Claire McCaskill is out doing damage control on the sinking Obama approval ratings.
Check this out.
“The bar for change was set inordinately high by the tone of the presidential campaign,” said McCaskill, an early supporter of Obama’s who endorsed him over then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in January 2008.
First let's pause to remember that Claire was the backchannel to the Obama campaign before her "story" about her daughter making her come out for Obama. She's been in his camp all along. In fact, it's fair to say her "support" for Obama was a carefully calculated political move lacking in any real emotion, designed solely to support the Obama campaign when they needed it. In other words, Claire used her daughter to spread a false story about the youth support for Obama.
But it's not all Claire's fault. A man who claims he can stop the rise of the oceans and heal our planet has to take some responsibility for high expectations.
Of course, that isn't as amusing as Claire's statements that the Republicans have been blocking progress. She's in the Senate. Was she not aware that Obama had 60 voters, a large majority in the House, and of course the presidency?
If Republicans have been so good at blocking Obama, why does he have a stimulus, the healthcare bill, and now a financial strangulation bill? The Democrats have had the votes they needed on bill after bill, but they've been afraid to push it through in a timely manner precisely because the American Public didn't want them to.
A real reporter would ask - what exactly did you not get because of Republican obstructionism?
The truth is, with an election coming up, the public stands poised to punish the Democrats for passing legislation they didn't want. McCaskill's statements on this are the joke.
“It’s harder, when you’re trying to govern and do big, hard, complicated public policy questions, to communicate in a way that’s easily consumable by the public — especially with the way the media is today.”
Let me explain what Claire is really saying.
You people are too stupid to realize how great and wonderful we Democrats have been.
We hear you Claire. Loud and clear.
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