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Honeycombe8

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27. Obama should not get directly involved in a state's recall issue.

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:35 PM

May 2012

He has many national issues to attend to. It is the Dem. Party's fight, not Obama's. It'll get the whole country involved in this one issue, when the focus should be on other things.

Not that he can't answer as to his opinion, if asked. And certainly the Dem. Party should be involved. But not Obama.

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Obama not taking vocal role in Wisconsin's recall clash [View all] brentspeak May 2012 OP

THIS WHY WE LOOSE.. ELI BOY 1950 May 2012 #1

not cool n/t Psephos May 2012 #2

Very disappointed in Obama not get involved DontTreadOnMe May 2012 #3

Yeah, well everybody hates it when "Obama (fill in the blank)". And your "support" Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #20

! that'll leave a mark! dionysus May 2012 #24

Trying to set up a fall guy if the recall fails? AtomicKitten May 2012 #4

Thanks for posting. emulatorloo May 2012 #5

Touch it, dude. AtomicKitten May 2012 #12

Here's a fact: Obama, the leader of the Democratic party, is too chicken brentspeak May 2012 #22

keep trying brent. the shtick is getting stale. dionysus May 2012 #25

For a "progressive state", they sure do like electing Republicans...nt SidDithers May 2012 #26

"Trying to set up a fall guy if the recall fails?" Ding! Ding! Ding! Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #6

Since when was it the job of POTUS to get involved in local political disputes? Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #8

so it is ok for POTUS littlewolf May 2012 #10

I don't agree that it was a good idea for him to get involved in that situation either Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #11

I like that ... I was just saying littlewolf May 2012 #14

I see your point Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #15

You might have a point if this was 4 yrs. ago. He was new on the job, and feeling his way. Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #16

Not to late for each of us to pitch in.... Bluenorthwest May 2012 #7

But his organization is working on getting out the vote (which is just as important) WI_DEM May 2012 #9

WI State Senator Jon Erpenbach says OFA has some 60 offices in Wisconsin helping. AtomicKitten May 2012 #13

Yeah, ain't like he's busy doing anything else, right? Drunken Irishman May 2012 #17

all I am saying is how hard is it to do a radio ad littlewolf May 2012 #18

I gotta ask. Are you in WI? Do you know he hasn't done a radio ad? Let's not.... Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #19

agreed ... I was under the impression littlewolf May 2012 #21

Obama's busy today attending GW Bush's portrait unveiling Poiuyt May 2012 #30

Have the WI Dems asked him to come? pstokely May 2012 #23

Obama should not get directly involved in a state's recall issue. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #27

+1 tallahasseedem May 2012 #35

What pisses me off so much about this is that the people of WI didn't have Obama's back in 2012! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2012 #28

Unions are pouring their money into local elections and whatnot. Why should Mr. President stand in? lonestarnot May 2012 #29

I see where the WH did a tweet littlewolf May 2012 #31

He turned over all 60 offices of OFA in Wisconsin to GOTV. AtomicKitten May 2012 #32

excellent ... littlewolf May 2012 #34

you betcha AtomicKitten May 2012 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten May 2012 #33