GOP talking point: Obama seeks world’s approval first, America’s second

Here's an exerpt from the Republican talking points of the day. I'm no political expert, but my sense is that the Obama campaign had better find a way to blunt this message or face further erosion in the polls.

Also, note the Sen. Harry Reid reference. Some of the bad feelings generated in this campaign will surely rub off on Harry and, believe me, he's going to need all the good will he can muster if -- a big "if" -- he decides to run for re-election in 2010.

"It seems the Democrats’ would-be president of the United States of America really believes that the rest of the world’s problems, and approval, trump the interests of Americans when it comes to how we live our lives and where our money is spent.

"While stumping for the support of his party’s leftist base, Obama proclaimed, "we can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."

"And now he’s putting your money where his mouth is.

"A bill he has sponsored in the U.S. Senate, the so-called Global Poverty Act (S. 2433), would raise the amount of American tax dollars allocated to United Nations’ redistribution efforts to $845 billion.

"That’s $2,500 from every American taxpayer, when many in our country already are struggling to make ends meet.

"And if you think taxes and energy costs are high now, wait until Obama’s global energy and production taxes are made law by the Nancy Pelosi/Harry Reid-run Democrat Congress."