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Congressional Democrats Are Doomed
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Jul 19, 2010 06:47pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Mark Whittington |
| News Date | Friday, July 9, 2010 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | What are the real prospects for congressional Democrats moving toward the November elections in 2010? If the analysis in the National Journal can be believed, Senate and House Democrats running for reelection are pretty much doomed:
"For months now, the alarm bells have been sounding for President Obama. First there was the drop in support among independents. Then his precipitous drop in support among white voters. Now comes the predictable news that Wall Street donors, sick of being used as political punching bags, are no longer lavishing campaign funds on Democrats.
"But while these developments should be worrisome to the White House, they should be downright terrifying to congressional Democrats. Obama has time to right himself. For congressional Democrats, time has almost run out."
Polling and focus group data suggest that President Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are losing white and independent voters on the issues of health care reform and the BP oil leak disaster. Despite some hopes expressed by supporters of Obamacare, opposition to it has only increased and hardened in the months since its passage. The spectacle of government incompetence in the Gulf of Mexico has crystallized the meme of a federal government that is clueless, out-of-touch, and self-absorbed.
What is more, it may be too late for Democrats to do anything about the doom that approaches them. Public attitudes toward congressional Democrats seem to have settled in, and it would take a very unlikely game-changing development to change them.
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