LogikAndReazon
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- Feb 21, 2012
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"Providence, R.I. If elections are won partly on the enthusiasm of a candidates base, Barack Obama is in trouble. Netroots Nation, the annual left-wing conference for bloggers and activists, held its seventh annual rally here this weekend. The skies were sunny outside, but there was clearly a cloud hanging over attendees inside the cavernous Rhode Island Convention Center.
It wasnt only last Tuesdays jarring defeat of public-sector unions in Wisconsin, or President Obamas refusal to campaign in person against Governor Scott Walker or unease that the Supreme Court may be only weeks away from sweeping much or all of Obamacare onto the ash heap of history. On Friday, in the middle of the conference, President Obama famously declared that the private sector is doing fine, calling into question his campaigns basic competence in getting out a coherent message.
Indeed, enthusiasm for Obama was decidedly absent from this years gathering. Administration officials werent invited to attend (Valerie Jarrett and others have appeared in the past), and President Obama limited his role to an unpublicized surprise video shown to delegates late on Saturday, when many people had already left. Change is hard, but weve seen that its possible, as long as youre willing to keep up that fight, Ill be right there with you, Obama offered. Not exactly a stirring call to arms, and the tepid applause his video garnered cant have pleased Team Obama...."
Netroots Nation under a Cloud - John Fund - National Review Online
It wasnt only last Tuesdays jarring defeat of public-sector unions in Wisconsin, or President Obamas refusal to campaign in person against Governor Scott Walker or unease that the Supreme Court may be only weeks away from sweeping much or all of Obamacare onto the ash heap of history. On Friday, in the middle of the conference, President Obama famously declared that the private sector is doing fine, calling into question his campaigns basic competence in getting out a coherent message.
Indeed, enthusiasm for Obama was decidedly absent from this years gathering. Administration officials werent invited to attend (Valerie Jarrett and others have appeared in the past), and President Obama limited his role to an unpublicized surprise video shown to delegates late on Saturday, when many people had already left. Change is hard, but weve seen that its possible, as long as youre willing to keep up that fight, Ill be right there with you, Obama offered. Not exactly a stirring call to arms, and the tepid applause his video garnered cant have pleased Team Obama...."
Netroots Nation under a Cloud - John Fund - National Review Online