Saturday, July 10, 2010

Obama Losing His Box Office Appeal

From NationalJournal.com:
Pres. Obama is the best fundraiser the Dem Party has, but his drawing power is way down from its peak during the '08 campaign.

Obama is heading to MO and NV today to raise money for Sec/State Robin Carnahan (D), running for an open Senate seat, and Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid.

But Carnahan's campaign wasn't able to completely sell out the Folly Theater, where Obama will appear for a grassroots event on Carnahan's behalf, at the prices they wanted. Tickets once priced at $250 are now going for $99, while $35 tickets are half off.
National Review points out:
...Let’s be fair; it’s only natural to charge half price when Obama’s job approval is roughly half what it once was.

Also note the name, “Folly Theater.” The Foolishness Arena was booked, apparently.
Republicans are chuckling over BHO's drop in appeal. Dr. Jack Wheeler, however, warns of an October surprise:
...I have lost count now of the number of predictions being made of a GOP "tsunami" in November. Serious political analysts, soberly and without hyperbole, are saying that Dem losses in the House, Senate, Governor's mansions, et al, are likely to be of "historic" proportions.

And every one of them unfailingly comes with a caveat, something along the lines of, "barring some huge unexpected disaster for the GOP." Now, if you were Rahm Emanuel, what would that caveat cause you to think about?...
Read the rest HERE.

Many of us who oppose the present administration's policies are banking on November 2010 to turn things around. But is the GOP up to that challenge? And what could that "October surprise" be?

1 comment:

revereridesagain said...

There's quite a debate going on about this over at Atlas right now. My own feeling is that they would not be foolish enough to outright stage something because the risk of exposure is too high. Manipulation of existing ticking bombs -- Iran, the economy, the DOJ -- seems more likely. But whatever they do try to use for the "O.S.", what sort of crisis would actually swing voter support in Obummah's direction as opposed to making him look even worse? Whatever that is, it's what we've got to worry about and be ready for.