Mitt's Right: Handouts Do Win Votes

Carr:  '[T]he indisputable fact is, a huge percentage of Obama’s voters are basically wards of the state. There are millions of them, and they have no intention of voting for anyone who might want them to ever go out and work for a living — “no matter what.”

Well, yeah.

About Romney's "47%" Comment

Over the next few days, you can expect a fair bit of media handwringing and feigned indignation regarding the edited partial video from a private Romney fundraiser in which Romney says that 47% of Americans will vote for Obama because they do not pay federal income taxes or are dependent on government.  The message, however, is right, if not perfectly articulated.  To help make that point, the Astute Bloggers have gathered a few statistics.

Plus:  Thoughts from Professor Jacobson.

And more over at GayPatriot.

How Obama Benefits From His Own Failure

John Hinderkaker:

Because Obama’s policies have suppressed economic growth, the ranks of the unemployed and underemployed have grown steadily. As unemployment benefits have finally run out, the long-term unemployed have, by the millions, declared themselves to be permanently and totally disabled. Millions of Americans have come to be dependent on government largesse as a result of the economic folly of the Obama administration. So how are those people going to vote? One might think that, angry at the government policies that have robbed them of their ability to be self-supporting, they would vote Republican. No doubt some will. But many more will cling to the only life raft in sight, and will vote for the party that promises the never-ending continuation and expansion of government benefits.

As Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds says:  "They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please."

The Stakes Are Too High To Lose, Or Take Anything For Granted

John Hinderaker: 

On paper, given Obama’s record, this election should be a cakewalk for the Republicans. Why isn’t it? I am afraid the answer may be that the country is closer to the point of no return than most of us believed. With over 100 million Americans receiving federal welfare benefits, millions more going on Social Security disability, and many millions on top of that living on entitlement programs–not to mention enormous numbers of public employees–we may have gotten to the point where the government economy is more important, in the short term, than the real economy. My father, the least cynical of men, used to quote a political philosopher to the effect that democracy will work until people figure out they can vote themselves money. I fear that time may have come . . . .

Maybe this anxiety is misplaced. President Obama has never been able to rise above 47% support in the polls, and perhaps when November comes undecided voters will break against the incumbent, as the conventional wisdom has it. Maybe the election won’t be so close after all. We’d all better hope so. Because, given the rate at which Democrats are frantically adding to the dependency state, another four years of Obama may be enough to tip the balance between the private sector and government dependence once and for all.

Read the whole thing and then get active.

Dependency

Daniel Halper:  Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare.

It's an Obama World, We Just Pay for It

Via Gateway Pundit:  Obama is now paying illegal aliens to come here.

Turning Us All Into Beggars

"The American public's dependence on the federal government shot up 23% in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program, according to a newly released study by the Heritage Foundation."  That would be the biggest jump since . . . you guessed it, Jimmy Carter.