Stan Geiger

Obama's Looking Like Toast

Gallup poll numbers over the weekend put President Obama's approval rating at 40 percent. That's not a good thing for a guy that will be asking people for a second term about a year from now. But that's not the only negative indicator out there.

Word is, Hollywood liberals that were so excited about Obama in '08 aren't so excited anymore. They are potentially a large source of campaign funds---but not if they're disillusioned and pissed.

A poll came out about California in general, in fact, that shows a major problem for Obama. His approval rating in that state is 46 percent.

In New York, a House seat that was held by Democrats since the 1920s went Republican. The vote is largely seen as a referendum on Obama and his policies. The economy sucks, but Jews seem to be miffed at Obama for not being friendly enough to Israel.

Oy! Go figya!

Obama---or any Democrat running for the White House for that matter---has to have New York and California just to be in the game.

Obama has revealed his upcoming strategy. He plans to run against Congress. In '08 he ran against Bush---even though Bush wasn't running. This time around, he plans to run against Congress because while Obama's approval rating is low and sinking Congress has no approval rating at all.

I suppose that is the best Obama can do. He has nothing on which to hang his hat, so he must run against something. But there is a fatal flaw in the strategy: Democrats are in Congress, too. Democrats, in fact, hold the majority in the Senate. A lot of those seats are in play for the coming election cycle. It will be very difficult for Obama to travel the country giving speeches and running TV ads bashing Congress and still be able to get support from the very people he will be bashing. As the old saying goes: All politics is local.

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