OBAMA THE ALBATROSS???

Well it would seem that we have a rather bizarre little trend developing here as we edge closer to the all-important, and some would say crucial, midterm elections. One that I’m not quite sure that I’ve ever witnessed before, even on the Democrat side of things. You see, Barry "Almighty", you know, the ‘One’ who we were all told was the one whom we had all been waiting for, is now being avoided by members of his own party as if he had suddenly become infected with the Ebola virus.

And so it is then that as the election grows nearer, the list of those Democrats now running for election, or re-election, who seem to be in no hurry to admit that they actually voted for Barry, seems to be growing. The most recent addition to the list is Mark Begich, Democrat from Alaska, who’s one of those running for re-election. Now I’m quite sure that we can all very safely assume that all of these folks did vote for Barry, so their denials seem to be little more than a little pointless. Although, they do make for some great ads.

Begich is joined, in this growing chorus of voices, by his fellow Senate candidate from West Virginia and Democrat, Natalie Tennant. Ms. Tennant would not mention Barry by name when asked whom it was that she chose to vote for in the previous election. And two other Democrat Senate candidates, Alison Lundergan Grimes of Kentucky and Michelle Nunn of Georgia, have also since refused to answer questions about whom they supported when Barry "Almighty", unpopular in all their states, was on the ballot.

Citing Grimes’s mishaps, the Charleston Daily Mail editorial board asked during a candidates’ forum whether the candidates would be willing to say whom they last supported for president in the last election. Republican Shelley Moore Capito and the Libertarian, Constitution, and Mountain party candidates seemed on to happy to volunteer the information, with both responding with their respective party’s presidential nominee. Grime’s, on the other hand, simply refused to say who she voted for.

Tennant, was another who chose to take the coward’s way out. All she would say was that she had "voted for the Democratic party" before immediately launching into what she said were her objections to the president and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy. She then proceeded to go into what was nothing more than a long explanation that evolved into a stump speech about how she will stand up for West Virginians regardless of party. And I’m sure she can be trusted to do just that. NOT!

But it’s not only Barry’s rather questionable ‘reputation’ that seems to be having many of those in his party hightailing it in the opposite direction. Barry’s also been struggling to convince members of his party, and who are running for election in 2014, to come to his side in support of Obamacare, his signature ‘achievement’, a term I use very loosely. In fact it’s a growing list of Democrats, of late, who have been seen trying very hard to distance themselves from Barry's takeover of the nation's healthcare system.

Barry has been telling Democrats that they shouldn't apologize for being on board the Obamacare bandwagon and but instead tells them that they should be proud of the law. Now that would be the very same law that they essentially snuck through the dark of night using every political shenanigan in the book. And, or so he claims, "there is a strong, good, right story to tell." But members of his party running for election or re-election seem not to be so eager to jump on Barry’s bandwagon.

And, it was as far back as November 2013 that we had a group of incumbent Democrats looking to launch re-election campaigns meet with the administration to discuss the disastrous rollout of Obamacare. But things have not improved all that much since then. Democrats are still running away from this brilliant piece of legislation, and Barry’s namesake, Obamacare, in increasing numbers. Of course, once we’re past the election they will once again become very enthusiastic supporters of this very bad law.

The list of Democrat candidates who seem to be working very hard to distance themselves from the Obamacare debacle seems to be growing on nearly a daily basis and will most likely continue to do so right up to Election Day. Democratic candidate for Senate, Michelle Nunn of Georgia, was asked if she would have voted for Obamacare said say it would be "impossible" to say what she'd have done if she were in Congress when the Obamacare vote was held. REALLY? I’m sure that that’s what she would like everyone to think.

Democrat candidate for the Senate from West Virginia, Natalie Tennant, is attempting to distance herself from the administration on a whole host of issues. And rather than talk about anything even remotely has anything to do with Obamacare she would much rather tout her supposed support of coal. And then we have Kentucky Democrat Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes who was ‘for’ coal before she was against coal before she was said to be ‘for’ it again.

Nebraska Democrat and candidate for the U.S. House, Pete Festersen, has also refused to answer whether he supports Obamacare. Staci Appel, an Iowa Democrat, also refused to answer Obamacare questions recently. Another Iowan and current member of the U.S. House, Democrat Senate candidate Bruce Braley, is also pulling against Obamacare. Braley just voted with Republicans on a bill to put a crimp in the law. Michigan's Gary Peters also voted with the Republicans and Rep. Braley on the same bill.

And then there was a recent article in The Hill that detailed how several Democrats up for reelection are trying to squirm away from Obamacare, so the number of nervous Democrats continues to mount. For instance, Rep. Gerry Connolly, from Virginia, recently told The Hill that he is hearing a lot of grumbling in the ranks. He said, "A lot of members are very concerned" over the multiple failures of Obamacare. He went on to say, "This is a swelling chorus."

Kay Hagan, North Carolina, recently wrote a letter stating that the problems in Obamacare "are simply unacceptable, and Americans deserve answers and swift solutions." Embattled Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, has even launched a TV ad criticizing Barry over his "lie of the year" claim that if we liked our insurance plans we could keep them. "What I’ve said to the President is, 'You told them that they could keep it,'" Landrieu said in the ad. "This is a promise that you made. This is a promise that you should keep," she added.

Mark Begich, from Alaska, recently said that he has "been frustrated from the beginning." In a letter to constituents last November, Begich said, "It is simply unacceptable for Alaskans to bear the brunt of the administration’s mismanagement of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and that is the message U.S. Senator Mark Begich delivered to President Obama today." This year Begich also criticized the administration for less signups than there could have been.

And then there’s Senator Mark Pryor, from Arkanas, who recently tried to distance himself, not only from Obamacare, but from a number of Barry's policies. He said, "I've always said that I'll work with the President when I think he's right but oppose him when I think he's wrong. I'll continue to oppose his agenda when it's bad for Arkansas and our country." Well apparently he thinks Barry is only wrong about 6 percent of the time, because he’s supported Barry about 94 percent of the time.

Montana Senator John Walsh made sure that his constituents knew that he did not vote for Obamacare. "I was preparing soldiers and airmen to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. So I did not vote on the Affordable Care Act--just want to make that clear," Walsh said at a candidates' forum. In May, Walsh said that the "jury is still out" on Obamacare and pointed out that "the intent was to bring healthcare costs down and provide health care for all of our citizens. As of today, we’re not seeing that."

When it comes to Obamacare most of the recent news coming out lately is definitely not good news for the American people. It has now become pretty much common knowledge that rates for 2015 will be going to go up by double digits. So why should we be surprised when these Democrats refuse to defend that which the rest of view as being indefensible. So rather than defend it, they hope to distract us by talking about such things as raising the minimum wage and the ‘war on women.’ But it’s all nothing but smoke and mirrors.

And as far as Barry, himself, is concerned, as president he has been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster for both the American people, as well as the country as a whole, and in every conceivable way; socially, morally, financially, militarily, economically and internationally. There is nowhere one can look and say that he has done what could in any way be called a good job. But having said that, for what’s it worth, I think we can say that he has been relatively successful in his effort to "fundamentally transform" America.