President Obama's Gallup approval rating amongst liberal Democrats for April 2nd-8th is 87%.

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58. No, it always helps this party. The biggest problem with the Presidential Debate Corporation is that

It doesn't give enough voices to allow the voters to see what the candidates really stand for, it keeps the focus too narrow. We had spirited debates with third party candidates in the past, and then this damned corporate thing got in bed with both the parties.

At that time, Obama could have had his platform shifted left, but the media didn't want those 'losers' on the stage. But I suspect the media pushed it and probably said something like, 'Screw the fairness doctrine allowing all views, too much air time on people our owners don't like.'

Putting the heat on one man for a huge problem, the apathy, venality and gullibility of the American public in supporting things the left hates, is not productive.

The GOP, if anything, has taught us the hard way that networking through non-governmental and private entities such as churches and other influences of the voters, created their groundswell. They have taken over local and state elections so much that they have shifted this country to the right in such a firm way that we may want to deny, but it's there.

Obama is dealing with to deal a reality that many Democrats and people on the Left don't have to go face to face with. The USA is not shifting to the right because of him, it is shifting that way no matter what he thinks.

The good people of Wisconsin are setting an example, but they are also showing us just how entrenched the opposition really is. There is no magic wand to make those people go away. We are living in very dangerous times and the work is mainly local.