September 26, 2011 06:52 PM UTC

"Tea Party," Hard Left To Converge on Obama's Denver Speech?

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• by: Colorado Pols

As widely reported, from FOX 31:

“While in Denver, the President will visit Abraham Lincoln high school to highlight his American Jobs Act proposal to put workers back on the job by rebuilding and modernizing schools across the country,” a White House press release says.

Lincoln offers Obama a venue in southwest Denver in a largely Latino neighborhood that is one of the poorest areas of the city. The school’s auditorium is large enough to host an event for more than 1,000 people. Lincoln is at 2285 S. Federal Blvd.

The speech is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Tuesday.

We’ve been tipped off to likely protest events outside Lincoln High School from both sides of the political spectrum: Front Range “Tea Party” groups are expected to demonstrate, as well as a possible contingent of left-wing protesters upset about issues ranging from the lack of “single payer” health care reform (their words) to recent compromises over spending and deficits.

Which should make an interesting mix for press cameras: what do you get when the hard-liners from both sides join together to protest one politician? Disaster, or the greatest triangulation opportunity ever? Sometimes the ones who upset both extremes win the center–and win. At the very least, the presence of left-wing protesters against Obama should make the wide-eyed denunciations of Obama’s “socialism” from the other side kind of questionable.

A poll follows–assuming it happens, does a bi-wingnut protest against Obama actually help him?

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