From Gallup:
Though majorities of blacks (85%) and Hispanics (54%) continue to approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, his ratings among these groups slipped in March and have set or tied new lows. His approval rating among whites, at 39%, remains above where it was in the latter part of 2010…
A year ago Obama was backed by 92% of blacks and 65% of hispanics. To be sure, when election day rolls around we can rely upon it that Obama will win 90%, at least, of the black vote. We can also expect that he will win a good majority of hispanic votes. Unless, by some chance, we put together a Rubio/West ticket. But the key is not what percentage he gets, but how many of each group actually show up on election day. It is looking less and less as if Obama will have the gigantic turnout of 2008 – a lot of people are getting dispirited about Obama.
Fundamentally this is because he lied about himself – he lied about who he is and what he would do. He promised everyone the world and has delivered, at best, only tiny, broken bits of the 2008 program. It is to be hoped that the experience of the Obama years will finally start to open African-American eyes – liberalism is a god that failed. It only speaks about concern for the poor and disadvantaged, it doesn’t actually do anything about them. Look where our liberal leaders mostly live – in gated, guarded communities which are overwhelmingly white; and which are priced out of any chance of most minorities living within 10 miles. Obama was supposed to be different – but he’s not. He’s just another rich, white liberal…he just has a tan.
The opportunity for us is to start an aggressive campaign among America’s minority voters – and come up with a genuine plan to address things such as the persistent, black underclass as well as a comprehensive immigration reform bill which will be both just and merciful (I’m working on such a thing, myself, and will have it out in the next few days). While the Obama magic fades, while liberalism continues to fail, this is our opportunity to permanently change the electoral dynamic in the United States among minority voters.
We daren’t let this opportunity slip – we might not get another chance for a generation.
UPDATE: It could be that Obama just sucks really bad at politics, you know?
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