Obama is finally starting to feel the pressure. Yesterday, while in Connecticutt, he lost his temper at hecklers while making a speech, and yelled back. Those in attendance were astonished, as he interrupted his own speech, as the hecklers chanted at him. ‘Excuse me, excuse me,’ he said repeatedly, trying to speak over the hecklers. When they kept chanting, he fell silent for several seconds, looking visibly angry and raising one hand in frustration as the crowd began to boo around him.
‘Let me just say this,’ he said, addressing the hecklers. ‘You’ve been appearing at every rally we’ve been doing. ‘We’re funding global Aids,’ he continued defensively. ‘And the other [Republican] side is not. ‘So I don’t know why you think this is a useful strategy to take,’ he finished, jabbing his finger angrily in the direction of the hecklers. ‘So, what we would suggest,’ he added, ‘I think it would make a lot more sense for you guys to go to the folks who aren’t interested in funding global Aids and shout at that rally. Because we’re trying to focus on figuring out how to finance the things that you want financed.’
He waited 20 seconds for the noise to stop, before continuing his speech. Still, the hecklers never stopped, to no avail so he yelled hey to them once again. This same group keeps popping up at his campaign events this election, including a rally in Boston two weeks ago. He finally regained control and continued his speech. Democratic voters are closely divided over whether he should be challenged within the party for a second term in 2012.
A poll has tracked a group of people and their views since 2008, when Obama was elected president.
Among all 2008 voters, 51 per cent say he deserves to be defeated in November 2012 while 47 per cent support his re-election – essentially a tie. Among Democrats, 47 per cent say Obama should be challenged for the 2012 nomination and 51 per cent say he should not be opposed. So the heckling shows how Obama’s popularity has faded among voters.
‘Nobody wants to work with this guy,’ said Steven Fagin, 45, of Cincinnati. A Democrat and 2008 Obama voter, he cited deep divisions between Democrats and Republicans. ‘We’re never going to get anything done.’ Daily Mail
Also, polls say that three in four Democrats want Mr Obama re-elected while nearly 9 in 10 Republicans oppose it. Independents lean slightly against Obama, 46 per cent to 36 per cent.
