Politico
Jonathan Martin
January 31, 2010
“As buoyant Republicans devise their game plan for the 2010 campaign, party officials are counting on a boost from an unlikely source – President Obama…
GOP strategists gathered here for the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting believe that now that [Obama's] fallen below 50 percent in the venerable Gallup poll, Obama will be an asset to GOP candidates, particularly in conservative or swing states.
… Republicans are unmistakably enthusiastic – and downright giddy in some cases – about the prospect of Democrats stumping with the president in their states, a vivid reminder about how starkly different the political landscape seems now than when Obama took office.
It’s in conservative states, of course, where they’re especially pining for a presidential visit.
‘We encourage him to come,’ said Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere. ‘We encourage him to come early and often!’
… Villere already has his message down when it comes to taking on Rep. Charles Melancon, the Democrat who is challenging the incumbent senator.
‘He votes 83 percent of the time with [Obama],’ the Republican chair said of Melancon, adding with a chuckle: ‘I believe in the Reagan rule – he’s with him.’ (The former president famously deemed anybody who agreed with him 80 percent of the time a friend).”
Obama will be an asset to GOP candidates, so he’s still a diamond at this time.
I’ve gotten to a point now where I’m not surprised anymore by the Obama administration. He doesn’t even try to hide his destruction of the country anymore. Just learn about his budget he has proposed for 2011.