What proof do we have that Obama has lost his base?

[Life Long Liberal]

I have read a lot of posts here saying he has lost his base. But I am not sure we can decide that yet. I know a lot of people are disappointed in Obama and I am in some respects but I am still not sure he has lost his base.

The upcoming election will be telling as it will be interesting to see if Obama raises a lot of money from individual donors like he did last time.

If Obama raises record setting amounts of small donations again from individual donors then I think maybe he has not lost his base.

[sufrommich]

1. His popularity with democrats is at 80%, he has not lost

his base.

[DrDan]

2. and with independents?

[Life Long Liberal]

4. But what proof do we have? Polls? Donations? (also, go huskers)!

[sufrommich]

5. What do independents have to do with the Democratic base? nt

[DrDan]

11. you don't include independents as part of his "base"?

I don't see the word "Democratic" in the OP

[daa]

22. I think 80% is very poor and proves he has lost some base

If you look back, Nixon was at 89% among republicans,
reagan 85%. GW Bush 90% and Big Dod was 85% among Dems. So 80% sounds a little light to me.

[jpgray]

3. I think it's not a question of support but enthusiasm

There was going to be a drop-off in the latter almost no matter what happened as inspiring messages met reality, but insofar as there is more of an enthusiasm gap between '12 and '08, I think a lot of it can be blamed on a very passive and conservative (small c) approach to the issues.

[Life Long Liberal]

6. I 100% agree I am not as excited as I was in 2008, but I think 2008 was....

a once in a lifetime experience. I think my expectations were way too high. My own fault maybe.

[Drale]

9. I think Obama got so over hyped in 2008 that he became almost god like

in many peoples eyes. Its kind of like the way they hype alot of movies and video games, then they turn out just to be ok and because of all the hype they seem worse then they actually are.

[Life Long Liberal]

15. I agree. But was that the campaigns fault for doing too good a job or ours...

for believing he was God? I am not sure myself. But he is still 100% better than any other GOP person.

[axollot]

12. Our expectations were not too high. We gave him a mandate AND

a majority to get it done and it was squandered, every last bit of it. I am his base - no $$ from me. Not to have him only think of the corporations. He can get his money from those he represents then.

Cheers
Sandy

[Life Long Liberal]

13. I think mine were too high. Maybe too unrealistic.

[daa]

21. +1

[Bodhi BloodWave]

34. do you consider the blue dogs to be a part of the majority? nt

[yourout]

7. He will have lost his base when the big donations from Pharma and Wall Street stop rolling in.

[Life Long Liberal]

10. Please research how much they give Obama vs. the GOP candidates.

[Drale]

8. The people who are completely against Obama

are kind of like the tea party in this way, they scream and cry loudest, so they believe that they are the majority voice. I know I'm probably going to get flamed for this but this is what I see.

[Myrina]

14. Define "base", first, please.

Thanks.

[onenote]

20. typically on DU, "base" is synonymous with "people who think like me"

[demosincebirth]

16. The proof is here at DU. Don't you know that we speak for tor

the party and for all liberals and progressives.

[mazzarro]

17. I don't give a damn about his base.

All I know is that he has lost me and that is all that matter to me now! I am no longer going to abide all this fancy footwork of his when it comes to standing for the liberal principles.

[Life Long Liberal]

18. So you will vote GOP or not vote?

[mazzarro]

24. I will be voting for sure

Especially to help along other liberals/progressives trying to make a comeback here in Austin Texas. As for the Presidential ballot, I don't know at this time. I may have to skip it and vote for other progressive/liberal Dems and independents down on the ballot line.

[Life Long Liberal]

26. I di not agree with your logic of not voting for Obama as opposed to a GOP fool but ok. n/t

[cliffordu]

19. why, all the wailing and gnashing of teeth right here on the DU,

of course, the REAL Democratic Party.

[TreasonousBastard]

23. I'm on the local Democratic Committee and have worked campaigns...

for years, but have never once, ever, heard any actual Democrats out working in the trenches talk seriously about Obama's "base." Or anyone else's, for that matter.

It's a fiction invented by media, bloggers, and airheads on discussion boards.

[Life Long Liberal]

28. Thank you! n/t

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[Life Long Liberal]

27. So you do not believe in the "lesser of two evils" logic? I 100% do.

[Edweird]

29. The "lesser of two evils" is still evil.

One wants to gouge one of your eyes out.
The other wants to gouge both of them out.
Which do you choose?
I choose neither. I am against eye gouging.
I stand against ALL eye gougers.
I will not willingly accept it.
Fuck the 'lesser' AND 'greater' evils.

[Life Long Liberal]

31. But not voting might get you the double eye gouger. Which is worse. n/t

[Edweird]

33. I will fight just a violently against both. Neither are acceptable. Neither are my ally.

Furthermore, what prevents the single eye gouger
from later becoming a two eye gouger.
We've already established that the one eye gouger
is evil, only allegedly less so thab the two eye
gouger. Evil lies. Claiming to be a one eye
gouger may simply have been a ploy to get elected
when the plan was to gouge both eyes all along.
Do not trust evil.

[mmonk]

30. I worked on his campaign and was a state delegate for him.

He lost me a while back on many things.

[ddeclue]

32. ME.. he has lost MY support...

:P

[walldude]

35. He didn't. Depending on what you are talking about...

He's either at 80% approval or the base didn't vote and cost him the House In the last election... Depends on what day it is or whether or not Obama's supporters need someone other than Obama and the Democrats to blame for the fact that the Democrats are governing like 1970's Republicans.