Is Obama Doing Enough To Win Over The Public?

[Francesca9]

Source: NPR

With President Obama's approval rating at a new low — 42 percent according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll — and midterm elections coming up in November, the Democrats are in a bit of a bind.

Their legislative achievements — such as the health care law, financial regulation and the economic stimulus bill — are all under attack, and Democrats up for re-election are distancing themselves from the party.

Obama and the Democratic Party are not getting across their message that government can be a force for good, and this is leading some to say they have lost control of the national narrative.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130138475

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The November election will answer this question.

[bluestateguy]

1. Georgetown Cocktail Party Media crap

nt

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

2. To little, to late.

[Unruly]

3. Quite obviously . . . no.

[crim son]

4. delete: remarkably stupid comment

[robcon]

5. A leader will convince others to follow him... then go there.

I don't think the president does enough of that.

[Fearless]

6. Maybe he's just not doing enough...

Maybe Democratic voters don't like appeasing the Rethug base?

[Demeter]

7. He Hasn't Even Won Over His Fellow Democratic Legislators

not that he's tried very hard for either.

[impik]

8. Stupid country will get what it deserve in November

[RKP5637]

9. Yeah, well said! Never underestimate many American voters to vote against

their own best interests... We are a country of national stupidity. Often I've said US = United Stupidity.

[COLGATE4]

10. No, and I'll never understand why. He's a compelling public

speaker, as evidenced by his campaign but in terms of relating to the public he comes across as diatant and professorial. Unfortunately these are not qualities greatly prized by the electorate, particularly the low information voters who are the most guaranteed to turn up at the polls this November. I always hated the "guy you'd like to have a beer with" schtick that Bush managed to pull off, but it was effective.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Pat Buchanan, that you?

It's pretty remarkable DU employs Republican talking points.

What a fucking joke.

Pres. Obama has given speeches, he's worked town halls, he's held rallies and yet he's still not doing enough to change public perception.

Fucking bullshit.

Only fools and Republican jackasses would say such a thing.

[babylonsister]

12. Tell that to all the audiences he's appeared in front of recently,

even the economic one with serious questions and criticisms. He relates just fine, and commands a lot of respect in the 'real world'.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. It's shocking so many on DU think Obama should be able to do it all.

Pres. Obama is one man. He can't make people vote Democratic across the board. No president can.

Even Clinton, who many agree is very personable and likable, failed at convincing Americans in 1994 to vote Democratic.

The thing is, Pres. Obama isn't running on the ticket in any of these races. If he were, Democrats would be doing better than they are currently. I'd wager Pres. Obama is probably more popular in every state than most Democratic candidates.

So he can only do so much. I believe Pres. Obama's recent campaign events HAVE paid off to an extent. Democrats have gained far more momentum lately then they held in the summer.

But the candidates actually have to, you know, campaign. In the end, it's about them versus the Republicans. Not Obama versus the Republicans.

[Jakes Progress]

13. Evidently not.

[BlueIdaho]

14. Has DU outlived it's usefulness?

That may be a more interesting question to ask...

[1stlady]

17. I hate to be mean

but some people are just not to bright and don't understand how politics work and have not been paying attention over the years. What President Obama is going through,(voters disillusioned by the incumbent party) many previous presidents have gone through as well, rather they be dems or rethugs. Obama, has accomplished more in two years than any president in history. Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung in the rethugs direction. However, trust and believe it will swing right back towards the dems when Americans see how little the rethugs will accomplish once some of them get in, in Nov. This all(rethugs winning some seats) might very well work to Obama's advantage in 2012. We shall see.

[BlueIdaho]

18. Agreed

But my question remains. Is DU still a place to discuss electing Democrats and advance a pro-democratic agenda?

[Unruly]

19. Rhetorical Question?

[BlueIdaho]

21. The fact

That you need clarification speaks volumes about what's left of this place.

[Unruly]

25. Must I . . .

. . . explain Einstein?

It was sarcasm.

[BlueIdaho]

29. Ouch!

Sorry, a bit sleepless when I read your post. My apologies.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

16. Too Little. Too Late? We gave Clinton 8 years! Bush 8 years! But The Brother???

NOOOOOOO....

The black man has to clean up all the bullshit from the past 16 years in less than 2!!

Why is that? Why the double standard?

[CakeGrrl]

22. Oh, and don't get me going in the "if he runs in 2012" crap

Why would he NOT run with the level of accomplishments that other Presidents didn't rack up?

The willful ignorance is strong and disturbing on these boards.

[butterfly77]

20. The question is ..

ARE THE BLUEDOGS AND THE MEDIA HELPING THE REPUBLICONS?and WHY DON'T THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S BACK AGAINST THE REPUBLIcons?

[CakeGrrl]

24. Because it's more important that Dems criticize the Dem President when

he strays from party ideals.

Banding together as a group to oppose Republicans would be marching in lockstep. Can't do that!

:eyes:

With reasoning like that, people can piss and moan about ideals all day while the Republicans default their way back to power and dismantle what's been done. Apparently that's what it'll take to remind some that Republicans are actually worse. Unbelievable.

[smalll]

23. I think he should go down to the Gulf Coast again and go swimming.

It will boost his ratings down there, most importantly, in Florida. Also, Democrats need to build up the kind of overwhelming "gender gap" we tend to have when we win. No better way I can think of right now to win the Shootout at Gender Gap than to inundate the media with shirtless Obama. That man has serious pecs.

[young but wise]

30. Sarcasm, right?

Because if not.:wtf:

[vaberella]

26. Why are you posting CNN shit and NPR shit here. I hate NPR...cause it is shit. n/t

[littlewolf]

27. he needs to make another speech

[harun]

28. FUD piece from crap NPR.