Obama's grassroots absent in health care debate (polls, March, state)

[ZGACK]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/he.../15ground.html

MUSCATINE, Iowa — At her home on Tom Sawyer Road here the other night, Bonnie Adkins agreed to begin spreading the word that President Obama’s embattled health care plan needed help.

Ms. Adkins, who for the past two years devoted hundreds of hours helping Mr. Obama get to the White House, hosted a potluck supper that was advertised to Democrats in this eastern Iowa town along the Mississippi River. People were invited to bring a favorite salad or dessert — and their cellphones — to make calls drumming up support for the president’s agenda.

She wondered whether her house would hold everyone, but there was no reason for worry.

“We had 10 people. Not a huge number, but good,” said Ms. Adkins, 55, who has been an Obama volunteer since the first day she saw him during a stop here on March 11, 2007. “The enthusiasm is not there like it was a year ago. Most people, when they get to Nov. 5, put their political hat away and it doesn’t come out for three years.”

[sanrene]

They are tired of listening to him as well.

He is THE most overexposed president - evah.

[Tank1906]

They aren't tired of listening to him, they know explaining something to mindless moron obstructionists is fruitless. Let the townhallers do there thing...It's just another gimmick with a short life span. Just like Palin, teabagging, the patriotism card, etc.

[sanrene]

The American people don't believe his lies anymore.

He lost all credibility and the "trust" issue when the stimulus bombed.

Now, when he says "trust me", people say "no way, not again".

There are so many conflicting and contrary statements by obama that are on the record - his own words are a great indication of what he has planned.

ALL of the polls say the exact same thing - no way to obamacare.