Many Democratic nominees for congress and governor are trying to stay away from President Obama before this midterm election. "Obama" is almost a dirty word, as his approval ratings are so low right now. So what do these candidates do to get a big name endorsement? They seek after former president Bill Clinton. Clinton is traveling across the United States to promote many different candidates, and he is giving priority to those who endorsed his wife's bid for president in 2008. Clinton has been focusing on positive things that the Democrats have done recently, which is making him a very effective speaker to the current audience. He is more popular right now than President Obama, who has been focusing on negative things the Republicans have done wrong.
What I think is interesting is that people are expecting these elections to be similar to the midterm elections of 1994, when Clinton was in his first term, and Democrats lost control of Congress. It's funny to me that Clinton's campaigning didn't really work to keep control then, and it doesn't look like it will this time either, but we will see in November.
No comments:
Post a Comment