Barack Obama in 2010 on the path of John McCain 2008?

[Geee]

Politico:


President Barack Obama and his team have seen this movie before.

On the wrong side of public opinion, the campaign reaches for something, anything, to steer the debate away from the issue at hand: the voters' desire for a different direction.

Unable to change the conversation, the mood turns sour. Rival camps start pointing fingers, looking for scapegoats. The man at the top comes out smaller, diminished.

This time, though, it's Obama who is living the nightmare.

Two years after mocking Sen. John McCain and his herky-jerky campaign as "erratic," it's the White House that is veering from message to message in a seemingly vain attempt to dodge voters' overwhelming focus on the dismal economy.

In 2008, Obama ran on two words, Hope and Change. He was lifted by the public's revulsion toward the Bush administration and years of Republican rule in Washington.

Now, it's the GOP with the bumper sticker slogan, Jobs and Spending, who are the beneficiaries of the electorate's lingering economic anxieties and their anger toward the political establishment.

[Stella]

I don't think there is any comparisons between Obama and McCain. Obama has a base that will follow him off the cliff and think he is wonderful no matter what he does. Obama also has over half the country not paying taxes. People who voted for Obama to begin with had absolutely no idea who they were voting for and that didn't seem to bother them at all.

 

Whether Obama can be re-elected depends on who the GOP runs and what they do with the Congress they hope to win. People also expect immediate results if they win the House.

[Pepper]

I don't think there is any comparisons between Obama and McCain. Obama has a base that will follow him off the cliff and think he is wonderful no matter what he does. he House.

 

 

Off the cliff

[nickydog]

Perfect cartoon,Pepper.

[Pepper]

Nickydog - Safe for Work.... Where is this man today