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I was just surfing about when I came upon this article..Have a laugh! And to think someone gets paid for this!!
E: Chris Cillizza notes Obamas crumbling base:
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows those who supported his 2008 election leaving the president in unprecedented numbers. The number of Obama 2008 voters who approve of his job performance is down to 79 percent, and on the economy, its 70 percent. Both are new lows for the president.
Whats more, some of his natural constituencies liberals and young people are also backing away. Just 69 percent of liberals say they approve of the presidents performance, while 47 percent of 18-to-29 year olds do. Those are also new lows, and its the first time the youngest demographic has dipped below 50 percent approval for Obama.
Its more in a long line of polling data that paints a bad picture for Obama in recent weeks. But given the unprecedented coalition that the president put together in 2008, these numbers are particularly troubling.
Obamas win in 2008 was particularly notable for the amount of young people who turned out to vote for him. And vote for him they did, casting ballots about two-to-one for the Democrat.
These days, just 41 percent of 18-to-29 year olds approve of Obamas handling of the economy, and 45 percent approve of him on jobs. Combine that with the erosion Obama has seen among liberals and independents, and the question is: what is Obamas base for the 2012 election?
http://peterdaou.com/2011/09/progressives-vindicated-by-new-polls/
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)before Romney hadn't pissed away the one advantage he had -- the independent vote -- by refusing to display more of his income tax returns.
rocktivity
We are the new silent Margarete the puks are so fucking crazy they will burn your house down if you say anything. many dems are afraid to talk in public.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)Cilliza has always been a staple around NPR, especially The Diahn Rehm Show, but he's been conspicuously absent since the election. I'm hoping he'll come on, and take calls so he can issue a mea culpa. If there's anyone in the M$M who's influenced by the noise at Fox News, it's Chris Cilliza. Dreadful commentator/blogger/asskisser.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)and I turned to the CNN...which for me says a lot about watching this beltway asshole read his lines!...
cause CNN is dead to me!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 7, 2012, 03:28 AM - Edit history (1)
keep my lunch down between those two, would be damned near impossible. Cilliza is especially grating, because he assumes he knows a helluva lot more than he actually does. I think the term is "smarmy".
dionysus
(26,467 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)dionysus
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(31,240 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Who else can make predictions, be 100% wrong most of the time and on the most important questions, and keep their job?
Only pundits and Beltway shitheads.
Cilizza should have resigned in embarrassment the minute they called Ohio.
Cha
(297,655 posts)doesn't seem to know he talkin' about.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)for Mark Penn to a Naderite whiner.