How do you think his opening up of the Eastern Seaboard to oil drilling will affect Obama's

[Cal33]

job-approval rating among his fellow-Democrats?

[HooptieWagon]

1. The fan club will cheer for offshore drilling.

A good number of Democrats will not approve.

I guess the bigger question is the black mark on his legacy... perhaps that can be assured by naming it the Barack Obama Offshore Oil-drilling Preserve. Maybe a REAL Democrat in House or Senate will propose such a Bill as a message we don't approve.

[Cal33]

3. I wonder if Obama is still hoping for bipartisanship at this late stage of the game. If so, the

Conservatives have already given their answer - they've started proceedings to impeach him.

[Doctor_J]

2. The fan club is on board with heritage care, NDAA, xl, TPP, RTTB,

and his other corporate policies, so one more won't do much to dent it. What I find interesting is that since his winter proclamation that he was worried about the democrats' meh attitude, he has gone completely corporate. Hoping for a republican congress?

[blkmusclmachine]

7. Those "cheerleaders" are probably 100% Sock Puppets. Paid to shill for Big Oil.

[Cal33]

13. No matter what he does for the corporations, the Conservatives still keep calling him names,

and are doing their best to destroy him. And this has been going on for 5+ years! What's he
really hoping for? Whatever it is, the Conservatives won't let him have it. And they'll keep on
doing whatever they can to frustrate him.

This is an extraordinarily strange and odd type of relationship. Looks kind of sadomasochistic.
And both sides keep going back for more.

[Doctor_J]

18. I wish I knew. Maybe someday we'll find out.

But it was clear from his first day in office that he had no intention of enacting the radical change that 70 million people voted for in Nov 2008. He could have absolutely decimated the GOP in his first two years. He should have opened up hearings into the run-up to the Iraq War, pardoned Don Siegelman and had the DoJ get to the bottom of that whole mess, dug into the Bush DoJ political firings, passed Medicare For All...we would have been free of the Republicans for at least 25 years. But instead he deliberately brought them back to life.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. More importantly...

how will it affect the environment?

[Cal33]

5. Yes, many Democrats are worried sick, but not the Conservatives. The promise of big profits

dangling before their eyes will prevent them from seeing any and all problems.

[brooklynite]

6. The average Democrat could care less...

...While a subset of the base cares deeply about environmental issues, the average voting Democrat thinks this is a lot lower on the list.

[blkmusclmachine]

8. And you know that HOW ???

[brooklynite]

10. National polling going back quite a while...

http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm

...as well as my personal experience in politics going back decades. The only place where the numbers are higher are where there's a directly attributable negative outcome (e.g. fracking in NY); the generic risks of offshore oil drilling aren't going to resonate.

[mikekohr]

11. Facts! Damitt! Those pesky details!

[Cal33]

12. Your link does back up your statement. I sure hope enough Democrats will vote this

coming November. If they don't, we'll be sunk. And thanks for the link. I didn't know
it existed.

[Sunlei]

9. depends on if the Russia-Cuba deep sea oil disaster hits our eastern shores in 3 years or 10?

[polichick]

14. I'm more interested in how it will affect the planet.

[Cal33]

15. Scientists from all over the world have already told us what's going to happen. Most of

the people on this planet who have any understanding of their warnings are for severely
decreasing our use of Carbon-producing fuels, and just hope that it's not too late. But
Big Oil, of course, doesn't give a damn. And their lies are still fooling a big fraction of
our population.

However, there is some hope. In spite of Big Oil's efforts to stop them, more and more
people here are becoming interested in fuelless energy sources, such as solar, tidal, wind...
I read that Germany is doing the most to switch over to fuelless energy. Even China, the
great coal consumer, is making efforts at switching over.

[polichick]

16. Yes, I know that - too bad the prez has joined big oil in not giving a damn.

[Cal33]

17. And I think our Prez is joining a loser. In the long run, truth will out -- Big Oil or

no Big Oil. The main point is, will sufficient change be made BEFORE we've reached the
point of no return? If not, there will be disaster in the coastal areas all around the world,
in addition to the climate change....... I feel sorry for the young people who will have to
experience this.

[TeamPooka]

19. That's it. I'm not going to vote for him again.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Me, neither! If he wants a third term, he's on his own...

I would happily vote for Michelle, though...

[Cal33]

22. Do you think Michelle's political views would be different from her husband's? I would vote for

her, too, only if she were a little bit left of center -- not otherwise.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Well, we already know that she's ahead of her husband on some things

She supported marriage equality before he came around, for example. Though I said that half in jest, since I know there's no chance she's running (I was thinking back to the Governor Wallaces, actually ), I've always liked Michelle tremendously, think she has some great ideas, intelligence and just plain common sense. And while it's said the president's popularity has taken a dip, hers never has. I think she'd be great in elective office.

[Cal33]

21. He can't run again, anyway.

[TeamPooka]

23. That's some keen political insight.