September 16th, 2011
10:44 AM ET
Axelrod says Dem base is behind Obama Top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod is putting on a confident face after a string of polls have suggested the president’s approval ratings are at historic lows just as his reelection bid begins to ramp up. In a memo to several reporters Friday, Axelrod writes the media has overly focused on the president’s low ratings without noting that those of the Republican Party and Congress are also scraping the bottom of the barrel:
And, despite a wave of suggestions that many Democrats are upset and disappointed with Obama’s tenure, Axelrod argues, “The base is mobilized behind the president.”
The memo comes a day after former Clinton campaign strategist and CNN Contributor James Carville wrote a widely-read article on CNN.com in which he said it's time for the president to “panic” about his reelection bid and fire several of his staff members. |
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The republicans should be behind it too. It is balanced and bipartisan
In his own words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBsaF1kfv2I&feature=related
Great message "we suck, but they really suck". What leadership...
You support the GOP who destroyed the country and now want to take the country back to the Great recession of 2008 that they caused. No Thanks...
You might want to read about Clinton and the Community Reinvestment Act that required banks to lower mortgage requirements so unqualified people and illegal aliens could qualify for mortgages. When the Bush administration tried to investigate Freddie and Fannie for fraud, democrats such as Maxine Waters and Barnie Frank called them racists. Unfortunately, the administration backed off because of the bad press. Blaming republicans for something that democrats created and fostered is ignorance at best but most likely the result of a blind anti business bias that has resulted in a housing bubble that has exploded and the most inept presidency since Jimmy Carter.
You seem to be confusing the GOP with democratic congressmen Dodd and Frank, who caused America's economic melt down ... and thanks to brain dead democrats, Barney Frank is still in office, continuing to pollute America with his inept political influence.
Humm,
Of course they are. Especally those in Brooklyn. Way behind, I would say. Tax the Rich and give it to the poor. A real good plan. Lessee. Unemployment up 11000 this week. Still at an Offical 9.1 percent. Poverty at 15 percent. 46 Million on Food Stamps. But Obama has a plan. Yippee!
December 1982 ... two years into Reagan's presidency .... rate of unemployment: 10.8% ....... Percentage increase in the Federal debt under Reagan's tenure: +186% ...... Feel free to check my numbers and, then, draw your own conclusions, if you are capable of doing anything besides regurgitating the inane and inept talking points you heard on FOX .... 🙂
#1–Reagan's was 3% bump from when he took office, and in the face of HUGE inflation/interest rates.
#2–Obama over the same period 5% bump (5-9.9%) Little inflation (which we will see coming up with these huge spending packages)
#3–Dems full control of Congress and 4 years of white house (jan '77-'81) when Reps took back Senate
#4–Dems full control of Congress (jan'07-'11) and whitehouse ('09-'13) with Repubs taking control of House Jan '11 and stonewalled by Senate on economic bills.
So you want more than "Fox talking points?" there you go.
.............WHY is the media not informing the public of all the postive and correct things my President has done for this country since taking office (and before taking office)? It's as if the American media is trying ONCE again to pick the next President and NOT the people electing the President (as it should be). Remember the last time this happened what the results were? I sure as hell do.
He has done Jack Shit But spend our Money and give away our money to his buddies for reelection
Obama is a snake oil saleman
Don't you wonder why Obama, himself and the rest of the democrats aren't touting all their great accomplishments? That's because there aren't any and they know it. History proves over and over again that liberal governance doesn't work and yet there are still 20% of Americans who admit to being liberal. The only positive thing he's done is to continue most of the Bush anti terror policies and that would not make for good press.
"American media is trying ONCE again to pick the next President" yep, thats exactly what happened in 2008, and that is why we are in the mess we are in now.
So the looney left who make up 20% of voters and have no clue about how to run a business but are experts in creating government dependent Americans are still behind this Jimmy Carter disaster. Wow, that's news.
Just answer me one thing____What exactly is his base? Cause if it includes government workers or immigrants, count me out!
Axelrod would say, or do anything to get Obama reelected ... maybe even beg, like Obama is starting to do.
Heres a short list of President Obamas Accomplishments:
Create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
Increase minority access to capital
Require economic justification for tax changes
Change standards for determining broadband access
Establish a credit card bill of rights
Expand loan programs for small businesses
Extend and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch
Extend and index the temporary fix to the Alternative Minimum Tax that was passed in 2007
Close the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug plan
Expand the Senior Corps volunteer program
Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
Give tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums
Require large employers to contribute to a national health plan
Require children to have health insurance coverage
Expand eligibility for Medicaid
Expand eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
Require health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care
Establish an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information
In non-competitive markets, force insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care
Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
Increase funding to expand community based prevention programs
Reinstate executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.
Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
Fully fund the Veterans Administration
Assure that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as 'must-pass' legislation
Expand the Veterans Administration's number of "centers of excellence" in specialty care
Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women
Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act
Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq
Begin removing combat brigades from Iraq
No permanent bases in Iraq
Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan
Strengthen and expand military exchange programs with other countries
Make greater investment in advanced military air technology
Make U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
Give a speech at a major Islamic forum in the first 100 days of his administration
Allocate Homeland Security funding according to risk
Create a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
Increase funding for local emergency planning
Stand down nuclear forces to be reduced under the Moscow Treaty
Appoint a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
Improve relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
Launch an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)
Create a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program
Establish an Energy Partnership for the Americas
Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers
Release presidential records
Require new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
Provide affordable, high-quality child care
Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
Reduce subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers
Encourage water-conservation efforts in the West
Increase funding for national parks and forests
Increase funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Encourage farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient
Expand Pell grants for low-income students
Pursue a wildfire management plan
More controlled burns to reduce wildfires
Expand access to places to hunt and fish
Push for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
Restore funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Reform mandatory minimum sentences
Create a White House Office on Urban Policy
Fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Establish program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders
Establish 'Promise Neighborhoods' for areas of concentrated poverty
Create an artist corps for schools
Champion the importance of arts education
Support increased funding for the NEA
Promote cultural diplomacy
Add another Space Shuttle flight
Use the private sector to improve spaceflight
Work with international allies on space station
Partner to enhance the potential of the International Space Station
Use the International Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research
Explore whether International Space Station can operate after 2016
Conduct robust research and development on future space missions
Increase spending to prepare for longer space missions
Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
Enhance earth mapping
Appoint an assistant to the president for science and technology policy
Support commercial access to space
Establish school programs to highlight space and science achievements
Establish special crime programs for the New Orleans area
Rebuild schools in New Orleans
Fund a major expansion of AmeriCorps
Create a Social Investment Fund Network
Bolster the military's ability to speak different languages
Appoint the nation's first Chief Technology Officer
Provide grants to early-career researchers
Work to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
Create a national declassification center
Appoint an American Indian policy adviser
Create new financial regulations
Increase funding for land-grant colleges
Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees
Sign a "universal" health care bill
Create new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
Raise fuel economy standards
Invest in all types of alternative energy
Enact tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars
Ask people and businesses to conserve electricity
Create a 'Green Vet Initiative' to promote environmental jobs for veterans
Create job training programs for clean technologies
Require states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
Support high-speed rail
Invest in public transportation
Equalize tax breaks for driving and public transit
Share enviromental technology with other countries
Double federal spending for research on clean fuels
Provide grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes
Increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
Get his daughters a puppy
Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet
Raise the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009
Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
Reverse restrictions on stem cell research
Repeal DontAsk/DontTell
Killed Osama Bin Laden
How many of those created jobs or reduced the debt or deficit? How many killed jobs and increased the debt or deficit? The answer to those two questions have already determined Obamas fate. One and done.
Grow gov't funding, increase gov't funding, expand gov't spending, promote gov't spending, bankrupt America with gov't spending, Spend, spend spend. EVERY ONE of the gov't dollars spent comes from individual taxpayer pockets. This includes tarrifs, corp taxes, fees, fines and all other forms of payment to the gov't.
"Invest in all types of alternative energy," and "share enviro tech with other countries?" Yes, that was part of the FAILED TRILLION $$ STIMULUS PACKAGE. Billions going to billionaires who you claim to so vehemently hate, overseas corps (great investment in America there) and bailing out foreclosures, many of which ended right back up in the same ditch because the Dem's (Barney Frank) policies forcing banks to lend to unqualified borrowers, hmmm, kind of like Solyndra. The Gov't is not a good steward of taxpayer money.
Has anyone else noticedd that nearly all the programs Gov't gets involved in fail or require more and more and more money (TAXES) to stay afloat?
Has anyone else noticed that the more regulations the gov't puts in place, the worse off the private sector ends up?
Has anyone else noticed that overbearing gov't regulations help "evil corporations" by limiting access to the market by the little guy?
Has anyone else noticed that the more $$ gov't takes in, the more scandal and fleecing occurs?
Has anyone noticed that this is destroying America?
Has anyone noticed that Dems, and now many Repubs are in favor of bigger Govt?
Obama is a clueless, incompetent boob, and so are you.
The media is doing what they always do, they are fight promoters. If one side is weak, which the republicans are, they go out of their way to promote them. They could care less who wins; all they want is a good fight. Right now the GOPs approval rating is nonexistent, so all articles will be tilted their way. They call it being fair and unbiased, when in reality its lazy reporting. For example when they report the Democratic base doesn’t support Obama’s jobs plan with no explanation as to why they don’t support it. If they did they would find we don’t like the tax cuts part. So Axelrod is correct and the only hope the GOP has is maybe the public will not turn out to vote or they will be so mad that Obama compromises too much and vote against him out of spite. I say don’t worry about the media not doing their job by not reporting the fact that Republicans are still promoting the same policies that history shows don’t work. Only 2% of Americans directly benefit from their proposals, everyone else is supposed to get the leftovers. The only way they get middle class and poor to support their agenda is to mix it racism and promoting the idea that they (the middle class and poor) have more than they do and people with less are going to get what you have worked so hard to get. The truth is if you’re not in that top 2% you don’t have @#$% and they (the top 2%) are worried that you will get what they have!
I think Obama should ask Hillary to be his running mate. Sorry, Biden, but this would be a game changer.
They would be rioting because corporate America is sitting on 2 trillion in cash and want more before they feel safe enough to invest. Also, everyone can see its not shared pain; the rich are making record profits while the median income has gone in the opposite direction and unemployment is stagnate. The figures are amazing…. Of the record profits 88% have gone to the top while 1% went to employees. Greed has taken over and the bottom line rules, they proved it the last time they had a tax holiday and took all the tax free money they had stashed overseas and cut jobs instead of hiring like they promised. Only the stupid would blame Obama while corporate executives and Wall Street are making record profits. 14 months is a long time to play politics while things continue to get worst.
President Obama has done a lot for this country it is not time for him to campaign he has to get the american people back to work congress is not thinking about them all they can say is NO, NO, NO and don't tax the rich.
There will be plenty of time to debate the candidates they are not doing anything but fighting among themselves and are not worried about the unemployed. All everyone can do is blame President Obama and noone will support anything he puts out there. The american people are hurting and needs congress to stop playing games.
Everyone is worried about the polls Axelrod is right the President is doing fine and his poll numbers are counted through social media, technology etc. and the amount of funds and pledges received from the american people, not the stupid polls the media is engaged in.
Dee; Good post. I agree wholeheartedly. Those demons in Washington are strategically and purposefully holding back on ANY jobs plan, whether it be the one OBAMA laid out or any of the so-called ones the GOP claims to have presented to the President. They clearly don't intend for AMERICA to be up and running in 2012! They're banking on SNEAKING back into the WH because America's NOT up and running! People are still NOT working and OBAMA being totally blamed for entitlement reform 'adjustments'! GOP STRATEGY!
Based on the republican candidates we're better off with Obama nuff said