Huff Post Liberals Abadoning Obama

[SwingVoter]

Robert Kuttner: A Wake Up Call

Chicago-style thug politics of handouts and special favors is satisfying no one. Good for those Dems who aren't sheep and realize the guy apparently fighting "special interests" has put together a bill written with drug companies, unions, and fence sitting Senators in his own party.

Either go all out for a public plan, or pick another issue. Even if this bill and Coakley squeak by, no one's happy with the result or the process. Have to think Rahm Emanuel's probably gone after the inevitable GOP gains in the 2010 mid-terms.

 

[California Girl]

Personally, I think Obama's biggest problem is his ego. He actually believes his own hype. Those really in control of the agenda (Pelosi, et al) are the real masters. Obama, being a naive and egotistical man, thought that, once he was POTUS, he could get off their hook. Mistake.

For the progressives, they believe that the popular vote was a vote FOR their agenda. It wasn't. It was a vote against the Bush era. Not exactly rocket science.

 

[Annie]

Robert Kuttner: A Wake Up Call

Chicago-style thug politics of handouts and special favors is satisfying no one. Good for those Dems who aren't sheep and realize the guy apparently fighting "special interests" has put together a bill written with drug companies, unions, and fence sitting Senators in his own party.

Either go all out for a public plan, or pick another issue. Even if this bill and Coakley squeak by, no one's happy with the result or the process. Have to think Rahm Emanuel's probably gone after the inevitable GOP gains in the 2010 mid-terms.

It's been happening for awhile. Firedoglake likewise had been posting more and more negatives regarding Obama, the Democrats in Congress, and the corruption blatantly obvious with the healthcare disaster.

 

[jillian]

cause those "huff post liberals" are really gonna vote for sarah palin...

okie dokie...

 

[kyzr]

cause those "huff post liberals" are really gonna vote for sarah palin...okie dokie...

Palin is not your/their problem....

Its Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. IMHO Obma and the dems need to rethink their agenda or the next 3-years will be a disaster. Its also not the far left that determines election, its the few percent of swing voters in the middle that matter most.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Robert Kuttner: A Wake Up Call

Chicago-style thug politics of handouts and special favors is satisfying no one. Good for those Dems who aren't sheep and realize the guy apparently fighting "special interests" has put together a bill written with drug companies, unions, and fence sitting Senators in his own party.

Either go all out for a public plan, or pick another issue. Even if this bill and Coakley squeak by, no one's happy with the result or the process. Have to think Rahm Emanuel's probably gone after the inevitable GOP gains in the 2010 mid-terms.

What was the common perception of Ronald Reagan's presidency after hus first year? It was that he would be a one term president.

Learn to not wet your pants and drool every time a poll or a pimple on your ass, makes you feel all warm inside.

 

[Sinatra]

Obama has problems because he is clearly not a man of substantive belief. He has no real guiding principles beyond his own self-promotion.

That is why he makes a good candidate, but a terrible leader.

He has given over the agenda to the Pelosi/Reid wing of the party, and simply wants to ensure he has things to sign for the showboat aspect of it, regardless of the content of said legislation.

Obama is the intellectual equivilent of a parking lot puddle - no depth.

He has been coddled and praised based upon the hue of his skin, and not the content of his character, and it has spoiled him greatly, and made him terribly arrogant and ignorant - a dangerous combination in one who now has such considerable responsibility.

His has been a life of almost no real achievment beyond that of popularity.

It's an act wearing thin, even among liberals who are feeling more than bit cheated by the whole sordid affair...

 

[kyzr]

What was the common perception of Ronald Reagan's presidency after his first year? It was that he would be a one term president. Learn to not wet your pants and drool every time a poll or a pimple on your ass, makes you feel all warm inside.

Obama is no Reagan. Not by a million light-years. Just watch what happens over the next few elections, and just whine about it.

 

[SwingVoter]

cause those "huff post liberals" are really gonna vote for sarah palin...

do you ever bring any substance to the table? or is all you have irrelevant comments mixed together with some "wingnut" and "teabagger" slogans you saw on MSNBC?

I'lll vote for Obama again, especially if we get close to a GOP majority. We need a return to 1990s style gov't gridlock that balanced the budget. I'm feellng good about its prospects for a comeback.

 

[Annie]

It's not 'liberals' abandoning Obama, it's 'independents' and moderate Republicans that thought he'd be a good alternative to the previous 8 years. They realize they were wrong.

 

[SwingVoter]

Learn to not wet your pants and drool every time a poll or a pimple on your ass, makes you feel all warm inside.

Wow, you Obamabots really are scared. Instead of posting such intelligent comments like you just did, I think you need to turn on MSNBC to restock your little sheep brain with new talking points.

 

[SwingVoter]

It's not 'liberals' abandoning Obama, it's 'independents' and moderate Republicans that thought he'd be a good alternative to the previous 8 years. They realize they were wrong.

I've been reading Robert Kuttner since college econ class, guy is more liberal than Hillary and Obama combined. Issue is he can think for himself, and people who thought they were getting "change" are watching insurance lobbyists, union bosses, and special-favor seeking senators from Nebraska and Louisiana write this bill. Kuttner and others would likely still be on board if this bill was straight up government run health care, not a junkyard of lobbyist trash.

 

[SwingVoter]

its the few percent of swing voters in the middle that matter most.

best post of the day

nearly 1 in 4 Virginians, including me, voted Democrat for President and Republican for Governor

I will vote for the community organizer again over another Bush/McCain dud candidate, GOP congress has a track record of stopping big spending bills, GOP presidents have a record of spending more than their Democrat predecessors.

 

[Truthmatters]

You wont see dems walk in locked step like republicans do.

 

[MIPS]

cause those "huff post liberals" are really gonna vote for sarah palin...

More than likely they will just stay home on election day, that's what happens when a partisan "base" gets angry and demoralized with their party of choice.

 

[Truthmatters]

I think you may be disappointed with the turnout.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Man it's pretty bizarre and a bit frightening to think that the Huff Post Liberal loons don't think that a Socialist/Marxist President is far enough Left for them. Yikes! The man's administration is crawling with fellow Marxist loons for God's sake. What more do they want?...Hugo Chavez? Kim Jong Il? Or should we just dig up Mao Tse Tung and Joseph Stalin's rotted carcasses? My God,get a life Liberal freaks.

 

[saveliberty]

cause those "huff post liberals" are really gonna vote for sarah palin...

okie dokie...

No, they'll just stay at home next election.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

cause those "huff post liberals" are really gonna vote for sarah palin...

okie dokie...

No, but they might bolt for a new improved Messiah of the hour. 1980 was notorious for the fury of the Dem base at Carter. He had to fight Teddy to the wire, even with Teddy's horrible negatives. And then large numbers who couldn't handle Reagan went to Anderson.

If Kusinich mounts a challenge on the left, 0bama might get badly hurt. If the moderates who can't handle any of those choices come up with someone independent and forthright (Not McCain) the Dem middle might bolt there.

As much as you might dislike her, (I think she is cool) She has a large base of support. She might win if the Dems tear themselves to pieces like they did in 1980