaries for middle- and working-class Americans, especially women. Yet they are only ready to listen when they think that Democrats understand their deeply held belief that politics has been corrupted and government has failed. Championing reform of government and the political process is the price of admission with these voters.”
I think it is a good read for anyone from either party.
I never liked a single party power. I believe our government works better when the different perspectives are equally represented and negotiations and compromise are the order of the day.
Our President has acted as if he never heard the word compromise. The Republicans do not help. I really think, however, that the weight is on the shoulder of the sitting President, and Obama has insured that mocking of the other party was public, loud, and consistent. Not good things for any compromise. Again, not all his fault but the President has to take the biggest responsibility, not matter what party owns the WH.