Obama Detractors Asking Voters To Look At The Record

November 4, 2009

Conservatives across the country are crowing about what they call major victories for the conservative movement in both Virginia and New Jersey, with both states electing Republican Governors last night. On the heals of defeats from democrats last night many are cheering and asking voters to look at the record and witness a crumbling administration in the White House and in Congress.

They are saying, just look at the record. Claiming victory they are boasting that they stopped Obama from closing Guantanamo Bay. Further, they say, he expected to have a government-run option for health care through Congress by August, and now near-universal Republican opposition and the defection of several key Democrats has put his liberal legislative agenda in serious jeopardy. His disastrous Cap and Tax proposal, they claim, is losing support rapidly, and his approval ratings have fallen faster and farther than any new president in history.

And then there were last night’s election results. President Obama campaigned hard for both of the Democrats running for governor in both Virginia and New Jersey. Republicans had suffered major defeats in Virginia’s past three statewide elections. Yet last night, they won the governorship by 18%. And a Republican governor in New Jersey? In 2008, that would have been unthinkable.

Pointing out what they believe is the reality of the election, they suggest, last night’s election returns demonstrate that President Obama’s star is fading. He put his reputation on the line for both of those candidates, and he came up short. And his troubles are far from over.
Some in Washington are surprised that the president has overreached so quickly. They credit him with being smart enough to campaign as a faux conservative – promising limited changes in health care and a tax cut for 95% of all Americans. But, they are startled that he thought he could ignore his own rhetoric and govern from the far left once elected, and that he thought Americans just wouldn’t notice.

Well, it appears Virginia and New Jersey noticed. And they didn’t like it. They have started the process of making a difference in stopping it. They are quick to point out that President Obama has huge majorities in Congress and still can’t get his agenda enacted, mainly because his priorities are so far out of step with those of the American people.

It looks like the war is on and building toward the 2010 election and beyond.