As I reported yesterday, right before President Barack Hussein Obama took his ball and went home, walking out of the Debt Ceiling/Budget Meeting with Congressional Leaders on Wednesday, he warned Congressman Eric Cantor:

Eric, don’t call my bluff.

Obama told Cantor that he would take his case “to the American people.” Obama also told Cantor that no other president — not Ronald Reagan, the president said — would sit through such negotiations.

So, today, at 10 a.m. Central, (actually about 30 to 45 minutes later, Obama Standard Time) Obama is holding a Press Conference.

Remember, reporters, no shouting.  He’s sensitive.

Obama is going to be pleading his case to the American people as to why it’s imperative that he is allowed to order the raising of America’s Debt Ceiling.

The president has a huge problem, per thehill.com:

Only 27 percent of likely voters favor raising the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, while 62 percent oppose it, according to an exclusive poll for The Hill.

The poll found solid opposition from Republicans and also from independent voters, who are critical to President Obama’s re-election in 2012.

Barry…you got some ‘splainin’ to do!

This is not the first Hot Button Issue that the president has been on the opposite side from the overwhelming majority of the American people.  For instance:

1.  The Stimulus Bill – Even before it was signed into law by Obama, per rasmussenreports.com, 60% of Americans said that the  Stimulus Plan was what the Democrats wanted, and was not bipartisan.

Of course,  Obama went ahead and signed it into law…and it turned out to help America’s economy about as much as a screen door helps a submarine.

2.  Obamacare – On 3/22/10, before the passage of the Obamanation known as the National Healthcare Law, a poll was released by CNN/Opinion Research, in which the following question was asked:

As you may know, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are trying to pass finallegislation that would make major changes in the country’s health care system. Based on what you have read or heard about that legislation, do you generally favor it or generally oppose it?

Mar 19-21, 2010

Favor 39%

Oppose 59%

No opinion 2%

Obama signed the Bill into Law on march 22, 2010.  It will eventually wind up before the United Supreme Court, which will decide its Constitutionality.

3.  The Auto Bailouts – Back in 2008, Chrysler, Ford, and GM were seeking a total of $34 billion in federal loans to buy them time to restructure and stave off bankruptcy, which they said would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. They presented recovery plans to Congress.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, from December 3rd of 2008,  found that 61 percent were against the loans, while 36 percent supported them. The poll also found 53 percent who said they don’t believe that aiding the automakers would help the broader economy at the time.

The support for the automakers was damaged, in part because of withering criticism of auto executives, who flew private jets to Washington to ask for money.

Of course, GM and Chrysler were bailed out, using our money.

ABC’s Jake Tapper reported on his blog, on June 3rd, 2011:

President Obama today will again herald the recovery of the U.S. auto industry and the success of the $80 billion financial bailout his administration sponsored for GM and Chrysler.

“If any of the Republicans running for president now had been president in 2009, auto workers wouldn’t be on the assembly line today, they’d be on the unemployment line,” White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said this morning on MSNBC.

But saving the auto companies from bankruptcy, and preserving thousands of American jobs, has cost taxpayers at least $14 billion, according to several estimates by government agencies and independent groups.

To put it in perspective, $14 billion is double the annual budget of the Transportation Security Administration, or roughly two months of operating expenses for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, based on 2010 figures.

Rasmussenreports.com conducted a poll on October 20, 2010, right before the political massacre known as the Midterm Election:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that most Likely Voters think their representative in Congress does not deserve reelection if he or she voted for the national health care law, the auto bailouts or the $787-billion economic stimulus plan. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Those votes also appear to be driving factors in the GOP’s consistent lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot. Most strong supporters of President Obama believe those who voted for the measures should be reelected. Even more of those who Strongly Oppose the president disagree.

Forty-three percent (43%) of all Likely Voters say someone who voted for the health care law deserves to be reelected. Fifty percent (50%) oppose their reelection.

Thirty-six percent (36%) say if their local representative voted for the taxpayer bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler, he or she deserves to be returned to Congress. Fifty-three percent (53%) say that person does not deserve reelection.

Similarly, 41% say their representative in Congress should be reelected if he or she voted for the stimulus plan. But 50% don’t see it that way and say the individual should not be reelected.

And we all remember how the Midterms turned out.

So, the Question of the Day, is:

Why should we listen to you, Mr. President?

PAY ATTENTION, SCOOTER!…ON SECOND THOUGHT…DON’T.