From Limbaugh's Lips To America's Ears: Americans Say Obama Will Fail

Rush Limbaugh's hopes have become America's expectations:

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama enters the new year with a growing number of Americans pessimistic about his policies and a growing number rooting for him to fail, according to a new national poll...

"Twelve months ago a majority of the public said that they thought Obama's policies would succeed; now that number has dropped to 44 percent, with a plurality predicting that his policies will likely fail."

Americans are also glad that the Dems' monopoly on power has been busted, but their expectations for the GOP's performance is low:

...while a majority of the public says Republican control of the House of Representatives is good for the country, only one in four say the GOP will do a better job running things than the Democrats did when they controlled the chamber.

Good. Keep the expectations low and the leashes short.

Discussion: Memeorandum

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Updates:

Raw numbers on the failure question:

In general, do you think it is more likely that Obama's policies will succeed or more likely that his policies will fail?

Succeed 44%

Fail 47%

In general, do you hope that Barack Obama's policies will succeed or do you hope that his policies will fail?

Succeed 61%

Fail 27%

More bad news for progs: Americans have more confidence in Republicans in Congress than in Obama or the Democrats. In fact, Republicans crush the Democrats...

Thinking about the major issues facing the country today, who do you have the most confidence in -- Barack Obama, or the Republicans in Congress, or the Democrats in Congress?

Obama 35%

Republicans in Congress 40%

Democrats in Congress 15%

Some "glass half empty" analysis from an astute commenter at Gateway Pundit:

So… 35% of the people are mentally ill? That’s really sad.

Add the 35% to the 15% who think the Pelosi/Reid Congress is just ducky, and this country is in serious trouble.

Caveats:

1. CNN reports that a growing number of Americans are "rooting" for Obama to fail, but in their poll they ask respondents whether they hope Obama's policies fail, not whether Mr. Obama fails:

In general, do you hope that Barack Obama's policies will succeed or do you hope that his policies will fail?

2. This poll does not reflect the views of the voters:

Interviews with 1,008 adult Americans conducted by telephone by Opinion Research Corporation on December 17-19, 2010. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Remember... polls of the general adult population generally give results that are more sympathetic to Democrats (in contrast to polls that only include Americans who vote).

3. Demographic data on the poll sample are conspicuously absent.

Full poll results.

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Rape of Liberty [Darleen Click]

For two years, Democrats have had their way with America. The living nightmare is over now:

The House on Wednesday evening passed a motion to adjourn the 111th Congress “Sine Die”, bringing to a close Democrats four-year reign in the lower chamber. . .

Democrats touted the busy lame duck as a fitting end to what they are touting as one of the most productive Congresses in recent history.

Productive? Is their product like the product of a rape-related pregnancy?

Let's give it up for adoption.

Try to forget about the Democrats' abuse for a while... go download some free Christmas music.

h/t: The Other McCain

Discussion: Memeorandum

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We Can See November

If you can't see November from your house, you probably have your eyes closed. The red tsunami is coming, ready or not. For optimal results, get moving ASAP.

What's the best way to get involved? Here are some simple but powerful suggestions from someone who occasionally stumbles on some very good ideas:

• Pledge to Vote in November for constitutional conservatives.
• Recruit 10 people to vote for the first time in this election.
• Make 10 phone calls to recruit conservative voters.
• Knock on 10 doors and explain the need to vote for conservative job creators.
• Donate $10 to support the effort to elect conservatives (Hey, this sounds very familiar!)

Here's a cool video explaining the power of 10:

To win in November and beyond, we must not forget to utilize the persuasion of the carrot and the stick.

What's the most enticing carrot? Money! Don't leave it to the special interest groups to fund all the campaigns. If we don't vote with our dollars, we shouldn't be surprised when the politicians don't listen to us after the election. "Those who pay the piper call the tune" ― the political world is no exception to that truism.

As election day approaches, get a strategy and get organized! Need help with strategy? Read, watch and learn.

Who needs our help as we come to the final stretch? Don't miss these lists:

• The Top 50 Races YOU Can Help to Win
• Twenty Candidates Who Need Help
• 40Seats.com

Getting back to the stick, here are some of the people who need to be beaten (metaphorically speaking, of course)... Follow the links for information about why we need to beat them:

Z - T

Matthew Zeller, John Yarmuth, Ron Wyden, David Wu, Charlie Wilson, Tom White, Tim Walz, Trent Van Haaften, Manan Trivedi, Dina Titus, Harry Teague

S

Betty Sutton, John Spratt, Zack Space, Ike Skelton, Carol Shea-Porter, Joe Sestak, Kurt Schrader, Heath Schuler, Mark Schauer, John Salazar, Ravi Sangisetty, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Loretta Sanchez

P - R

Mike Ross, Ciro Rodriguez, Cedric Richmond, Harry Reid, Steve Raby, Stephen Pougnet, Earl Pomeroy, Chellie Pingree, Gary Peters, Tom Perriello, Ed Perlmutter

N - O

Bill Owens, Mike Oliviero, Glenn Nye

Me - Mu

Patty Murray, Scott Murphy, Patrick Murphy, Christopher Murphy, Lisa Murkowski, Stephene Ann Moore, Harry Mitchell, Walter Minnick, Pat Miles, Kendrick Meek

Ma - Mc

Jerry McNerney, Mike McMahon, Mike McIntyre, Gary McDowell, Carolyn McCarthy, Scott McAdams, Jim Matheson, Jim Marshall, Betsy Markey, Joe Manchin, Dan Maffei

L

Dave Loebsack, Bryan Lentz, Julie Lassa, Rick Larsen

K

Ann Kuster, Frank Kratovil, Suzanne Kosmas, Ron Klein, Larry Kissell, Ann Kirkpatrick, Ron Kind, Mary Jo Kilroy, Paul Kanjorski, Steve Kagen

H

Jon Hulburd, Rush Holt, Tim Holden, Paul Hodes, Jim Himes, Baron Hill, Roy Herron, Martin Heinrich, Denny Heck, Phil Hare, Colleen Hanabusa, Debbie Halvorson, John Hall

G - F

Alan Grayson, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gabrielle Giffords, Alexi Giannoulias, Joe Garcia, Bill Foster, Lee Fisher, Russ Feingold

E - D

Bob Etheridge, Lori Edwards, Chet Edwards, Steve Driehaus, Joe Donnelly, Robert Dold, Suzan Delbene, Lincoln Davis, Kathy Dahlkemper

C

Mark Critz, Charlie Crist, Chris Coons, Jack Conway, Gerry Connolly, Tarryl Clark, Travis Childers, Ben Chandler, David Cicilline, Brett Carter, John Carney, Chris Carney, Russ Carnahan, Robin Carnahan, Dennis Cardoza, John Callahan

B

Paula Brooks, Bobby Bright, Bruce Braley, Barbara Boxer, Allen Boyd, Rick Boucher, Leonard Boswell, Richard Blumenthal, Sanford Bishop, Jr., Ami Bera, Michael Bennet, Melissa Bean, John Barrow

A

Michael Arcuri, Jason Altmire, John Adler

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Tea Party More Popular, Dems Deeply Underwater

Ed Morrissey sums it up well: "Not even skewed polls can rescue Obama and the Democrats."

A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that even with a sample skewed in favor of liberals and Democrats, the Tea Party is more popular than big-name Dems:

Positive/Negative

• Nancy Pelosi: 21/46
• Harry Reid: 11/31
• Tea Party: 30/34

So as you can see, the tea party is 9 percentage points more popular than Pelosi and 19 percentage points more popular than the Reid. It should also be noted that while Pelosi's negatives are more than two times as high as her positives and Reid's negatives are almost three times as high as his positives, the gap between Tea party positives and negatives is comparable to the margin of error (3.10%).

I'd submit that the Tea Party brand is doing remarkably well in light of the fact that the Tea Party movement has been subjected to months of false charges of racism from the likes of NBC and the rest of the Democrat-Dominated Dinosaur media. In contrast, even with all the help it gets from its friends at the major media outlets, the Democratic Party's approval ratings are deeply underwater at -11 (33/44).

As noted above, the NBC/WSJ poll was grossly skewed in favor of liberals and Democrats. NBC/WSJ gave "a nine-point edge to Democrats in their sample (without leaners; with leaners, seven points). But "Gallup found the partisan gap in April to be a single point, when considering leaners, 46/45."

The NBC/WSJ poll was skewed in terms of ideology as well. While the country has been consistently demonstrated to be about 20% liberal and 40% conservative, the NBC/WSJ sample was 23% liberal and only 35% conservative.

Softening the results for liberal Democrats even further, the NBC/WSJ poll included a large sample of non-voters (17% didn’t vote at all in 2008). As a group, non-voters tend to be less conservative than those who care enough about politics to show up to vote.

If libs think they can take some comfort in some of the numbers generated by this new poll, they had better think again.

Cross-posted at Left Coast Rebel

h/t: Memeorandum

Democrats Hide From Voters. What Could Go Wrong?

From the "be careful what you wish for" file, here's the Democrats' secret strategy for success in the November elections: Ignore the voters and hope they go away:

If the time-honored tradition of the political meeting is not quite dead, it seems to be teetering closer to extinction. Of the 255 Democrats who make up the majority in the House, only a handful held town-hall-style forums as legislators spent last week at home in their districts.

It was no scheduling accident...

...many Democrats heeded the advice of party leaders and tried to avoid unscripted question-and-answer sessions. The recommendations were clear: hold events in controlled settings — a bank or credit union, for example — or tour local businesses or participate in community service projects.

While unfailingly sympathetic to the Democrats, the New York Times has drawn attention the Dems' incredible hopelessness. Other than running ads showing Democrats waving white flags, is there anything else the Party of Obama could do to make their desperation more obvious?

How do you run for reelection while running scared from your constituents?

This is a perfect opportunity for Tea Party groups. Hold town hall meetings for the Democrats who are hiding. If they fail to show, maybe their GOP opponents will express an interest in making an appearance.

Shame the cowards.

Why I Like Obamcare

Random thoughts on the benefits and advantages of the Democrats' historic health care reform legislation:

• I like ObamaCare because I think everyone is entitled to their fair share of crushing bureaucratic regulation...it's a fundamental human right.
• ObamaCare will succeed where RomneyCare failed because it is TOTALLY different.
• We have compelling evidence that Americans will live longer and more healthfully as a result of ObamaCare.
• We can be very confident that per capita spending on health care will decrease as a result of the Democrats' health care legislation.
• Self-serving politicians will usher in a new era of unprecedented efficiency in health care.
• The U.S. Federal Government: "Thrifty, omniscient, virtuous."
• Opposition to ObamaCare comes from the limbic system, not from the prefrontal cortex.
• Anyone who disagrees with me is a vile, angry racist.

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iPad or oPad...which will you choose?

If only the government passed a law to make sure that those people who can not afford an Apple iPad do not suffer the unfairness and indignity of living without access to tablet computing:

"All I know about this is...I paid for it, and it won't start working until 2014."

Waterloo in 2010

Even die-hard liberals now admit that the elections of 2010 are likely to decimate the Democrats. The results of a new question added to the DK tracking poll portends doom:

QUESTION: In the 2010 Congressional elections will you definitely vote, probably vote, not likely vote, or definitely will not vote?

Voter Intensity: Voting/NOT Voting

Republican Voters: 81/14

Independent Voters: 65/23

Democratic Voters: 56/40

Delving a little deeper into the numbers, 15% of Democrats say they're definitely not voting, compared to only 5% of Republicans who say the same.

Another thing to keep in mind while looking at these numbers: Lately, as a group, Independents have been drifting further to the right. If these numbers hold up, Democrats will be crushed in 2010.

If the Democrats seem suicidal in their quest to upend the health care system, it's because they are expecting massive losses in 2010 no matter what they do in the interim. They are on a kamikaze mission. Don't expect the Dems to be swayed by concerns about self-preservation.

Via Memeorandum

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Hoffmania: What does it mean?

Establishment, beware.

As independent Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman has emerged as the front runner in the congressional race in New York's 23rd District, the political establishment is trying to figure out what it means:

...neither major party knows what to think about the Hoffman candidacy and both are trying to adjust their spin to accommodate what a victory by the Conservative Party candidate would say about the national political field.

Instead of spinning, the pols should be begging...for mercy:

Hoffman's rise is a manifestation of a series of recent poll numbers that show Americans growing increasingly frustrated with and distrustful of the federal government.

...the strong anti-incumbent sentiment may well hurt Democrats more in 2010 simply because they hold more seats in the House and the Senate. But, a Hoffman win is rightly understood not as a rejection of either party but rather a rejection of the political system as a whole. And, if it comes to pass, that will mean lots of competitive races and nervous incumbents next November.

On November 3, a fed up Mr. Smith, goes to Washington.

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The Real Significance of Hoffman in NY-23

Hoffman picks up Pataki

Video: Governor Pataki endorsing Hoffman (h/t: Left Coast Rebel)

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