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Townhall
Over It:
'Steady Stream' of Democrats Leave Campaign Rally During Obama Speech
Guy Benson
Oct 20, 2014
In 2008, they were passing out. In 2014, they're walking out.
These tweets come from mainstream media correspondents who watched in
puzzlement as "lots" of Maryland voters departed a campaign rally over
the weekend while President Obama was still talking. Change:
Here's how Reuters' Jeff Mason summarized the event:
President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on
Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in
Maryland, but early departures of crowd members while he spoke
underscored his continuing unpopularity. With approval levels hovering
around record lows, Obama has spent most of his campaign-related
efforts this year raising money for struggling Democrats, who risk
losing control of the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 4 midterm election. Most
candidates from his party have been wary of appearing with him during
their election races because of his sagging popularity. Not so
Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown of Maryland, who is running for
governor, and Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois, who is running for
re-election….A steady stream of people walked out of the auditorium
while he spoke, however, and a heckler interrupted his remarks.
First of all, it is rude to 'noticeably and noisily' walk out of any
speech, let alone one delivered by the President of the United
States. Really poor form, which should somewhat temper any
schadenfreude conservatives may feel over this humiliation. Keep
two things in mind, though: (1) These were Democratic partisans
disrespecting the president they continue to support. If an audience of
conservatives had treated Obama in a similar manner, their actions
would have already spawned dozens of racially-tinged columns and MSNBC
segments. (2) Maryland is one of the few states in which Obama's
political brand is not radioactive, which is why he was even invited to
the Brown event in the first place. A recent, massive nationwide
survey from the New York Times and YouGov found that the president's
approval rating is underwater in 43 out of 50 states. Obama
registered his strongest score in Maryland, a jurisdiction packed with
government workers, white liberals with postgraduate degrees, and
African-Americans. Yet even a gymnasium full of Democratic base
voters in Obama's best state couldn't be bothered to sit through his
remarks. Alas, as the Reuters story goes on to say, it doesn't seem as
though Anthony Brown is in much danger of losing to Republican Larry
Hogan, even as several recent polls show the race closing to a high
single-digit margin. This tells you everything you need to know
about the voters of Maryland. Lt. Governor Anthony Brown was put
in charge of implementing Obamacare in the state, failed miserably, and
has been shifting blame and claiming dubious credit for "taking action"
to fix the problems over which he presided ever since. Maryland's
healthcare exchange crashed and burned so badly that Brown and company
were eventually left with no choice but to abandon it completely,
wasting more than $100,000,000.00 in taxpayer money. For his
stellar work, the people of Maryland are poised to furnish Brown with a
promotion…
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