Saturday, August 20, 2011

Enthusiasm

This confirms what I'm hearing from other Democrats.
Only 48% of Democrats on our most recent national survey said they were 'very excited' about voting in 2012. On the survey before that the figure was 49%. Those last two polls are the only times all year the 'very excited' number has dipped below 50%.

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The debt deal really does appear to have demoralized the base, and the weird thing about it is that this is one issue where if Obama had done what folks on the left wanted him to do, he also would have had the support of independents. The deal has proven to be a complete flop in swing states where we've polled it like Colorado, North Carolina, and Ohio. And in every single one of those states a majority of voters overall, as well as a majority of independents, think new taxes are going to be needed to solve the deficit problem.
I hope the White House doesn't think they can solve this problem by screaming "Perry!" pr "Palin!" because that's not going to cut it.

A good start would be telling me what Obama wants to do and is willing to fight for in his second term.

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