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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
37. Depends on how well informed those of us who will be campaigning for Obama
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 06:26 AM
Jun 2012

are on the ACA.

Right now, we need to get copies of the bill and start reading so that we can discuss it intelligently with the voters we meet.

I would like to see the Obama campaign offer courses in the ACA so that campaigners, those of us who talk to voters, are better prepared than ever to discuss this and other issues.

This is sorely missing from Democratic Party campaign preparation. Democrats rely on volunteers to make up for a lack of corporate funding and PR, but the Democratic Party neglects the education of the volunteers on the issues.

I have campaigned with great organizers and am repeatedly shocked by the lack of information about the issues that some enthusiastic Democrats reveal on the campaign trail. This has to be changed if we are to win this year.

We have to be prepared to answer Fox News and all the Republican talking points. That's the only way we can win over the independent and Republican voters.

Yeah. Sure. Lint Head Jun 2012 #1
I think this will make them madder than ever at Romney. tanyev Jun 2012 #2
Roberts is smart enough not show for a cameo. n/t SDjack Jun 2012 #13
No. Erickson is full of guano. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2012 #3
I think ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2012 #4
I don't see it that way. missingthebigdog Jun 2012 #5
Exactly treestar Jun 2012 #47
Erick Erickson is trying to put salve on the big republican booboo notadmblnd Jun 2012 #6
And had the court defeated the mandate "John Roberts probably just handed Mitt Romney the WH." Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #7
+ a bunch........ dhill926 Jun 2012 #28
+1 treestar Jun 2012 #48
Just because he said it, it doesn't make it so. Just sayin'. flpoljunkie Jun 2012 #8
Delusional thinking is more like it... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #9
Right... Republicans not getting what they wanted = win for Republicans high density Jun 2012 #10
Um... HopeHoops Jun 2012 #11
They really can't handle the truth. MjolnirTime Jun 2012 #12
Well Erick would have also said the same thing if ACA was struck down. SoutherDem Jun 2012 #14
+1 DCBob Jun 2012 #15
And I've heard folks say the opposite bigwillq Jun 2012 #16
That's my take demwing Jun 2012 #45
They always spin it They are always dishonest. They are always corrut. LiberalFighter Jun 2012 #17
Erickson is full of shit!! center rising Jun 2012 #18
OH PLEASE!!!! Erickson the Affordable Healthcare Act is a MAJOR achievement for Obama this helps bigdarryl Jun 2012 #19
Suppose the Court acted the opposite way. Jack Sprat Jun 2012 #20
^^^^^THIS^^^^^ freshwest Jun 2012 #30
You're actually asking if what Erickson says is true? HAHAHA! Avalux Jun 2012 #21
lol -- that's a unique perspective fishwax Jun 2012 #22
Today was a major victory for Obama, and somehow that will cost him the White House? Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #23
The 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major victory for Lyndon Johnson Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #26
Nixon didn't win because of the Civils Rights act, he won because of Vietnam. Mr.Turnip Jun 2012 #34
Up through 1964, the South was solidly Democratic Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #35
The fact remains that Not a SINGLE Southern State is Required for a Democrat KatChatter Jun 2012 #36
That doofus can shove it lovemydog Jun 2012 #24
I'll take delusional Republican fantasies for $300 Alex. n/t Downtown Hound Jun 2012 #25
Hunh? Sentath Jun 2012 #27
This is great news... for MITT ROMNEY! Mayberry Machiavelli Jun 2012 #29
RomneyCare being ruled Constitutional might help Robme Kalidurga Jun 2012 #31
Just the opposite.. DCBob Jun 2012 #32
Thanks. As a Kaiser patient, I know that my insurer has already implemented JDPriestly Jun 2012 #38
I like KP too. DCBob Jun 2012 #39
It will make the RW Romney voters vote for Romney. The middle voters not so much. Kablooie Jun 2012 #33
Depends on how well informed those of us who will be campaigning for Obama JDPriestly Jun 2012 #37
He's one of my FAVE comedians!. . . . . . n/t annabanana Jun 2012 #40
Erickson is trying very hard to make lemonade n/t Inuca Jun 2012 #41
No. They were coming out anyway. Arkana Jun 2012 #42
voters that hate Obamacare? Enrique Jun 2012 #43
Of COURSE he did demwing Jun 2012 #44
Erickson is a poster child for why Mental Health treatment should have been included agentS Jun 2012 #46
Bookmark this thread JustAnotherGen Jun 2012 #49
Sounds like someone is trying to make lemonade out of tainted Koolaid Sheepshank Jun 2012 #50
Not if we keep calling it a decision on RomneyCare. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #51
Sure Johnny2X2X Jun 2012 #52
I want......................... SILVER__FOX52 Jun 2012 #53
They are full of delusions.. and-justice-for-all Jun 2012 #54
LOL Johnny2X2X Jun 2012 #55
The Press Rosanna Lopez Jul 2012 #56
Thank you for your concern. nt Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #57
Laughable. budkin Jul 2012 #58
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