Berry: Obama said "big difference" between '10 and '94 is "me"

[dandi]

Glenn Thrush

Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates — warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.

But the jaw-dropper is Berry's claim that President Obama personally dismissed any comparison between Democrats now and under Bill Clinton 16 years ago — by saying his personal popularity would bail everybody out.

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Writes ADG reporter Jane Fullerton:

Berry recounted meetings with White House officials, reminiscent of some during the Clinton days, where he and others urged them not to force Blue Dogs “off into that swamp” of supporting bills that would be unpopular with voters back home.

“I’ve been doing that with this White House, and they just don’t seem to give it any credibility at all,” Berry said. “They just kept telling us how good it was going to be. The president himself, when that was brought up in one group, said, ‘Well, the big difference here and in ’94 was you’ve got me.’ We’re going to see how much difference that makes now."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0110/Berry_Obama_said_big_difference_between_10_and_94_is_me.html

Said before, will say it again:  The democrats will be the ones to take him down.

[Oceander]

Considering his 0-3 record on retention races (NJ, VA, and now Killer Kennedy's seat in Mass), I may agree with Zero-bama that he's the reason, but that would be another negative for him, not a positive.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Well, it's good to see that Obama is staying humble, and not buying into his own hype.



*Choke*

*Mmmmph*


MUA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

 

[Splashdown]

Wow. There IS somebody with a bigger ego than Bill Clinton. Huh.

[bijou]

Obama seems to have lost his grip on reality.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Obama seems to have lost his grip on reality.

I'm not completely sure he ever had a grip.