1. "On life support. Dead man walking. Down for the count. Hes toast. Stick a fork in him; hes done. Pick your own metaphorical cliché as long as it acknowledges that this president is a goner.
2. If you need proof, consider Gallups recent assessment of the presidents job-approval numbers: Only one elected president since Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, had a lower 11th-quarter average than Obama. And we all know what happened to Mr. Peanut.
3. Gallup brings the presidents lousy numbers to the bottom line by showing that Obama is losing to a generic Republican in its surveys, as well as in a head-to-head with the leading Republican, Mitt Romney.
4. The killer data point, in my view, is that the decline in Obamas job approval has been so systematic and lockstep, declining in Gallups surveys by an average of about 3 points per quarter, never increasing outside the margin of error from one quarter to the next and staying below 50 percent since his fourth quarter in office. This means that most Americans have lingered over his failures for seven or more quarters, deepening and reinforcing their malaise about the man. Once you get into a groove like that, its hard to get out.
5. Right now, using Gallups numbers, 9 percent of registered Democrats defect to a generic Republican and 13 percent of Democrats vote for Mitt Romney. There is simply no way to formulate a minimum winning coalition scenario for Obama if more than 5 percent of Democrats defect.
6. Of course, the main hindrance to Obamas reelection is the sorry state of the economy. I suspect the Obama strategy team checks with the Conference Board, the University of Michigan and Gallup hourly to see if their consumer confidence indicators show any signs of life. Nothings happening lately on that front, however. The fact is that the presidents men and women cant move this rock.
7. ...like Cubs fans believing a World Series is possible next year, the Obama campaign planners maintain belief that recovery is within their grasp.
8. Once its clear that there is no reason to vote for Obama, his handlers will refocus on reasons to vote against the Republican. This is where the problems they face are myriad. When a candidate with high negatives starts attacking one with low negatives, the result is usually a boomerang."
Stick a fork in Obama
Bye..bye.....
2. If you need proof, consider Gallups recent assessment of the presidents job-approval numbers: Only one elected president since Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, had a lower 11th-quarter average than Obama. And we all know what happened to Mr. Peanut.
3. Gallup brings the presidents lousy numbers to the bottom line by showing that Obama is losing to a generic Republican in its surveys, as well as in a head-to-head with the leading Republican, Mitt Romney.
4. The killer data point, in my view, is that the decline in Obamas job approval has been so systematic and lockstep, declining in Gallups surveys by an average of about 3 points per quarter, never increasing outside the margin of error from one quarter to the next and staying below 50 percent since his fourth quarter in office. This means that most Americans have lingered over his failures for seven or more quarters, deepening and reinforcing their malaise about the man. Once you get into a groove like that, its hard to get out.
5. Right now, using Gallups numbers, 9 percent of registered Democrats defect to a generic Republican and 13 percent of Democrats vote for Mitt Romney. There is simply no way to formulate a minimum winning coalition scenario for Obama if more than 5 percent of Democrats defect.
6. Of course, the main hindrance to Obamas reelection is the sorry state of the economy. I suspect the Obama strategy team checks with the Conference Board, the University of Michigan and Gallup hourly to see if their consumer confidence indicators show any signs of life. Nothings happening lately on that front, however. The fact is that the presidents men and women cant move this rock.
7. ...like Cubs fans believing a World Series is possible next year, the Obama campaign planners maintain belief that recovery is within their grasp.
8. Once its clear that there is no reason to vote for Obama, his handlers will refocus on reasons to vote against the Republican. This is where the problems they face are myriad. When a candidate with high negatives starts attacking one with low negatives, the result is usually a boomerang."
Stick a fork in Obama
Bye..bye.....
