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Gregg Sargent got an advance look at a poll commissioned by MoveOn that asked 2008 Obama donors how the felt about extending the Bush tax cuts:
- 83% of 2008 Obama donors are opposed to extending the Bush tax cuts for income over $250,000 a year
- 74% are deeply opposed
- 57% are less likely to support Democrats who support this deal in 2012
- 51% say the deal makes them less likely to contribute to Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012
Low-dollar donors accounted for 25% of Obama’s 2008 war chest. According to the Campaign Finance Institute, he received 80% more money from large donors (cumulative contributions of at least $1,000) than from small donors. So a decrease in small-dollar donations may not matter that much to him.
Obama assumes Democrats will be there for him regardless in 2012, so it’s much more puzzling that he’s pursuing a deal that only 25% of independents support.
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Jane, he is a republican. Once this given is accepted all the other things he has done and will continue to do makes sense.
As a moderate republican he hopes he can pick up some repubs and independents who may not want a far right 2012 ticket. Having the “D” attached to his name he is counting on many dems to remain faithful. His core beliefs however are republican.
But, like the health care law, the more people find out about it, the more they will like it.
A Reagan trickle downer no less.
As long as Republicans aren’t opposed to the GOP Plan, Obama is for it.
It’s worse than that they are tering down Social Security secretly in THIS Tax Cut Plan
“negotiated” by Obma. Read my post “They are tearing down Social Security” it may
be the most diabolical part of the plan.
http://my.firedoglake.com/jcpetersen/
I don’t know who Obama works for or cares about or who he expects to fund him, but it isn’t those regular “folks” as he is so fond of saying,from 2008. My husband because disenchanted from Obama after his FISA vote. My husband was a donor and that was the canary in the coal mine for him.
For me it was John Brennan. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/21/john-brennan-torture-tain_n_145517.html
Don’t tell me you are pro human rights and have this guy around. Before he was even in office Obama was sending chills up my spine and it gets worse every day.
Obama is done
Obama, Axelrod, Gibbs, Plouffe, Rahm, Jarette made a huge mistake trying to make OBAMA Clinton.
Clinton could get a couple of conservative votes and f the liberal base, Obama will not receive 1 GOP vote, this is just the facts people. (ask a black republican can they win the white house? none can win a statewide election)
83% of the base is against this? I am not surprise
Who in their right mind is going to give a dime to OBAMA in 2012? no one
The investment bankers and the Corporations.
But that doesn’t translate into votes. Too bad for Obama!