So much for the narrative the President is losing his BASE look at this

[bigdarryl]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/obama-democratic-voters_n_910895.html

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. But aren't you "promoting that narrative" with every other one of your posts? nt

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. You're asking me to believe some poll...

...instead of DU? We are The Base, dammit!




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[demwing]

3. And that same article confirms the following:

"More importantly, his popularity among Democrats has remained consistent even after he threw the party's sacred cows -- Social Security and Medicare -- into the deficit hysteria mix."

Why we support the man who "threw the party's sacred cows -- Social Security and Medicare -- into the deficit hysteria mix." is beyond me. Maybe the self-identified "Democrats" are lurching to the right. Maybe Obama DOES represent the base, and the base is center-right?

Does ANY of this polling mean the destruction of our safety nets is ethical?

[OwnedByFerrets]

7. IF, and thats a huge IF, this statement is true, we are more

fucked that I ever imagined. And that is saying a lot.

[Enrique]

4. good for him

ok, now that Obama's future is looking secure, let's talk about unemployment.

[blueclown]

5. Disapproval among the Dem base doesn't mean "I won't vote for Obama".

All it means is that a certain percent of the Dem base disapproves of Obama. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[dtotire]

6. It's not that he is so good

It is that the Republicans are so bad

[damntexdem]

8. I can't speak for all of Obama's base.

But he's lost me.

[Bake]

9. Well duh ... where else we gonna go?

So we scream and raise holy hell and try to push him back to the center (I've given up on trying to push him left of center). But we still vote for him because the alternative is unthinkable.

Bake

[AtomicKitten]

10. Nice graph.

[JoePhilly]

11. Oooops.