|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
One Year Out: The Fall
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Candidate
|
| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Jan 16, 2010 10:29pm |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Charles Krauthammer |
| News Date | Sunday, January 17, 2010 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | What went wrong? A year ago, he was king of the world.
Now President Obama’s approval rating, according to CBS, has dropped to 46 percent—and his disapproval rating is the highest ever recorded by Gallup at the beginning of an elected president’s second year.
A year ago, he was leader of a liberal ascendancy that would last 40 years (James Carville). A year ago, conservatism was dead (Sam Tanenhaus).
Now the race to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat in bluest-of-blue Massachusetts is surprisingly close, with a virtually unknown state senator bursting on the scene by turning the election into a mini-referendum on Obama and his agenda, most particularly health-care reform.
A year ago, Obama was the most charismatic politician on earth. Today the thrill is gone, the doubts growing—even among erstwhile believers. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
