Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:27 PM

hedgehog (30,379 posts)

hello, my name is Hedgehog, and I suffer from snatch defeat from the jaws of victory syndrome.

I've seen Democratic candidates beaten or been cheated of election victory by the likes of Nixon, Reagen, Bush1 & Bush 2.

I'm still pinching myself to make sure Obama won in 2008.

Can my country hit the jack pot twice in a row?

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hello, my name is Hedgehog, and I suffer from snatch defeat from the jaws of victory syndrome. (Original post)	hedgehog	Aug 2012	OP
Yes, It Can!	CaliforniaPeggy	Aug 2012	#1
Yes, we have to!	freshwest	Aug 2012	#2
They did with Clinton	formercia	Aug 2012	#3
i remember all those elections..	oldhippydude	Aug 2012	#4
You weren't the only one. I had one Dem friend tell how inconsolable she was the night Palin	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#10
Here's the secret...Obama was a good candidate	brooklynite	Aug 2012	#5
Oh, thank- you!	hedgehog	Aug 2012	#6
+1000 President Obama is not a wimp, just a patience, forward thinking person.	part man all 86	Aug 2012	#7
That's true he's not a wimp by any means	cheezmaka	Aug 2012	#9
Is that you, Ron? nt	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#8
Jimmy C. is the only incumbent Democratic President to get beaten since before FDR.	bemildred	Aug 2012	#11

Response to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:28 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,938 posts)

1. Yes, It Can!

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:41 PM

freshwest (31,306 posts)

2. Yes, we have to!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:42 PM

formercia (18,131 posts)

3. They did with Clinton

..oh, I forgot...He wasn't really a Democrat after all.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:47 PM

oldhippydude (2,514 posts)

4. i remember all those elections..

i was so emotionally invested in 08 it would have broke my heart if that one was stolen... i'm cautiously optimistic this time... yes i want it with my soul.. knowing if we loose it will be because of voter suppression, rigged machines, and unlimited money terrifies me..

this time i want the Senate, and take back the House also... hope i'm not setting myself up...

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 09:43 AM

CTyankee (35,008 posts)

10. You weren't the only one. I had one Dem friend tell how inconsolable she was the night Palin

was nominated and got all that applause. My friend said she broke down crying hysterically and her husband had to comfort her. One couple I ran into at the Madrid airport was taking a trip to Spain because the husband was obsessed with the polls and his wife said "Enough! We're gonna take a trip out of the country to get you away from this!"

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:54 PM

brooklynite (12,818 posts)

5. Here's the secret...Obama was a good candidate

No matter what you think of the Republicans, the bottom line is that Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore and Kerry (and I worked for all of them) did a lousy job campaigning.

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Response to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:57 PM

hedgehog (30,379 posts)

6. Oh, thank- you!

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Response to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:23 PM

part man all 86 (367 posts)

7. +1000 President Obama is not a wimp, just a patience, forward thinking person.

Willing to change his mind to fit the circumstances than blindly following dogma.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:21 PM

cheezmaka (436 posts)

9. That's true he's not a wimp by any means

just ask Al-Queda...lol!!

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Response to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:26 PM

awoke_in_2003 (18,486 posts)

8. Is that you, Ron? nt

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 12:52 PM

bemildred (67,484 posts)

11. Jimmy C. is the only incumbent Democratic President to get beaten since before FDR.

I think you'd have to go back before Wilson. If you want to focus on irrelevant patterns, focus on that one.

On the other side there are Hoover, Nixon, Ford, and Bush the Elder, all ejected from office.

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