A poll by McClatchy-Marist found that the inept and floundering Barack Obama is losing ground against every Republican candidate vying for the nomination to be the next person to run against Obama for President, including Sarah Palin.
While some in the media are attempting to do the "even Sarah Palin" is gaining on Obama, that's because they have done so much to try to destroy her. It has to be spun that way in order to hide the fact the general public hasn't bought into it.
In other words, they're trying to point the blame on Barack Obama for Palin's rise in popularity, rather than it being because of her attraction as a candidate.
That of course doesn't excuse Obama, who may be the worst president in American history. But the point is people, for the first time really, are starting to seriously look at the upcoming election for president, and their preferences are beginning to come out. For Palin, that would have happened no matter how Obama performed, although his performance does make it quicker and easier to embrace her for some that were on the fence line.
Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the national survey, said this about Obama's prospects, "This will require him to find ways to either win back the middle or energize his base in ways that hasn't happened so far."
The problem for Obama is he has completely lost the middle, and the major reason he lost the middle is because he refused to quit pandering to his base, which is the lunatic fringe of the controversial and despotic progressive/socialist/liberal element of the party.
Choose whatever name you like, the progressives are so out of touch with mainstream America that it is surprising that Obama continues to forward their agenda, further distancing himself from the reality of who we are as a people.
He should have stopped after throwing them a few bones, and in the case of Obamacare, a full course meal. But his outrageous behavior and obedience to these types of people have resulted in his extraordinary loss of popularity.
Think of the ridiculous and evil rescinding of barriers to homosexuals in the armed forces, as the most recent attack on the morality of the country reveals. Like that's some issue we're all worried about: the inclusion of homosexuals in the military in order to fight our wars. That's a priority all right.
Even with the majority of the population opposing higher taxes, he still is attempting to force that down our throats as well, even when the numbers don't add up and it takes even more away from productive people.
In other words, Obama refuses to make real spending cuts, so his only other gambit is to impose more "stimulus," print more money, or raise taxes. Since the rest have been a disaster and opposed by most, he now is attempting to do the class warfare thing, again missing the winds of the mood of the country, which is tired of it all.
The only answer of course is smaller government through cuts in spending and taxes. And it needs to be done across the board.
Obama is so unpopular through these misguided efforts and others like it, that the majority of voters see him losing no matter who the candidate is opposing him in the election.
But they're also saying they're going to put their vote where their mouths are, as 49 percent say they'll definitely vote against Obama in the next election, while only 36 percent say they'll vote for him. It's highly likely it'll get worse as the election nears, and the vote is actually cast.
Obama is losing everyone now, even his base, because he simply stands for absolutely nothing. He is so enslaved to the issue flavor of the day, he can't seem to realistically comprehend or discern which ones really are important to the country and which aren't.
For example, you know with Michelle Bachmann where she stands with Obamacare if she were to be elected president. She has repeatedly said she'll work to have it repealed. She is also very clear on where she stands on abortion and spending.
Obama on the other hand, continues to flip flop on just about everything. He's backed off his promise to stand up for marriage being between a man and a woman, and has aggressively expanded the forced acceptance of homosexuals in many areas of American life, even though the majority of the country opposed homosexual marriage.
His attempts to appease his base by the nonsensical push for so-called "green" energy while attacking the energy foundation we now use, making it much more expensive to extract from the earth, has been a disaster, and now, as we're finding out with Solyndra scandal, there is apparently a lot of questions that need to be answered for wasting so much of the taxpayers' dollars on these failed boondoggles.
As for Sarah Palin, she's only behind Obama by 49 to 44, and she hasn't even decided whether she's going to enter the race or not.
Michelle Bachmann is also gaining on Obama in August, jumping from 17 percent down in July to 13 percent now. In all fairness, she has been the brunt of some of the more brutal and dishonest attacks from the media, similar to what Sarah Palin has went through in the past, and could have had a much better showing if that wasn't the case.
As for the gains for all Republican candidates, all of this is because Obama has lost ground with the independent vote, which is the key to anyone winning an election.
Interestingly, the majority of her supporters don't want her to run in this election cycle. It seems the reason is people are in the midst of making up their minds on their candidates, and if Palin enters the race, the process and weighing and balancing would have to be begin all over again.
And the truth is, Palin, this time around, may be better playing a supporting role, while prepping for her own opportunity in the future, if she decides to take it.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
It appears Sarah Palin could be poised to enter the 2012 presidential race, with expectations she'll announce sometime around the Labor Day weekend, according to Karl Rove. On September 3, Palin will be the keynote speaker at the Tea Party of America's "Restoring America" event in Iowa, which could be the ideal time for her to make an announcement, if in fact that is her intention.
Rove said about the timing, "This is her last chance. She either gets in or gets out. I think she gets in."
If Palin gets in, she'll be running on her own terms and strategy, which will be interesting. Rove has been skeptical of Palin skirting the trappings of traditional campaigning and still being able to win, but Rove has admitted politics is changing, but wouldn't admit Palin may be on the right track.
This could be because Rove and others like him have dictated much of the platform and agenda, and Palin it appears, assuming she enters the race, will dictate what she wants to address and focus on if she runs.
As with many seemingly surprising movements throughout history, the Tea Party is one that has its roots far back in time, and has emerged in response to the realization government is out of control, and its policies, along with those of the Federal Reserve, are leading us to destruction.
That destruction will be the inevitable result of those of liberals, or progressives, which is just another name for the socialists Americans and much of the former free world all opposed in the past.
So while the Tea Party appeared to explode out of nowhere, in reality it has been building up for years, and soared onto the public scene in light of the Obama Administration, emboldened by the Carte Blanche offered it by the press, brought past socialists policies to entire new levels, even taking the healthcare bill and ramming it down the throats of the majority of Americans who opposed it.
Obama didn't start the policies leading to the emergence of the Tea Party, but his arrogance and dictator-like actions brought what has been boiling under the surface for decades to the top.
Even though it's true the Tea Party has largely backed Republican candidates, it's not because they are necessarily apologists for the Republican Party, but rather it's because Democrats have refused to listen to and heed the underlying concerns of the Party.
As to the Tea Party, it's not a political party, but is identified as that from a reference to dissent long ago when Americans opposed taxation without representation from the British. It is in fact a loose conglomeration of locally focused people.
Along with the disastrous healthcare bill forced upon the people, other laws generating and producing the resultant political dissent included, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Some see the bailing out of the banks as the major catalyst which brought people to the streets. But the refusal of Obama and the Democrats, especially, to listen their voices, was also an important part of the political uprising.
Republicans in general don't get off the hook either, as 87 percent of those organizing local tea parties say they aren't satisfied with the mainstream leaders of the Party.
At this time the Tea Party is made up of libertarian and conservative people, with a strong emphasis on lowering taxes, slashing the national debt, cutting the federal budget and reducing government spending. All of this is under the auspices of adhering to the United States Constitution, and not, as Obama has contended, interpreting it as a "moving" document. In other words, making it say whatever you want it to say to justify your policies.
On the social side, supporters of the Tea Party, according to a University of Washington poll, are very conservative, with 88 percent approving of the law put into effect by Arizona, 82 percent opposing homosexual marriage, and another 52 percent saying homosexuals have far too much political power. Obama's policy with foreign countries is also opposed by 73 percent of those identifying with the Tea Party.
From these disparities, you can see the Tea Party, in fact, is made up of libertarians and conservatives.
Contrary to media reports, a sizable percentage of those supporting Tea Party principles aren't white, with 21 percent saying they're of another race. The idea it's also a bunch of older people isn't true either, as 60 percent say they're younger than 55, according to a Bloomberg National Poll of adults 18 and over. As for Christians, 44 percent identify themselves as being born again.
On the libertarian side, and for conservatives emphasizing fiscal responsibility and smaller government, Ron Paul is largely the figurehead of the movement. Michele Bachmann is another powerful force in the movement, embracing the social issues important to conservatives, something that has always been perceived as a weakness for Ron Paul. Bachmann struggles with her signing of the Patriot Act, something many in the Tea Party movement oppose, as it granted even more power to an already too powerful government.
Even so, when asked about who best represents the local Tea Party groups, 34 percent responded with "no one," suggesting the resistance to someone co-opting the movement with a personal or national agenda.
Others identified on the national level as having influence, along with Paul and Bachmann, are Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint and Glenn Beck, although as time goes on, it seems the latter three are diminishing in importance, rather than gaining strength among Tea Partiers.
Having said all this, it appears at this time there is no real leader of the Tea Party, and hopefully that will remain the case; at least on the national level. Even Ron Paul, who as far as fiscal issues and big government go, has always adhered to these beliefs, and with or without the Tea Party, will continue to, has offered advice for which direction the Tea Party should go on certain issues, but hasn't attempted to step in and lead it. And I don't think he could. Neither will Michelle Bachmann, or any other visible leader; now or in the future. If they are able to, the essence of the Tea Party will disappear, and it'll be relegated to an interesting side note in the march of history, but nothing that had sustainable impact. Hopefully that won't happen.
We'll talk a lot about and follow the Tea Party as the events of our day unfold. Those who are considered as having an impact, like some of those mentioned above, we'll look more closes at, but also, and more importantly, what is happening on the local and regional levels with the movement.
That destruction will be the inevitable result of those of liberals, or progressives, which is just another name for the socialists Americans and much of the former free world all opposed in the past.
So while the Tea Party appeared to explode out of nowhere, in reality it has been building up for years, and soared onto the public scene in light of the Obama Administration, emboldened by the Carte Blanche offered it by the press, brought past socialists policies to entire new levels, even taking the healthcare bill and ramming it down the throats of the majority of Americans who opposed it.
Obama didn't start the policies leading to the emergence of the Tea Party, but his arrogance and dictator-like actions brought what has been boiling under the surface for decades to the top.
Even though it's true the Tea Party has largely backed Republican candidates, it's not because they are necessarily apologists for the Republican Party, but rather it's because Democrats have refused to listen to and heed the underlying concerns of the Party.
As to the Tea Party, it's not a political party, but is identified as that from a reference to dissent long ago when Americans opposed taxation without representation from the British. It is in fact a loose conglomeration of locally focused people.
Along with the disastrous healthcare bill forced upon the people, other laws generating and producing the resultant political dissent included, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Some see the bailing out of the banks as the major catalyst which brought people to the streets. But the refusal of Obama and the Democrats, especially, to listen their voices, was also an important part of the political uprising.
Republicans in general don't get off the hook either, as 87 percent of those organizing local tea parties say they aren't satisfied with the mainstream leaders of the Party.
At this time the Tea Party is made up of libertarian and conservative people, with a strong emphasis on lowering taxes, slashing the national debt, cutting the federal budget and reducing government spending. All of this is under the auspices of adhering to the United States Constitution, and not, as Obama has contended, interpreting it as a "moving" document. In other words, making it say whatever you want it to say to justify your policies.
On the social side, supporters of the Tea Party, according to a University of Washington poll, are very conservative, with 88 percent approving of the law put into effect by Arizona, 82 percent opposing homosexual marriage, and another 52 percent saying homosexuals have far too much political power. Obama's policy with foreign countries is also opposed by 73 percent of those identifying with the Tea Party.
From these disparities, you can see the Tea Party, in fact, is made up of libertarians and conservatives.
Contrary to media reports, a sizable percentage of those supporting Tea Party principles aren't white, with 21 percent saying they're of another race. The idea it's also a bunch of older people isn't true either, as 60 percent say they're younger than 55, according to a Bloomberg National Poll of adults 18 and over. As for Christians, 44 percent identify themselves as being born again.
On the libertarian side, and for conservatives emphasizing fiscal responsibility and smaller government, Ron Paul is largely the figurehead of the movement. Michele Bachmann is another powerful force in the movement, embracing the social issues important to conservatives, something that has always been perceived as a weakness for Ron Paul. Bachmann struggles with her signing of the Patriot Act, something many in the Tea Party movement oppose, as it granted even more power to an already too powerful government.
Even so, when asked about who best represents the local Tea Party groups, 34 percent responded with "no one," suggesting the resistance to someone co-opting the movement with a personal or national agenda.
Others identified on the national level as having influence, along with Paul and Bachmann, are Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint and Glenn Beck, although as time goes on, it seems the latter three are diminishing in importance, rather than gaining strength among Tea Partiers.
Having said all this, it appears at this time there is no real leader of the Tea Party, and hopefully that will remain the case; at least on the national level. Even Ron Paul, who as far as fiscal issues and big government go, has always adhered to these beliefs, and with or without the Tea Party, will continue to, has offered advice for which direction the Tea Party should go on certain issues, but hasn't attempted to step in and lead it. And I don't think he could. Neither will Michelle Bachmann, or any other visible leader; now or in the future. If they are able to, the essence of the Tea Party will disappear, and it'll be relegated to an interesting side note in the march of history, but nothing that had sustainable impact. Hopefully that won't happen.
We'll talk a lot about and follow the Tea Party as the events of our day unfold. Those who are considered as having an impact, like some of those mentioned above, we'll look more closes at, but also, and more importantly, what is happening on the local and regional levels with the movement.
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