The President is shooting blanks

Most voters in the country now believe that President Obama is not doing his job well. In the most recent Gallup Poll, only 42 percent approve, while 49 percent disapprove. Taking all of the most recent polls together over the past 3 weeks, Obama is underwater there as well 45-49 on average. To make matters worse, the intensity gap is huge. Those who are "very satisfied" with Obama hovers in the mid 20's, while those who are "very unsatisfied" has been in the 40's for some time now. At this point in a presidency, the fall shouldn't happen this fast. Of course when Independents are running away from you like a plague, this is what you get...where you have only the base of your party really believing in you.

Here are several several reasons in which Obama is in this predicament:

1. Nation still divided- Obama's 2008 campaign was built around bring people together, uniting divisions, building bridges. However, most voters see this as pure talk. Where has Obama reached out? He seems to always make the argument that his way is noble, while his oppositions is deceitful. Take the recent issue on Social Security. Obama says Republicans are out to "destroy" this important program for Seniors. Seriously, I wasn't Obama about having debates, not giving scare tactics? In fact, I do remember Obama saying those are the ways of the past. Wasn't hope, not fear a campaign slogan?
2. Obamacare- Plain and simply, this was a travesty to begin with. The transparency wasn't there, the bipartisan support was non-existent, the public support was upside-down. And for those who think that Republicans were the ones that kept saying "no", remember that Independents were against this bill by almost 2-1. Nonetheless, Obama and Democrats drove this piece of legislation down our throats.
   
3. Oil Spill debacle- Obama showed absolutely no leadership in the aftermath of the oil spill. It led to many peoples fears that he is more of a professor than a leader. And the worst part is leadership is the job he applied for.... and received from the American people. After several months of the spill, approval for Obama steadily declined.
4. 70-30 on the wrong side... The Arizona Immigration law, signed by Governor Jan Brewer, is supported by 70 percent of Arizonan's, and about 65 percent of Americans in most polls. Nonetheless, Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration is suing Arizona. I believe most realize the law mirrors the Federal law, which Obama, Holder, and most liberals don't understand.
5. Another 70-30 on the wrong side... Having a mosque at Ground Zero has 30 percent support nationwide. Even the ultra-liberal New York thinks there shouldn't be a mosque there. Nonetheless, the Obama Administration has come in favor of having the mosque here. The following day, Obama backtracked...then had his communications guy say he stands by everything he said. Only problem-- He straddled the fence on these comments with zero clarification.

The House in GOP's hands?

We are about 90 days out from the midterm elections of 2010. As of now, there is growing optimism that the GOP will take back the House of Representatives. In most "wave" elections, all of the close house races goes to the party that has the momentum. Take 2006- There were many house seats held by the GOP in which they were slight favorites going in. As the patterned surfaced, many of those seats went to the Democrats, just barely. However, wave elections tend to do this. When there is enough dissatisfaction with the party in power (in this case, Democrats hold all 3 branches of government), they usually get skunked. In 2010, this is definitely the case. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Leader Harry Reid, and President Obama are all unpopular by every poll taken over the past few months. And the worst part is? Things are getting worse for them! Here's several things to note as to the importance of taking enough house seats to win majority (currently at 39):

1. Pelosi would not be the Speaker anymore. This means that she wouldn't drive the narrative of legislation anymore. This speaks for itself.
2. Whenever there is a tremendously unpopular bill, like the health care bill, Cap and Trade, or the stimulus, the House GOP will vote against it, and WITH the will of the people!
3. No more bargaining with a far left agenda that Obama wants to turn our country into. If you disagree with this statement, just look at the polls. They are on our side, by large margins. Independents are for the GOP this year in huge numbers, namely because Obama doesn't know how lead.
4. Did I mention we'd see a lot less of the wicked witch... I mean Pelosi???