Obama's Place in Midterm Election and the Roles of Presidents Past

Its funny how we can see the same political players day after day on TV and in the press and come away with different ideas of who did what right or wrong. We are the ones being played by the parties. It is our feet that are in cement. I find those who are in the DC area get more of the DC talk shows and other parts of the country do not. When you have people who actually work in the government giving opinion based on their experiences, when they attack wrong comments and provide proof one gets a more complete view of politics. I'd like to see a show on TV where both sides actually DEBATE the issues without shouting at each other and settle polilcy once and for all rather than hear the same tired defenses.

I hope the American people wake up and vote an independent in. Or Ron Paul would be good.But if we don't change course we are done.

I've been musing over whether the Democrats can benefit from this year marking the 50th anniversary since JFK was elected. I'm not sure they can make a very strong tie-in on that in particular, but I do see another possibility that might let President Obama be a bigger player in the waning days of the campaigning in October. To wit: the Cuban Missile Crises of October, 1962.

Not that I hope we have such a terrible confrontation ever again, but President Obama will be at exactly the same point in his presidency as JFK was in his own. As we all know, JFK backed Kruschev down; by late November, all the Soviet missiles and bombers were out of Cuba. More importantly for the 2010 elections, the resolution was reached in late October, which this year will be just before the elections.

While there's nothing on the horizon anywhere near so dramatic as that toe-to-toe, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, the one that many believe was the closest we ever came to nuclear war, I would think there would be a way to make some sort of tie in, to no small degree that just as JFK was the first Catholic President (causing considerable controversy and consternation), Obama is the first African-American President.

The Democrats need something to stir excitement, of which they have little right now. That need is starkly underlined by the fact that the Republicans do have the ever-colorful Palin and the Tea Party. (Though I don't think the Democrats would benefit at all by trying to find equivalents of either one.)

The Democrats could also benefit by going on the attack just as ferociously as have the Republicans, Tea Partyers, and people such as Rush Limbaugh.

Finally, they could probably benefit if they could somehow get an advance copy of President Bush's book, presently scheduled for release a week *after* the election. But if the D's could get an advance copy, they could refocus some attention on the Bush years.

This sort of musing is distasteful to me, as it makes me feel like I'm imitating a James Carvel or Karl Rove, but there it is anyway.

CJ
Why don't you ask the Obama administration hw he racked up $13.5 Trillion Deficit and what the Dem Congress did to increase the deficit during the last 2 yrs of the Bush admininstration?

This isn't to absolve the Repubs for the predicament we are now in--but where does it stop? The excessive spending with no way to pay for it is leading future generations into a bleak future.
The latest bill Pelosi is supporting could well be paid for from the remaining $ of the Stimulus Bill instead of allowing worthless projects to continue. Do we really need to know how cocaine affects monkeys? or a sidewalk leading to a ditch, or windows for a un-opened building (I am sure you can think of other frivilous expenditures.)
Instead of adding (or borrowing) another $26 billion, let's use the remaining Dollars in the Stimulus that hasn't been spent. If Obama would limit his AF One from touring the country to support Dems, the taxpayer could save a few more $--after all when he was elected, he did say he was the Pres. for all people in the US--now what is it? only the Dems?

Has anyone realized that the Dems owned Congress (House & Senate) in 2006? I find it interesting that no matter what bashing Bush has received from Obama, he has remained a gracious man and kept his opinions to himself. Stand-Up guy.

Now we look forward to the next few months of Obama on vacation and then flying around the country campaigning again--(if his fellow Dems will invite him.)
This man spent 1 yr as a Senator campaigning for Pres. (while the taxpayer paid his Senate salary)and now he will spend the next 2 yrs campaigning again. It's great when all he has to do is read someones words from a teleprompter and lead people into a frenzy. You know how the crecendo of his speeches intensify!!! Meanwhile the taxpayer is funding his travels to campaign. I thought I remember he said he was going to be the Pres. for all people--is he campaigning for any Repub that I don't know about?

Obama has a myopic view of his place in the world. He believed what he told voters in the election, but his visions are as unrealistic as his paper thin resume. He is great at running for president, but ill equipped for the real job at hand.
He is revealed in the 19 months he has occupied his current resident.
Perhaps come 2012 he will see the "For Rent" signs on the lawn at 1600 and realize he was not the owner, but only a temporary guest.

The republicans made quite a mess when they controlled things.

johnblack; If obama is doing so much for samll business then why did we need to extend unemployment, or why did we need to give the states 60 billion to keep govenment union employee's?

Obama's position during the mid terms. The safest place for him would be to stay in the white house. Most of the democrats running for reelection are fighting an up hill battle already with out Obama adding an anchor.

This President and his administration should take pride in all they have accomplished.
They have ,without all that much effort, energized a grass roots movement that is now aware, awake,informed and result oriented.
We should all be thankful that a resurgence in God and country will now be played out in November. And the best part...there will be a clear winner and an even clearer loser....we just have to do our part on election day and sit back and watch....kinda makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over...happy days are here again in less than 86 days