As we close in on Election Day, the campaigning starts to reach a fever pitch. As embattled Democrats get more and more desperate to hang on to the Senate, they're calling out their party's big guns. Bill Clinton is out there, as is Hillary Clinton, and heck, even Jimmy Carter is getting in on the act. However, there's one person who's been awfully quiet.
If you don't know who that might be, here's a hint: He's the smartest, dreamiest, most measured, successful President that the Democrat party has ever produced. Oh, and according to ABC, he's currently sitting in the White House twiddling his thumbs.
Oh sure, he's handling the big stuff like parent teacher conferences, but even ABC is being forced to admit the ugly truth. President Barack Obama is so unpopular, so deeply toxic, that everyone knows a campaign stop is likely to do more harm than good.
Just look at what happened in Maryland last week. Obama made a rare campaign appearance in support of gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown. First, he was heckled. Then, when that had died down, people started filing out like they were heading for the bathrooms during one of the "new songs” at a Billy Joel concert.
As Reuters White House Correspondent Jeff Mason tweeted:
It's not weird, Jeff. People are just sick of hearing the same old pile of pandering crap-ola from their Commander in Chief. But hey, they're still Dems. This won't impact any races, will it? Hmmmm...
Just one week after the appearance, we have this from The Daily Caller:
A soon to be released poll by Gonzales Research, leaked to The Daily Caller, shows the Maryland Gubernatorial race to be extremely close – only 2 points, 46 to 44, separate Democratic Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Republican small businessman Larry Hogan.
Maryland is one of the deepest blue states, with a 2 to 1 registration advantage for Democrats, but Gonzales finds this race is well within the 3.5 percent margin of error of the survey, commissioned by the Maryland GOP.
Independents are breaking for Hogan, 46 to 32, and he’s receiving 89 percent support from his party while Brown is only pulling 73 percent of Democrats.
Assuming the poll isn't just an outlier, this means that, just one week after an Obama appearance, his chose chosen candidate has plummeted nine points. Not exactly the kind of bounce you'd expect to see from a President whose policies were popular. Hey, I wonder if those policies are on the ballot?
