The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news...

...such as the President's tanking poll numbers.

Obama pollster: Reporters should stop covering polls in 2014

After a year of seeing President Obama’s approval ratings plummet, the president’s pollster is offering a strikingly candid and pessimistic New Year’s resolution.

Reporters should go the next “year without reporting any public polling data,” Joel Benenson, president and CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, said.

His comments were made to reporter Mike Allen, who published them in his daily “Politico Playbook” morning newsletter on Tuesday.

Benenson explained that he thinks the polling often reported by news organizations lacks the proper context.

Asked his New Year’s resolution: “Here’s one — with a variation, if mine is too extreme: Go one year without reporting any public polling data.”

“Rationale: Most public polling continues to be reported on strictly from a topline, horserace-type perspective that does nothing, or at best very little, to illuminate the news of the day.”

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is no bad news...

....and lies aren't lies until they literally cannot be defended any more.

Politifact rates Obama's "If you like your plan, you can keep it" lie as the "Lie of the Year" after telling Americans that it really was "half-true" for years.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news...

...such as the fact that doctors are boycotting Obamacare.

Obviously, Congress needs to pass a "tax" that forces doctors to work at the direction of the government.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news...

...such as embarrassing gaffes by the Vice President in Japan.

Spot the gaffe:

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news!

And we don't have to get depressed about cancer patients who might lose their doctors.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news....

....or at least the media keeps the fact that the Democrat President was obviously lying about his signature legislation a secret until it is too late.

Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance

President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.

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Four sources deeply involved in the Affordable Care Act tell NBC NEWS that 50 to 75 percent of the 14 million consumers who buy their insurance individually can expect to receive a “cancellation” letter or the equivalent over the next year because their existing policies don’t meet the standards mandated by the new health care law. One expert predicts that number could reach as high as 80 percent. And all say that many of those forced to buy pricier new policies will experience “sticker shock.”  

None of this should come as a shock to the Obama administration. The law states that policies in effect as of March 23, 2010 will be “grandfathered,” meaning consumers can keep those policies even though they don’t meet requirements of the new health care law. But the Department of Health and Human Services then wrote regulations that narrowed that provision, by saying that if any part of a policy was significantly changed since that date -- the deductible, co-pay, or benefits, for example -- the policy would not be grandfathered.

Buried in Obamacare regulations from July 2010 is an estimate that because of normal turnover in the individual insurance market, “40 to 67 percent” of customers will not be able to keep their policy. And because many policies will have been changed since the key date, “the percentage of individual market policies losing grandfather status in a given year exceeds the 40 to 67 percent range.”  

That means the administration knew that more than 40 to 67 percent of those in the individual market would not be able to keep their plans, even if they liked them. 

Obamacare - making Obama supporters self-identify as idiots since October 1, 2013.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news...

...such as the President contracting out billions of dollars in "no bid" contracts.

The great thing about having a Democrat in Sacramento is that there is never any bad news.

Media ignores California's wost in nation poverty rates.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White Houseis that there is never any bad news...

...and definitely nothing about the President's historically low approval numbers.

Obama approval rating plummets to 37% but the AP buries it in their report

Compare with the treatment for Bush:

Wow. I’m sure the media will have a field day with this one! They’ll be announcing it from the rooftops! And I’m sure Wolf Blitzer will be announcing this at the top of every news segment today just like he did in 2006 when Bush hit 36% (h/t: Rush Limbaugh):

BLITZER, MARCH 13, 2006: It’s 4 p.m. here in Washington. So you’re getting the first look right now at our brand-new poll. The president’s job approval rating has taken a downward turn again, falling to only 36%.

[break] This represents his lowest rating ever in the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.

[break] The president’s poll numbers are pretty bad, pretty awful right now, rock bottom as far as the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.

[break] The president’s Iraq problem and his new low point in the polls.

[break] His approval and policies now are at new lows.

[break] The president’s job approval number in this new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, rock bottom, the lowest it’s ever been.

[break] It’s 5 p.m. here in Washington where President Bush takes a beating in our latest poll. His approval rating at a low ebb.

[break] Our latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll just out in the past hour shows the president at an all-time low.

[break] His job approval rating at a new low.

[break] That’s rock bottom as far as our poll is concerned.

[break] It’s 7 p.m. here in Washington. The war in Iraq comes home to roost for President Bush. Our latest poll numbers showing his approval rating at a new low.

[break] Also: President Bush hits a new low in the polls.

[break] Now back to our lead story: President Bush’s approval rating now at an all-time low.

[break] As we noted, a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows his job approval rating at a new low.

[break] President Bush’s approval rating at a new low, 36%.

Nah, nothing to see here because we’re looking at this backwards. It’s not whether the American people approve of the president that matters, but whether Obama approves of the American people.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news....

...could you imagine the news stories if there was a Republican in the White House?

33 Shocking Facts Showing the Economic Downturn Since Obama Became President.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is no bad news...

...and we don't get bombarded with news about how the President's approval rating is falling.

A new poll finds President Obama’s approval rating on the economy dropping to 35 percent, even as he travels across the country delivering policy speeches and pushing proposals to boost job growth and investment.

The survey from Gallup, released Thursday, finds a 7-point drop in support for Obama’s handling of economic issues, down from 42 percent in June. 

His rating on taxes and the deficit also dropped 5 points from last month’s poll. Thirty-six percent approve of Obama’s handling of tax issues, and 26 percent approve of his approach to the deficit.

Gallup noted that Obama’s ratings on the economy fell alongside a slide in Americans’ overall economic confidence over the same period. 

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is no bad news...

...and mocking the President is not allowed!

Instapundt writes:

BYRON YORK COMPARES THE RODEO CLOWN OUTRAGE with the abuse and violent language aimed at George W. Bush by members of the establishment. Yeah, but he’s a rodeo clown. The common folk should know their place. I wonder if he’ll have to go into hiding, like George Zimmerman or Nakoula Nakoula, to escape the mob-frenzy whipped up by the President’s political apparat.

But here’s the truth: All this outrage is really an admission that Obama is weak, and can’t withstand the kind of criticism routinely directed at other presidents, from Nixon to Clinton to Bush. President Asterisk, indeed.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is no bad news...

...and mocking the President is not allowed!

The Missouri State Fair on Monday imposed a lifetime ban on a rodeo clown whose depiction of President Barack Obama getting charged by a bull was widely criticized by Democratic and Republican officials alike.

I agree with the ban, incidentally.  But, then, I think that no one should be blind-sided by partisan politics when all they want to do is enjoy themselves.

Unfortunately, that's an idea only gets currency when a Democrat is President. Otherwise, dissent is the highest virtue, or something.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there are no scandals.

20 Questions the press would ask a Democrat:

1) Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan "described himself as mujahedeen" and yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he murdered 13 of his fellow soldiers. As Commander-In-Chief, do you agree with the Department of Defense report that labeled that killing as "workplace violence" or was that an act of terrorism?

2) Do you regret aggravating racial tensions in America by inserting yourself into the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case by saying, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon?

3) Americans died in Benghazi and it’s a "phony scandal" -- Would you tell a mother who lost a son there that it was a "phony scandal?"

4) If it's legal for you to unilaterally delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Employer Mandate without Congress having a say, couldn't a Republican President legally choose to unilaterally delay or stop the entire bill?

5) How can the American people trust the federal government to have their private data on file when we already know unreliable people like Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning are being given access to that data? Beyond that, given that your administration has refused to come clean about what you're doing and has been caught lying on more than a few different issues, how can the American people just take your word for it when you say that private information about American citizens you have no right to view isn't being looked at anyway?

16) If Al-Qaeda has been decimated and it’s on the run, why have we had to recently close down 22 embassies and consulates because of the threat from Al-Qaeda?

17) The IRS is still flagging and holding Tea Party applications. So not only was the IRS's behavior a problem, it still is a problem today. Why did your administration allow this to happen, why haven't you taken action to fix the problems at the IRS, and what are you going to do to ensure that the IRS doesn't continue to target your political opponents on your watch?

18) How do you justify going on extravagant vacations and sending hundreds of millions to the Egyptians and Palestinians when you're cancelling Easter Egg rolls at the White House and pleading poverty because of the sequester?. Aren't you deliberately sabotaging parts of government that are popular with the country to give the false impression that the sequester is having a serious impact on government spending?

19) To this day, we still don't know what you were doing during the Benghazi attack, what directives you issued, why your administration lied about what was going on, whether you had good reason to have such lax security in the first place, and whether Americans troops could have potentially arrived in time to save the lives of the men who died. When is your administration going to come clean so that the families of the men who lost their lives can have some peace?

20) In 2012, you said, "We refused to throw in the towel and do nothing. We refused to let Detroit go bankrupt. We bet on American workers and American ingenuity, and three years later, that bet is paying off in a big way." Since Detroit has now gone bankrupt, do you think that bet is still paying off or did the American people waste billions of dollars for nothing? Do you think you deserve any blame for Detroit going bankrupt? How about unions? Are they a significant part of the problem in Detroit?

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news.

Networks fail to cover IRS scandal.

The Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks have essentially censored the latest IRS scandal news. Not a single network reported on the bombshell coming out of Thursday’s congressional hearing that IRS employees were ordered to send Tea Party tax-exemption applications to the office of the IRS’s Chief Counsel, which was headed by William Wilkins, who at that time was the only Obama political appointee at the IRS.

The Big Three networks have also ignored this week’s news that tax records of political candidates (including one-time GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell) and certain donors were improperly accessed by  government officials, and that the Justice Department has, so far, refused to prosecute the offenders.

The lack of IRS scandal coverage this week continues a disturbing trend of the broadcast networks cooling to what is perhaps the most damaging of the Obama administration scandals.    

In fact the last mention of any IRS scandal came almost three weeks ago, on the June 28 CBS This Morning.

This seems like big news, but then the nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news.

Detroit goes bankrupt.

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news and...

...the government spying on Americans is hunky-dory!!!

NSA is A-OK or, Top 4 Apologias for Obama the Cyber-Stalker in Chief!

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news.

Under Bush, this kind of thing was evidence of our failure to invest in America's infrastructure.

Under Obama - and after a trillion dollars of "investing in America's infrastructure" - this kind of thing is simply a "bridge collapse."

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news...

...such as the fact that suicides have risen sharply in United States:

Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm. 

More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published the findings in Friday’s  issue of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides. 

Suicide has typically been viewed as a problem of teenagers and the elderly, and the surge in suicide rates among middle-aged Americans is surprising. 

From 1999 to 2010, the suicide rate among Americans ages 35 to 64 rose by nearly 30 percent, to 17.6 deaths per 100,000 people, up from 13.7. Although suicide rates are growing among both middle-aged men and women, far more men take their own lives. The suicide rate for middle-aged men was 27.3 deaths per 100,000, while for women it was 8.1 deaths per 100,000. 

The most pronounced increases were seen among men in their 50s, a group in which suicide rates jumped by nearly 50 percent, to about 30 per 100,000. For women, the largest increase was seen in those ages 60 to 64, among whom rates increased by nearly 60 percent, to 7.0 per 100,000. 

The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news.

Americans are still dropping out of the work force at a record pace:

The jobs report showed the unemployment rate dropping a bit, to 7.6 percent. But the number of jobs created — 88,000 — was far less than expected, and a big reason the unemployment rate fell is because nearly half a million people dropped out of the workforce.

The media is obligingly carrying the Democrats' water by pointing at the sequester, which allows them to ignore the factor that is more important since it kicked in with the first paycheck in the New Year, namely the  increase in payroll taxes. 

Also in the "The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there is never any bad news" file, Walter Russell Mead writes:

We are, however, thrilled that we don’t have a Republican in the White House, because if we did, the press would be incessantly yammering about this bad news until we were all sick of it. As it is, they are likely to say as little as possible about what appears to be a massive failure of economic policy and go back to covering the really important issues, like gay marriage.

If a Republican president got very busy on social issues at a time of economic stagnation and disappointment, there would be earnest hand-wringing of the “What’s Wrong with Kansas” variety about how American rubes were being diverted from their true economic interests by the skillful manipulation of emotionally charged social issues and identity politics. This would be taken as a sign of the cynicism of the ruling party and the clueless credulity of the hypnotized voters.

Fortunately, we aren’t going to have to listen to any of that depressing rhetoric now. Social issues are good and important; economic questions like jobs and incomes and growth are a distraction from the real business of the people.