While he feels compelled to reach out to Republicans, his core left support is eroding:
1. Labor unions over the failure to confirm labor lawyer Craig Becker and pass the “card check” bill for open union voting.
"Labor groups are furious with the Democrats they helped put in office"
Read more at: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32781.html
2. The religious “left” on the President’s failure to roll back President Bush’s faith-based initiatives. "One year after Obama announced his version of the faith-based office, civil rights and civil liberties groups such as mine are still fighting Bush-era battles over tax funding to religious groups that proselytize, job discrimination on religious grounds in public programs and lack of accountability. It's disheartening." Rev. Barry Lynn
See Rev. Barry Lynn column: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barry-w-lynn/faith-hope-and-charity-wh_b_450099.html
3. And liberal Democrats in general on everything from healthcare to the economy. "On health care, war and the economy, President Barack Obama is meeting growing resistance from the very group that propelled his election last year: liberal Democrats."
Full article: http://www.sacbee.com/501/story/2409152.html
Stay consistent with positive alternative solutions Republicans. Liberals will do the rest.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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