Rep. Kucinich Won’t Challenge Obama in Primary

I’ve watched GMA for as long as I can remember and loved it. But ever since George has been on it seems like half of the first segment is all about politics. I can switch to Morning Joe for that. Who cares what Robert Gibbs said about the “Professional Left”? I’ll wager that 80% of your viewers don’t even know who he was talking about. Why is this supposed to interest people who really tune into GMA for news that affects their daily lives? You used to do that better than anyone else.

Why is anyone talking to Ed Rendell?

The left should be upset, everything he has done, is under performing and even liberals expect results. Passing more legislation is not a sign of progress if it is flawed legislation, and so far, the economy and job creation is non existant. Looks like he returned to the failed policies of the past..Jimmie Carters policies.. more and more debt and no results .. 2 years from how he will leave the country in worse shape than carter left for reagan. It goes to follow, the next president will be very successful because when he/she fixes all oboma’s screw ups, the ecomony will explode. Put a pro business president in and things will get better. So far 3.5 million jobs lost under his watch. Reagan created 19 million jobs (failed policies??) and even GW created 9 million jobs. so the only change I can believe in, is changing the leadership in this country, starting with Obama

I don’t see what the big deal is about Gibb’s comments. Isn’t he correct? Aren’t progressives angry at Obama for not fighting for the public option? Haven’t they suggested he’s not liberal enough? Gibbs is entitled to his own opinion. His statements aren’t influential to the party in any way. And most of us are smart enough to separate others’ comments and ideas from our own. Basically, Gibbs’ comments have done nothing more than give the talking heads something to whine about,feign angry commentary, and try to boost their ratings. To suggest that liberals will throw a hissy fit and abandon the party is not only ridiculous, but a really stupid argument.

NO! Robert Gibbs did not anger the “left”. He angered the “extreme left”. When you the media throw around the term “left” you are not accounting for all of us moderates and independents “in the middle” who are not for exremists in “either” direction!

“Sam in Texas”…I can answer your last question you gave to “Long T and zap”…because it doesn’t fit their “small minded, simple, black and white” world that they choose to live in. The “bigger picture” is definitely not a big “talking point” in right wing ideology.

I think Obama should be tested…he’s an admitted user and acts as though he is still using. Dictators and dictator wantabes historically have drug problems.

Democrats have to be embarassed by voting for Obama in 2008 and they owe us “real” Americans an apology for electing Obama, who was not vetted (no one knows his true nationality) and no investigation was ever done of the $100 million Obama got from overseas (Iran?).

“bo diddly, bluemingvase and Tom Meyers”…LOL…LOL…You guys just keep up your “good blogging work”…please, will you? You are just solidifying your “right wing positions” and chasing away independents and moderates who know better. And guess which way they are going to vote? LOL…LOL

“sergesret”…LOL…LOL…I am not “positive” but I think you got your parties “confused with reality”. LOL…LOL “Big Corporate Interests” understand perfectly well which “Party” to lobby for their greedy self-interests”. And for the past two years we have seen “plenty” of evidence of that. You know…the “Party of NO and Obstruction”. LOL…LOL

Pres. Obama has a flaw, it is to placate the nonsensical notions of the self-anointed “right”. Government is a necessary part of a fair and just civil society. Even the Founding Fathers decided to scrap the Articles of Confederation in favor of the Constitution to institute a stronger federal government. – Ed In Texas
Ed – Life is not fair and this government has gone way beyond what the constitution laid out. Ever heard of personal responsibility??? there are some things the government should do – military, highways, financial oversight-(not control), defense of our borders. the states should be left to handle the rest.

NO “MJ” you are wrong. We have 50 friggin States and their MUST be consistency in laws, rules and regulations whenever you choose to live and/or visit there. And you “tradtionalists and constitutionalists” need to WAKE UP!

Ahh Dennis, only if. One day people will come back to their senses and stop this avalanche to the right.

“CND FOX” – Let me clear it up a bit then since it’s you that seem a tad confused. The Corporate Interests lobby both parties. On the GOP side they are pretty much all on board. On the Dem side you’ve got the DLC/Blue Dogs/etc and the New Deal/Progressive/etc. If you educate yourself about the DLC you’ll see that they are very much about the Corporatist agenda. They are basically GOP-lite, actively anti-Progressive and have been the dominant force in the Dem party for 40 years. So what do you think, the Dems are one big happy liberal monolith? I’d check again if I were you.

Stop hating. Start loving — your country; your fellow countrymen and women, even when they disagree with you; your president, even if you didn’t vote for him. Our leaders need our prayers and support, and yes, our criticism, if constructive, organized and free of self interests. Jobs would be created if everyone on the left and right would ratchet down their ideologies a little. Balance is at the center, where cooler heads prevail. What the market needs to produce more jobs and a stronger economy is confidence. To that end, those who rail against every move the president makes for purely political motives, are doing more to undermine America than they obviously know.

why would anyone vote for an uglier and more decrepit marxist?

While we hear daily how the Dems will lose this election on the economy, there is little to no analysis on the divisive intolerance & fearmongering of GOP 2010 and their surrogate Tea Party, which is now stockpiling suspect candidates-on-ballot.
Is this really a winner? I suspect that almost every minority voter and at least half of caucasian ones, are leaving the tent over it.

Let’s get real. Nobody in the government has the power to spur the economy, at least not very much. Money can be spent to only temporarily bolster trade and jobs. The government cannot create demand for goods and services. We, the people, have to do that. Don’t expect for the government to magically make jobs appear. Any candidate, no matter which party, who says he or she can is not telling the truth.

“CND FOX” – Well I sure hope moderates are paying attention that the GOP is way off the deep end. Compared to the weak positive steps the Dems have taken, if they were currently in power, we’d be sailing down the cliff wall toward the big splat with ever increasing speed. However, the fundamental problem is that the center of power in the Dem party is ‘center/right’ and has been since McGovern and Mondale failed running to the left of center. You are correct that they are the minority. However, they have the money and the bullhorn, thanks in large part to their corporate donations and connections which, sadly, are the life blood of modern American politics. It’s going to be very hard to overcome them, just look at what happened with the Blanche Lincoln race this cycle. IMHO, a big part of the problem is the two party system which suppresses 3rd party bids and, when a 3rd party is present, perverts the results giving the win to the opposite end of the political scale. It’s put them in the position of saying, with some truth, wadda ya gonna do vote against us or not vote and install a Republican? It’s a pretty grim state of affairs leading to the destruction of the middle class and the planetary environment. I really do hope the ‘main herd’ can be convinced not to be complicit in it’s own degradation, but part of the plan has been a systematic suppression of real political discourse. With a nod to the host of this page, ABC, I really do try to watch ‘This Week’ and the other shows every Sunday but I am usually disgusted the almost complete lack of moderate left of center voices in the roundtable choices. I hope I’m wrong but I’m afraid Churchill was right when he said “Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have tried everything else.” It’s just that we’ve been lucky so far, and this time the right thing may come too late.

George,
Watch GMA every morning, I have it taped just in case I wake up late. This morning you’re reporting on the story of the Mosque at Ground Zero and the Nancy Pelosi comment about the people that were in opposition to the Mosque and supporting an investigation as to where the money is coming from to fund this opposition. Why did you cover all this up with Dana Perino and Bill Kristol being the people that are ginning up this opposition? WHAT ABOUT HARRY REID???? DID YOU FORGET ABOUT HIM? He along with a number of Democrats has came out in opposition to this Mosque, is she going to start an investigation about Harry Reid’s involvement and where he is getting his money? You need to take another look at this story.
Jack Bunker, Davenport, Florida