WASHINGTON – The conventional wisdom espoused by the mainstream media is Democrats polling poorly in this year’s midterm elections are distancing themselves from President Obama, a sentiment captured vividly in an editorial in the Los Angeles Times Thursday describing how, “Democratic candidates are racing away from Obama like Wile E. Coyote running from a lighted stick of dynamite.”
In fact, a closer look reveals, rather than running away from him, many Democrats are running against the president, often lambasting Obama with scathing rhetoric one might expect to come from only Republicans and almost uniformly putting as much daylight between themselves and his policies as possible.
This is especially true in key races that will decide control of the Senate, as illustrated by recent quotes from Democratic candidates.
Pushing oil drilling in Alaska, Begich informed voters, “Sooner or later, Washington will figure out that I don’t take no for an answer.”
Another ad for the Democrat proclaimed, “As senator, he took on Obama to fix Alaska’s VA, exempt our schools from No Child Left Behind and is taking responsibility for fixing the health care law so it works for Alaska.” See Full Story at WND.com
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National Republican Senate Committee Ad and Mark Begich Ad:
