Reply #50: I don't think polls from a year out are very reliable for the general election. [View All]

[last1standing]

After the repub spin machines and the MSM get done with Obama, I think he will have the same ratings with republicans as any other Dem other than possibly Clinton. I think that belief has been borne out by successive years of the same thing happening. As for working with the other side, Edwards, Dodd, Biden, Clinton and Richardson all have long histories of doing that as well so Obama is not special there. I'm not saying he isn't a good senator, just that I don't think he's any better than some others at working with the opposition.

All of this leads me to believe that perhaps he has an idea that dropping certain Democratic issues could help him in the general election and that worries me.