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| Obama still has our vote; Canadian opinion | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 1 2009, 12:02 PM (81 Views) | |
| xray | Nov 1 2009, 12:02 PM Post #1 |
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Obama still has our vote By THE CANADIAN PRESS 1st November 2009 OTTAWA -- Barack Obama's honeymoon with the public isn't over yet -- at least not in Canada. Two in three people surveyed for the CP/Harris Decima poll said they believe the U.S. president is doing an excellent or good job. Doug Anderson, senior v-p of the pollster, says Obama's approval ratings may be declining in the U.S. But Canadians, if anything, are more likely to say their opinion of the new president has improved. When asked to describe Obama's job performance, 19% described it as excellent and 45% as good. Those with higher incomes were more likely than their counterparts to believe Obama is doing well. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is just an opinion thing, and really it's only the American people that really matter. Personally, I don't think enough time has passed to properly evaluate how Obama is doing as President. Is he attempting to honour his election promises, etc.? Like him or not it's his administration's track record that's going to tell the tale. I'd say we'll know by the half way mark of his term. I liked Bush up until after the Iraq war did not turn up any weapons of mass destruction AND the U.S. stayed in Iraq. Again this is just me.... 
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| Beancounter | Nov 2 2009, 08:31 AM Post #2 |
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Obama in the US is what Bob Rae was in Ontario. A Disaster! This Canadian has ABSOLUTELY NO USE for Obozo, when the race was going on between him and Hilary Clinton I remember thinking: "Maybe better the devil we know than the devil we don't know." Boy, was I right on that one! Almost every day you see the loonie go up in relation to the US dollar. What is really happening is that the US Dollar is declining against all major currencies. When Obama is through it will probably be down to the Mexican peso! In the meantime: I have some Euro's and I am in no hurry to convert them. As for the opinion of Canadians about Obama, what do they know! Most Canadians are illiterate politically speaking. Just look at our PM's of the last 50 years! The last one I had ANY respect for was John Diefenbaker, until he scrapped the Arrow. Too bad Robert Stanfield never made it, he was "The best PM Canada never had." I lived in N.S. from April '55 - Nov '65, the last 8 years were the Stanfield years, so I know what I am talking about. |
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| Bruce | Nov 2 2009, 12:00 PM Post #3 |
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Still to early to tell. The healthcare reform bill will be the first hurdle to clear, so lets see how he makes out. If he is smart, he will get his ass out of Afganistan. He seems to be for the people instead of Haliburton and the other big oil companies. |
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| Beancounter | Nov 3 2009, 05:19 PM Post #4 |
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Quote: "Still to early to tell." TOO EARLY? I knew Obozo would be a disaster before he was elected. Oh, I forgot Bruce is a lefty, and most lefties are VERY slow learners. |
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| xray | Nov 3 2009, 05:28 PM Post #5 |
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Gee, I don't consider myself a lefty and I think it's too early as well. He's in there for a 4 year term good or bad. The American people chose him. Now we have to wait and see how he does. I'm willing.... (like what choice do I have anyway?) |
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| Beancounter | Nov 4 2009, 09:30 AM Post #6 |
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Looks like Americans are learning fast: In Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) defeated Craigh Deeds (D). In New Jersey Christopher Christie (R) defeated Jon Corzone (D). |
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| xray | Nov 4 2009, 10:41 AM Post #7 |
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Ouch. That must bother the administration. 
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| Bruce | Nov 4 2009, 11:49 AM Post #8 |
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Republicans win key governor races, but lose NY congressional seat. A battle for a vacant Republican U.S. House seat worked against the GOP in upstate New York. The contest to fill the seat sparked a vicious internal fight between GOP conservatives and moderates. The struggle was viewed as a proxy for a national struggle between activists arguing the GOP slipped by betraying conservative values and officials warning a rightward move would further alienate an increasingly independent-minded electorate. The split resulted in the election of Bill Owens -- the first Democratic congressman from that region since the late 1800s. I think Obama slept well last night........ Edited by Bruce, Nov 4 2009, 11:53 AM.
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| Beancounter | Nov 5 2009, 08:15 AM Post #9 |
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Did Obama get the message? By PETER WORTHINGTON, TORONTO SUN Last Updated: 5th November 2009, 3:47am It was a victory for the American people who, once again, defied expectations and voted for pragmatism over ideology. That's probably the kindest way to explain why two Democratic governors were bounced a year after Barack Obama was elected president on the promise of change, reducing Republicans to also-rans. The election of Republican Chris Christie as governor of New Jersey was the biggest upset, ousting incumbent Jon Corzine, especially when Obama had campaigned for Corzine, taped "robocalls" for him, and sent Vice-President Joe Biden into the state to lobby. New Jersey is Democrat country, rarely has a governor lost re-election after serving only one term. But it was Virginia that really put the boots to Democrats -- or to Obama, if you want to be mean. Under the magic of Obama's campaign last year, usually Republican Virginia voted Democrat. On Tuesday, the Republicans scored a hat trick. By almost a 2-1 majority, or by 20 points, Republican Bob McDonnell ousted Creigh Deeds as governor, by stressing the economy over every other issue. He rarely mentioned Obama. Republicans also swept the races for lieutenant governor and attorney general, spelling bad news for the Obama White House's agenda -- especially controversial health care reforms which Americans are increasingly uneasy about, and which critics dismiss mockingly as "Obamacare." Most agree that health care reform is necessary. Maybe long overdue. What seems to make Americans uneasy is the government getting embroiled in providing (i.e., paying for) health care. While the administration tries to reassure people that government would only help those with no health insurance, skeptics suspect if a generous government program is launched, private health care providers might opt out of insurance for employees, and let the government bear the costs. That's not an unreasonable assumption. While adjustments have been made to the Obama plan (surely, it's the old Hillary Clinton plan of 1993 in disguise, or with a facelift?), the results in New Jersey and Virginia may well result in the administration easing off, and/or Democrats in congress and the senate re-thinking their vote on the issue. Dick Morris, the campaign impresario who repeatedly rescued Bill Clinton when he was in trouble, has turned Republican and provides useful political insight into whatever he writes about. Morris says the New Jersey and Virginia outcomes send a message to some 83 Democratic congressmen and 20 Democratic senators who come from so-called red states that John McCain carried in the last election. The message is Obama can't be counted on to carry them to victory. If they support his health care plans, his economic simulus, his hesitation in Afghanistan, etc., and if the people don't like it, these guys are on their own. "If Obama couldn't bail out Corzine in a blue state, and couldn't bail out Deeds in a borderline red state, he can't bail you out," says Morris to red state Democrats. In any event, the Obama White House has to be concerned. Republicans are back in the game, albeit not as "conservative" as some might wish. Perhaps Obama has been too ambitious for change, too cocky, too sure of his charisma, too prone to ignore warning signs. As Joe Lieberman says, perhaps "change" is better introduced by small bites, incrementally instead of by huge gulps that cause indigestion. Maybe, just maybe, Americans can spot phonies better than wise guys suspect. (I love that last line. And Va + N.J = 2 against N.Y =1.) |
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| xray | Nov 5 2009, 10:50 AM Post #10 |
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A well written article by Worthington. It shows the political games being played. The recent election results should be giving Obama pause. Could this be his only term? I've always said that politics in general is a filthy business. 
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