Glenn Greenwald "Obama and the Left: a problem for the WH?" [View All]

<http://www.salon.com/news/politics/democratic_party/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2011/07/26/left>

"Even small defections, along with pervasive cynicism, disappointment, and apathy, can sink Obama's campaign. Kilgore's underlying assumption is correct, and it's one I've argued many times: a political constituency that slavishly and unconditionally supports a Party will inevitably be ignored by that Party. That's just basic political rationality. The question is whether the clearly growing discontent on the Left will translate into anything more meaningful than impotent words. I genuinely don't know the answer, but the hubristic confidence on the part of the White House, as expressed by Kilgore, seems very unwarranted."

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"More than a third of Americans now believe that President Obama’s policies are hurting the economy, and confidence in his ability to create jobs is sharply eroding among his base. . . . The Post-ABC poll found that the number of liberal Democrats who strongly support Obama’s record on jobs plunged 22 points from 53 percent last year to 31 percent. The number of African Americans who believe the president's actions have helped the economy has dropped from 77 percent in October to just over half of those surveyed."

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Looks like Obama's hippy-punching and kow-towing to the monied interests is finally paying off (for the Republicans).