Finally: The Beginning Of The End For Obama?
Could it be true? The ranks are breaking. The crown has fallen off of the head
of The Anointed One and it's getting downright nasty out there...
(Bloomberg)
Years of disappointment and tension between Democrats and their president are
now on open display as politicians, party leaders and strategists worried about
their chances in the midterm elections begin casting about for someone to blame.
A party and its president often go their separate ways during the final years of a second term, and Democrats say they appreciate Obama's decision to avoid campaigning in competitive states. But that doesn't do much to soften frustration with what they describe as near-political malpractice by the White House, basic missteps that some blame on an insular president who they say takes advice from aides with little campaign experience. "Folks are beginning to scapegoat and second guess, but there are plenty of reasons to do that," said strategist Jim Manley, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "President Obama doesn't like to get his hands dirty. He seemingly floats above it all."
On Wednesday morning, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse the president's contention that the Nov. 4 vote would be a referendum on his agenda, coming within a whisker of an outright contradiction. "Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2012 and 2008," she said, when pressed in an interview on MSNBC. Two days earlier, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia told The Washington Post that there is "nothing" Obama can do to help swing competitive races to moderate Democrats. A presidential campaign visit, he said, “is not going to be productive."
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A party and its president often go their separate ways during the final years of a second term, and Democrats say they appreciate Obama's decision to avoid campaigning in competitive states. But that doesn't do much to soften frustration with what they describe as near-political malpractice by the White House, basic missteps that some blame on an insular president who they say takes advice from aides with little campaign experience. "Folks are beginning to scapegoat and second guess, but there are plenty of reasons to do that," said strategist Jim Manley, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "President Obama doesn't like to get his hands dirty. He seemingly floats above it all."
On Wednesday morning, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse the president's contention that the Nov. 4 vote would be a referendum on his agenda, coming within a whisker of an outright contradiction. "Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2012 and 2008," she said, when pressed in an interview on MSNBC. Two days earlier, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia told The Washington Post that there is "nothing" Obama can do to help swing competitive races to moderate Democrats. A presidential campaign visit, he said, “is not going to be productive."
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