Democrats' Retirements Add Burden for Obama ; Health Care Agenda Raises Voter Anger
The Washington Times › January 07, 2010
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The retirements of two veteran Senate Democrats in two days this week underscore the political problems facing the party, with five other Democratic incumbents trailing potential Republican challengers in states where President Obama and his $1 trillion health care reform plan are increasingly unpopular.
From Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faces a string of negative polls, to Arkansas, where Sen. Blanche Lincoln is polling at just 40 percent in head-to-head matchups with four potential Republican challengers, opposition to Mr. Obama's agenda is causing problems for Democratic incumbents.See the full content of this document
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Democrats' Retirements Add Burden for Obama ; Health Care Agenda Raises Voter Anger
"As numerous polls continue to reflect, Americans in key battleground states disapprove of the president's massive health care proposal and the partisan manner in which Democrats have pursued it," Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican and chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told The Washington Times.
Five-term Sen. Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut announced on Wednesday tha...See the full content of this document
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