When did this piddling little off-year election become THE OBAMA REFERENDUM?

[Bicoastal]

Sheez. The media can't WAIT until he goes down, can they?

[Joanne98]

1. Exit polls say he's NOT a factor. The MSM is LYING as usual!

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/exit-polls-obama-as-non-factor-1.html?wprss=thefix

[Thrill]

2. Well they keep trying.

[timeforpeace]

16. If we had won any, he would be a factor. Otherwise, not.

[polichick]

3. From what I've seen, msnbc is saying that the Republicans will spin it...

...into a referendum on Obama.

[corkhead]

4. note that it is only a referendum IF and only IF republicons manage to win anything.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. Yes, of course.

Dems win: Meaningless local elections.
Pugs win: Obama loses major national referendum.

It was ever thus.

[nmorgan]

5. It's incredibly annoying

I don't remember a peep about it being a referendum on Bush during the local elections. But one Republican win means the takeover is coming! It's ridiculous.

[anigbrowl]

6. When did off-season elections in 2000-08 become referendums on Bush?

All the reporting I see says it's A factor, not THE factor. I've lived in 5 countries and it's the same everywhere, no matter who's in power.

[PopSixSquish]

7. Um...The Day After Last Year's Election?

Twas ever thus...

[NecklyTyler]

8. It is a manufactured issue to keep people up late watching the advertisements between news breaks

The Main $tream Media is stirring up controversy to boost viewership. The more viewers, the more advertising dollars the M$M rakes in

[DireStrike]

13. Which would have been fine if they did it to BUSH also. -nt-

[anigbrowl]

18. They did. Go to Google news and sample the archives.

I searched on the phrase 'referendum on bush' and found plenty of pre-2008 results.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. That's the way the neocons are spinning it. It's pure BS

[liberalmuse]

11. Because the Republicans say it is.

They 'create' reality, remember? Which in reality means they fuck it up and distort it beyond all recognition.

[truedelphi]

12. At least it involved an election or two.

Had there been no elections to report on in FAUX news' flim flam way, I can just imagine it. They would be interviewing someone who recently tore off their Obama sticker - "We are here at the home of Josephine the Manicurist. She has pulled off her Obama 2008 sticker off her car, and now it is official - Obama has lost every single American's confidence."

And this just in - mustard sales are down. Film at eleven.

[WilliamPitt]

14. TPM: "Pre-Spin Battle: Dems Say Tonight Not Obama Referendum"

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/pre-spin-battle-dems-say-tonight-not-obama-referendum-but-were-happy-to-blast-bush.php?ref=fpa

[chelsea0011]

15. And then they can answer why Obama and his record are being discussed after "one year" in office

when in fact he has been in office less than 10 months.

[branders seine]

17. when no hot young blondes were eaten by sharks in Aruba yesterday