Saturday, October 16, 2010

While conservatives are energized, liberals are demoralized

As the midterm elections draw near, President Obama and the Democrats are becoming more desperate than ever to find a winning message. They thought President Obama's health care reform would be popular, even while polls showed it was not. But they rammed it through anyway, and now most Democratic candidates are running away from it as a campaign issue.

President Obama and congressional Democrats spent the past two years running away from the issue that was really important to voters, which was and remains jobs. Instead they made their focus health care reform, and now they have nothing to run on. From Associated Press, via NPR:

Analysts in both parties say all major indicators tilt toward the Republicans. President Barack Obama's policies are widely unpopular. Congress, run by the Democrats, rates even lower. Fear and anger over unemployment and deep deficits are energizing conservative voters; liberals are demoralized.