Obama to Abandon Dying Haitians to Focus on Dying Democrat Campaign

Sure, he'll pay some lip service to the poor folks in Haiti. But when it comes to having his priorities in order, it's party first, dying poor people a distant second. Oh, and you're footing the tab.

Just wondering: Did Bush make any campaign appearances in the aftermath of Katrina?

President Obama plans to visit the state Sunday to campaign for Senate candidate Martha Coakley, according to two senior Democratic officials.
A third Democratic source said that the event with Obama would likely be held in the Boston area, either in the city itself, or in one of two communities where Coakley is scheduled to campaign, Quincy and Framingham.

Additional details were not immediately available. The Globe today outlined the advantages and risks of a presidential visit.

The potential upsides are obvious; Obama won Massachusetts with 62 percent of the vote in 2008, and the glamour and media saturation of a presidential visit, especially at a large rally, would add a jolt of excitement to a campaign that has been seen as lackluster.

But there are risks. If Obama visits Massachusetts and Coakley loses, it would signal that Obama’s ability to motivate rank-and-file Democrats has slipped. It would buoy Republican efforts to take back the House and Senate this fall. And it could fuel criticism that he made a political trip while pressing issues awaited in Washington.

This will only solidify the resolve of Brown supporters and will backfire badly. Coakley apears to be a lost cause and Obama will wind up losing what little credibility he has left.

But hey, he'll blame it on Coakley anyway.

Obama dithered for months on whether to increase troops in Afghanistan, it took four days of uninterrupted golf before he addressed the Christmas Day attempted plane bombing, but he moves with alacrity to save a Senate seat that should have been in the bag weeks ago.

Priorities.