Poll: Obama In Close Races For 2012, Huckabee Has One-Point Edge

Eric, you're easily stunned.

it was also stunning how bad hillary was going to stomp obama's ass in the primaries.

Huckabee would have to win the GOP nomination first. That might not be so easy after giving a get-out-jail-free card to someone who subsequently murdered 4 police officers.

But then, who am I kidding? IOKIYAR.

It's not a shock. Americans never like losers. If Obama keeps retreating, he will be a one-term president.

There is literally no way that a black man with the middle name Hussein will become President in 2008. Absolutely none, no way, never.

There's no one to blame for these poll results but Obama himself.

He hasn't delivered on the promises that Americans expected when they elected him president.

He spent the better part of the last year operating under the delusion that his charm and eloquence -- or, alternately, his willingness to listen to GOP complaints -- would be enough to enamor Republicans into agreeing with his proposals.

In the end, he delivered great speeches and gave in, time and again, to Republican concerns on legislation...but didn't get any Republican votes in return.

I guess it's easier to be a media darling and rock star than it is to actually lead and get things done.

I wonder how Obama polls against Alan Keyes.

More evidence that Obama is shedding support faster than a dog does hair in the spring.

Clinton is right when he says that Americans would rather their leaders be strong and wrong (hence Bush's reelection) than weak and right. And to much of America, Obama is a 98 pound weakling.

While I respect Mr Harris’ opinions, these are the key questions and the factual answers.

Who are Obama's 'constituencies'? Follow the decisions and identify Obama's constituencies:

1. Decision - Ignore previous Republican crimes and misdemeanors: Constituencies - Republican voters and Republican Congress people he hoped would go 'bi-partisan'.
2. Decision - Support a stingy stimulus full of tax breaks and pork: Constituencies - investors, special interests.

3. Decision - Kill the only option that would have slowed the cost of health care & led to universal coverage: Constituencies - Health insurance and pharmacy industries.

4. Decision - Accelerate the Bush bailout: Constituency - Financial industry.

5. Decision - Escalate a meaningless and fruitless war: Constituencies - military and corporate mercenaries.

6. Decision - Gut real financial reform and substitute finger wagging and silly taxes and fees: Constituencies - financial industry and the wealthy.

7. Decision - Not help people with bankruptcy and mortgages remediation: Constituencies - financial industry, banks and wealthy.
and 

8. Decision - Fiddle around and not pass a jobs bill: wealthy and Republicans.

Obama’s constituencies are the health insurance and pharmacy industries, military-mercenary complex, the financial industry and banks, and the wealthy.

Why has Obama lost the support of the voters? Based on the decisions Obama has made, these appear to be the reasons for the lose:

1. Republicans are better off with real Republicans, so why vote for Obama;
2. Independents, who wanted change, see the status quo protected and coddled, so they've lost faith in the man (no 'change you can believe in' there);
3. Democrats see a so-called Democratic White House and so-called Democratic Congress pushing Republican policies and catering to traditionally Republican constituencies, so why support Obama and the Congressional 'leaders' who cannot support the middle class. 



Obama has made decisions that have hurt most Americans, and, he is either:

1. Oblivious to them,
2. Doesn’t care, or
3. Erroneously assumed the military-mercenary, health insurance-pharmaceutical, financial-banking industries and wealthy constituencies would remain loyal and rescue him from troubles.

Obama is apparently constitutionally unable to support the middle class and the traditional Democratic constituency. It is not difficult to understand why Obama's ratings and his 'agenda' have been rejected and Democrats no longer enjoy the support of the majority of voters.