Groucho
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2009
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- Location
- Pocono Mountains, PA
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Liberal
OK, hear me out.
Obama's popularity has dropped quite a bit over the year. Now, of course, that happens to every President to some extent. In fact, Reagan's was about at the same level after his first year.
But who is he losing support from? Not the conservatives. They were never on his side to begin with.
He's losing it from moderates and liberals, who are disappointed in what he has done (or not done). He seems to have been spending much too much time trying to appeal to conservatives, as if they would ever support him, at the expense of those who already do support him.
Building up in Afghanistan, not closing Gitmo, giving in too easily on health care, not getting rid of "don't ask don't tell" and so on...
He's done a lot I agree with, but a lot I disagree with as well, and that makes my support for him a lot less than it used to be.
Do you agree that this is the problem?
Obama's popularity has dropped quite a bit over the year. Now, of course, that happens to every President to some extent. In fact, Reagan's was about at the same level after his first year.
But who is he losing support from? Not the conservatives. They were never on his side to begin with.
He's losing it from moderates and liberals, who are disappointed in what he has done (or not done). He seems to have been spending much too much time trying to appeal to conservatives, as if they would ever support him, at the expense of those who already do support him.
Building up in Afghanistan, not closing Gitmo, giving in too easily on health care, not getting rid of "don't ask don't tell" and so on...
He's done a lot I agree with, but a lot I disagree with as well, and that makes my support for him a lot less than it used to be.
Do you agree that this is the problem?