American Glob

Democrats shoved Stimulus, ObamaCare, auto bailouts and more down the throats of an unwilling electorate, then told the American people we’re just too stupid to appreciate it.  Now, as the president’s Democratic Party begins preparing for a political bloodbath in November, they suddenly don’t want to talk about any of the wonderful things they’ve done for us. Why could that be?

Reporting from Washington — As Democrats fan out across the country to campaign for reelection this month, many are surprisingly quiet about their hard-won accomplishments — the major bills they have passed under President Obama.

In an effort coordinated with the White House, congressional leaders are urging Democrats to focus less on bragging about what they have done — a landmark healthcare law, a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulation and other far-reaching policy changes — and more on efforts to fix the economy and on the perils of Republican control of Congress.

One year after many town hall meetings were upended by raucous anti-government protesters, congressional Democrats are trying to ensure that this summer’s debate sheds a more flattering light on their party as they navigate a bruising midterm election campaign.

I thought we were supposed to be grateful. Remember what Obama said last April? “You would think they’d be saying thank you.”

Quoth Dr. K….

“After two years, Bush is a memory and he’s an excuse…”

Maybe Newsweek was onto something…

A plurality of likely voters now view Obama as a socialist according to a poll conducted by Democratic strategist James Carville!

Via Jim Geraghty at National Review…

The latest poll by Democracy Corps, the firm of James Carville and Stan Greenberg, has Republicans leading on the generic ballot among likely voters, 48 percent to 42 percent.

Deep in the poll, they ask, “Now, I am going to read you a list of words and phrases which people use to describe political figures. For each word or phrase, please tell me whether it describes Barack Obama very well, well, not too well, or not well at all.”

On “too liberal,” 35 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 21 percent say “well,” 21 percent say “not too well,” and 17 percent say “not well at all.” In other words, 56 percent of likely voters consider Obama too liberal.

When asked about “a socialist,” 33 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 22 percent say “well,” 15 percent say “not too well,” and 25 percent say “not well at all.”

In other words, 55 percent of likely voters think “socialist” is a reasonably accurate way of describing Obama.

President Obama might be able to turn that perception around by 2012 but as far as the 2010 mid-term elections are concerned all I can say is good luck, comrade.

Maybe it would help if the Democrats stopped holding midnight sessions to force through 2,000 page bills they haven’t read and which most Americans oppose.

Just a thought.

UPDATE: William Galston of TNR says “Democrats Can’t Recover”

When someone is proud of their record, they run on it. When someone has nothing positive to say about their own accomplishments, their only alternative is to demonize the opposition.

According to yesterday’s WAPO, that’s precisely what the Democrats are doing…

The Democratic Party is moving faster and more aggressively than in previous election years to dig up unflattering details about Republican challengers. In House races from New Jersey to Ohio to California, Democratic operatives are seizing on evidence of GOP candidates’ unpaid income taxes, property tax breaks and ties to financial firms that received taxpayer bailout money.

Just ignore the fact that the Democrats have been in charge of congress since 2006 and the White House since January of 2009. They want you to believe that all of America’s problems can be blamed on the minority party. You know, the one that didn’t even have enough power to stop the health care bill from passing.

I was in Boston early in the evening for the 4th, before the music and fireworks. The weather was beautiful and the crowd was friendly. I took a few pics, here they are.

This is a group of boats on the Charles River, waiting for the festivities to begin.

You can see a few more pics after the jump.

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Actually, it’s 11 reasons not to vote for Democrats in November and as I watched this for the first time, I remembered every incident. How did these geniuses assume control?

Hat tip to ZIP.

The anointed one…

If you want to read an article by Dick Morris which explains Obama’s lame response to the oil spill, CLICK HERE.

Not good news for the Communists Democrats…

Gallup’s generic polling shows the number of voters saying that they would vote for Republicans rising three points from last week, while the number saying they will vote for Democrats dropped four points. The 49%-43% lead for the Republicans is the largest that the pollster has ever recorded for the party.  Moreover, Democratic enthusiasm for voting this fall fell a point, while enthusiasm among Republicans stayed about fifteen points higher.  This indicates an even wider lead for Republicans once Gallup imposes a likely voter screen this fall.

Read it all.

Rick Santorum, noted super genius and Ronald Reagan scholar, is optimistic about the GOP’s chances in 2010 but is wary of those wacko libertarians. Way to build that big tent, Rick.

BOCA RATON — Republicans have momentum this year, but potential 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum says the GOP won’t capitalize unless it embraces Ronald Reagan conservatism rather than Barry Goldwater libertarianism.

Santorum, for example, supported Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson in last week’s Republican Senate primary in the Bluegrass State.

“I’m for conservatives. I’m not for libertarians who say they’re conservatives,” Santorum said.

Let’s see… Would the Ronald Reagan to whom Mr. Santorum refers, be the same Reagan who was interviewed by Reason Magazine in 1975? That Ronald Reagan had some interesting things to say about libertarianism…

REASON: Governor Reagan, you have been quoted in the press as saying that you’re doing a lot of speaking now on behalf of the philosophy of conservatism and libertarianism. Is there a difference between the two?

REAGAN: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

THAT’S a politician who knows how to build a big tent coalition.

Santorum’s attitude smacks of a politician saying something like “Thanks for building up all that enthusiasm tea party people, now get out of the way, we professionals will take it from here.”

It’s this type of coalition fracturing attitude that will cause losses. Santorum is already trying to kick certain people out of the tent – as it’s being assembled – by lots of libertarian minded tea party people.

My advice? Roll up your sleeves and just help build the tent, Rick.

And while your at it, shut up.

And by that I mean, the same old campaign strategy. Run against Bush!

President Barack Obama is trying to ride the wave of anti-incumbency by taking on an unpopular politician steeped in the partisan ways of Washington.

It doesn’t matter that George W. Bush left office 16 months ago.

The White House’s mid-term election strategy is becoming clear – pit the Democrats of 2010 against the Republicans circa 2006, 2008 and 2009, including Bush.

It’s a lot to ask an angry, finicky electorate to sort out. And even if Obama can rightfully make the case that the economy took a turn for the worse under Bush’s watch, he’s already made it – in 2008 and repeatedly in 2009.

It’s not clear that voters still want to hear it.

I can answer that. We don’t want to hear it. Frankly, we’re sick to death of it.