Friday, August 21, 2009
This Is A 'How,' Not 'What' Poll..
OK, we return to our self-described role as Context Maven. A little 'Focus' music, maestro...7 comments
Cook Report: Dems Have Lost Control Of The Debate | TPMDC
All day, week-end, week and month, you'll be hearing, "The Dems are gonna get skunked in 2010; the Dems have lost control."
All of this is true, for the time being. What you''re not gonna hear anywhere, alas, is why.
The MSM will portray this as the plan was too big; the White House overreached; they bit off more than the American people could handle. The American people were just not ready for Barack Obama, and what he wanted to achieve.
Bullshit, in fact, is the word you're groping for there.
Context: these falling numbers are due to the American people's astonishment at the paucity of cojones on the part of the Democratic leadership and Mr. Obama.
We wanted CHANGE, in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Non-GOP fringe America is angry at Obama and the Dems right now. But not for doing too much. Rather, we're furious at them for not doing enough!!
The numbers for the Republican voters have not changed since November, nor will they ever change. There is no groundswell for rampaging hordes of mindless rabble taking us back to the 17th Century.
This clearly is the Left and the Middle who elected these guys screaming as one, "WTF????!?!?!?!?!"
Both the Left and the Middle wanted to cast the disgust of the Shrub Bush years from their mouths. Govern us again properly, we pleaded. But alas, if anything, we've become even more Beltway-bound. If that were even possible.
Maybe Obama did, but we didn't want bipartisanship. We wanted to kick some very well deserved corrupt, un-American booty. We wanted action. We got dither. We wanted leadership, since even fourth graders knew early on, Congressional Republicans had neither the votes nor the inclination to press forward. We all knew they'd kick up a ruckus and that'd be about it.
But we had the votes to say to the GOP, "you want in, we'll take you along, but if not, well, we'll see you all in four years."
We watched as you put together a Cabinet and staff of advisers who were all House- & Senate-savvy, most likely to wage the tough battles and arm-twisting that was going to be needed to pass the agenda America wanted.
But on the morning of your term, you took great pains to insist that the GOP were all well meaning Americans who had the interests of the nation at heart, and would bargain in good faith all down the line in order to get the best bills for the American people.
Every American knew that was a load of crap.
And, Mr. President, respectfully sir, they've been pissing on your shoes ever since.
The poll numbers you are seeing now are the direct result of the disaffection of many on the Left and in the Middle thinking, Hey! These aren't the guys I worked to elect!! And they're not getting it done!! Who the hell cares what the GOP thinks?!?!?
THAT is the background you see playing out in these poll numbers. Not the swill FOX and by extension CNN and NBC and all the rest will be spewing tonight and this weekend.
This is a LEFT/MIDDLE poll. The 30% on the Right still hates his Black guts, simply put. This will never change. So, if Obama was at 65% and is now down to 50+%, this means he still doesn't have the Right, he has softened in but still has the Middle, and has lost about half of the Left.
Now, all due respect to Charlie Cook and his famous political Report, all Obama needs to turn these numbers around is to finally pass the Healthcare Reform Bill WITH the Public Option, and his numbers among the Left and within the Middle shoot back up through the roof.
If Obama and Rahm (wasn't he supposed to be the roughest, toughest SOB to ever work in the West Wing???) the Milquetoast can get it together to salvage their self-esteem long enough to pass this bill all will be well.
If not, the Left and the Middle will start looking about for a new Democrat to fight the good fight.
posted by Gotham 7:57 PM
7 Comments:
Could not agree more. Well stated, my friend.
By 
Kiko Jones, at
August 25, 2009 9:04 AM
my vote to Gerson
By 
, at
September 11, 2009 11:12 AM
It's sad when a candidate sends out his entire campaign staff of 2 to spam the comment sections of blogs. Nice try boys.
Gerson must be in dire straits if this is his campaign strategy.
Love,
GN
By Gotham, at
September 11, 2009 1:14 PM
ALAN J GERSON - the best choice for solving the prevailing issues like overcrowded schools, massive budget cuts, high unemployment rates, and unprecedented cuts to our social services.
So on September 15th when you march to polling station please vote for the humble Alan J Gerson to continue his reform works for a cleaner, greener, safer New York City.
www.gerson2009.com
By , at
September 13, 2009 7:19 PM
People cld find works done by politicians only by blogging ...thank you
By , at
September 13, 2009 7:21 PM
This is a stitch.
Alan Gerson's City Council re-election bid in the 1st City Council District is going so poorly that he has been reduced to hiring an entire team of spammers to go after the comments sections of NYC-based blogs, such as Gotham Notes ,and fill them with GersonSpam to avoid the cost of those high-flying mailers from everyone else who's running that are clogging up your mailbox until Tuesday.
That's especially funny here, because Gerson lackeys have been writing their spam on a GN post specifically railing at Democrats for having no balls. Gerson's been flappin' in the breeze for a while, and was one of the blowhards, along with David Yassky and Gale Brewer, who railed against Bloomberg's plan, got lots of press for doing so, then quietly voted to support Bloomberg. The Bastards!
Gerson was a particularly well connected butt-boy as Mayor Wallet was ripping out the electoral process in NYC by shoving a relaxation of term limits down NYers' throats by avoiding a customary ballot initiative because the citizenry have voted down dropping term limtits. Gerson proved a key "Yes" vote for Bloomberg and for himself, since Gerson is running for a third term himself.
Now that Gerson is bought and paid for by Bloomberg, we will assume his a certain pro-Bloomberg vote in every issue.
Gotham Notes endorses Peter Gleason for 1st City Council District.
BUT VOTE FOR ANYONE OTHER THAN ALAN GERSON, whom we hope will be back to being just another lawyer in NYC.
That his campaign has been reduced to spamming blog sites, is hysterical.
We can only hope Gerson remains the lovable loser he's always been.
By Gotham, at
September 14, 2009 12:00 AM
Alan.J.Gerson reopened the Columbus Park Pavilion which was closed for two decades..
The link to his website is shown below:
http://www.gerson2009.com/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=cmpContent&htmlKey=issues&s=gerson
By Unknown, at
September 14, 2009 11:25 AM
