What Can Obama Do to Prevent a Republican Takeover of Congress?

October 19, 2010 RSS Feed Print
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President Obama and the Democratic Party are on track for an epic political blowout on November 2. The way the momentum is trending, Republicans will gain a House majority, possibly the Senate, and a stronghold on governorships and state legislatures. Can the president do anything to change the outcome? Or blunt it? What, in the last weeks of the campaign, can he do or say to win back the independents and soft Democrats whose 2008 support has evaporated? He’s tried a number of themes—Wall Street bashing, fears of a return to Bush-era policies, alarm about foreign campaign money—but so far nothing has caught on. What does he have left to say? I’d like to hear your take on Obama’s last stand. Share your thoughts below.

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And if he performed this feat live on primetime I would at least consider voting for a democrat.

Geek Gawker of KY 10:48PM November 10, 2010

Obama's change was more than the American people bargained for. Honestly, who would bargain for a trillion dollar deficit? A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place. He and his congress have got to go!

We the people...are tired of being bent over, raped, and then told ..."it's for your own good". On November 2nd the people will again vote for much needed change. We realize we have to do it now before our power to vote is stolen or further compromised.

The Obama administration forced banks to accept hundreds of billions of dollars, all the while telling the American people the banks would lend this money to spur economic growth and create private sector jobs. Americans are more intelligent than Obama gives them credit for being and they have seen through this lie as well.

The American people, for the most part, are a proud people and would rather work hard pursuing the American dream than to suckle at the teet of government entitlement in a nanny state.

We don't need governemnt healthcare. We need government healthcare reform.

We need to protect our sovereignty, and our borders. We need to enforce our existing immigration laws, not create amnesty for those who break them.

We need term limits for congress and legislators. We need to abolish pensions for senators and congressmen unless they serve 25 to 30 years. Any private sector company that implemented this policy would be bankrupt.

We're simply tired of taxation without proper and appropriate representation. That's where the audacity of NO hope is born and fostered.

P. Swindle of FL 12:17AM October 23, 2010

Young people are the ones who should be running from Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the Democrats. The reckless spending has mortgaged their future more than any other group.

AngryMobVoter of PA 3:43PM October 19, 2010

Editor's Note

Brian Kelly was named editor of U.S.News & World Report in April 2007, nine years after joining the magazine. With more than 30 years of journalism experience, including covering Capitol Hill, politics, and the presidency both as a beat reporter and as an editor, Kelly is one of the nation’s most experienced magazine editors in steering national and international news content.

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