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Mon Apr-04-11 12:59 PM
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| 24. Assuming the dictators of those states allow fair elections. |
| -Is "or else" really going to get Obama re-elected? |
NightWatcher |
Apr-04-11 12:42 PM |
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Or Else? Governor Walker. |
FSogol |
Apr-04-11 12:43 PM |
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Recommend |
xchrom |
Apr-04-11 12:44 PM |
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Who else? n/t |
Autumn |
Apr-04-11 12:44 PM |
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Mitt, Newt, Huck, Michelle, Tim, etc. |
progressoid |
Apr-04-11 01:06 PM |
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That would be the point I made. |
Autumn |
Apr-04-11 01:08 PM |
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Oh I donno, I could see voting for Michelle Bachmann, |
progressoid |
Apr-04-11 01:38 PM |
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Someone would have to use my rotting fingers off |
Autumn |
Apr-04-11 01:39 PM |
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yes |
Odious justice |
Apr-04-11 12:44 PM |
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Depending on if there is a primary... |
Ohio Joe |
Apr-04-11 12:44 PM |
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States like WI, OH, IN, and FL will be interesting. Usually local elections ride on the national - |
PeaceNikki |
Apr-04-11 12:44 PM |
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Assuming the dictators of those states allow fair elections. |
rucky |
Apr-04-11 12:59 PM |
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Yes it is. |
Democracyinkind |
Apr-04-11 12:46 PM |
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go ahead and teach him a lesson. It worked so well in 2010. |
ReturnoftheDjedi |
Apr-04-11 12:47 PM |
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Yup, the youth, minorities, Obamacans, and "centrists" sure taught a message. |
TheKentuckian |
Apr-04-11 12:55 PM |
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Obama is where he is because he has been successful. |
Solomon |
Apr-04-11 01:00 PM |
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+1 n/t |
JTFrog |
Apr-04-11 01:21 PM |
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Very successful! |
Dawgs |
Apr-04-11 01:40 PM |
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Failures like Bush, Hoover, and Reagan all were elected. Some multiple times. |
TheKentuckian |
Apr-04-11 01:55 PM |
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"successful" to whom? |
druidity33 |
Apr-04-11 02:41 PM |
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Success by what definition? George W. Bush won re-election. That's a low standard to beat. |
Selatius |
Apr-05-11 12:06 AM |
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No flames from me. |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Apr-04-11 12:48 PM |
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Barack Obama, Michelle Bachmann...you decide |
Hugabear |
Apr-04-11 12:48 PM |
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motivate with the carrot, not the stick |
NightWatcher |
Apr-04-11 12:51 PM |
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Just a hunch... |
Skinner |
Apr-04-11 12:48 PM |
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My call for slogan is "lasting change" |
ixion |
Apr-04-11 12:50 PM |
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He is talking about a lot of posters here on DU Skinner. |
Rex |
Apr-04-11 04:17 PM |
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No, actually, the overwhelming support by Democrats for the |
MineralMan |
Apr-04-11 12:49 PM |
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"don't confuse me with the facts" n/t |
emulatorloo |
Apr-04-11 01:04 PM |
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+1 |
FLPanhandle |
Apr-04-11 01:15 PM |
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k/r |
ixion |
Apr-04-11 12:49 PM |
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It shouldn't even need to be said. The "or else" is obvious. |
MineralMan |
Apr-04-11 12:51 PM |
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Of course we fear the GOP ... they'd keep the wars going, attack public education, Social Security.. |
defendandprotect |
Apr-04-11 08:54 PM |
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Not in my case |
Egnever |
Apr-04-11 12:53 PM |
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its exactly the argument that the other side is going to use to get out heir voters |
onenote |
Apr-04-11 12:53 PM |
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I would like to be the first to propose a name for the 2012 Republican movement |
RZM |
Apr-04-11 01:42 PM |
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Exactly - and Republicans don't sit around claiming they aren't |
treestar |
Apr-04-11 04:03 PM |
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he can run on his record, that isn't an "or else" proposition |
Motown_Johnny |
Apr-04-11 12:54 PM |
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I think it's highly unlikely he'll lose. |
cali |
Apr-04-11 12:55 PM |
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It won't have to. n/t |
LoZoccolo |
Apr-04-11 12:55 PM |
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That's how he hopes to keep the Left while he simultanously courts the Center/Right with... |
Poll_Blind |
Apr-04-11 12:55 PM |
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My vote will be given with no strings attached. |
jaxx |
Apr-04-11 01:02 PM |
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I'll be voting for him as, at minimum, a talented place-holder. |
FredStembottom |
Apr-04-11 01:02 PM |
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Apparently so. |
Safetykitten |
Apr-04-11 01:02 PM |
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I think you are out of touch. Apr 3, Obama approval among Dems = 80% |
emulatorloo |
Apr-04-11 01:03 PM |
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Remind me again what Obama is doing in Wisc, OH, Ind ????? |
daa |
Apr-04-11 01:27 PM |
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remind me again what power he has over state issues? |
Motown_Johnny |
Apr-04-11 01:39 PM |
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Exactly what he should be - letting *US* handle it and not making it about him. |
PeaceNikki |
Apr-04-11 01:42 PM |
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Kucinich has been absent too, and OH is his home state! |
apples and oranges |
Apr-05-11 12:12 AM |
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Many, many people are now former dems |
zalinda |
Apr-04-11 01:36 PM |
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Obama didn't listen???? Where have you been??? |
Motown_Johnny |
Apr-04-11 01:46 PM |
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Sorry, but none of that translates to those of us |
zalinda |
Apr-04-11 04:00 PM |
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What are they now, Republicans??? |
JoePhilly |
Apr-04-11 04:08 PM |
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Of course not. The dem party left them, not the other way around. |
zalinda |
Apr-05-11 12:00 AM |
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Which, all told, is irrelevant on election day. The current numbers aren't enough to re-elect him. |
Xithras |
Apr-04-11 02:54 PM |
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Trying to use polling when there isn't a Republican candidate yet will not work. |
jeff47 |
Apr-04-11 03:16 PM |
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Good points. |
emulatorloo |
Apr-04-11 03:31 PM |
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That may be the worst use of polling data I've ever seen at DU |
onenote |
Apr-04-11 04:11 PM |
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Lol, I know, I was just responding to its use upthread. |
Xithras |
Apr-04-11 04:32 PM |
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Then, we're pretty useless.... |
MrMickeysMom |
Apr-04-11 11:17 PM |
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Polls mean nothing. |
Lucian |
Apr-04-11 11:21 PM |
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I guess it works on me. If I vote in CO I will vote for him, if I vote in CT then I won't. |
Exultant Democracy |
Apr-04-11 01:05 PM |
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Yes |
Proud Liberal Dem |
Apr-04-11 01:09 PM |
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It's an effective strategy for reaching the grown ups in the room... |
ecstatic |
Apr-04-11 01:14 PM |
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LOL |
Solomon |
Apr-04-11 02:21 PM |
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I think in 2008 a shit-ton of folk voted FOR Obama..in 2012 they'll be voting AGAINST whichever... |
truebrit71 |
Apr-04-11 01:14 PM |
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+1. There will be a lot of votes for President Placeholder. n/t |
gkhouston |
Apr-04-11 01:50 PM |
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I'm okay with that... |
tallahasseedem |
Apr-04-11 03:35 PM |
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I suspect that in 2008 a shit-ton of folks voted against 8 years of repub mismanagement |
onenote |
Apr-04-11 04:13 PM |
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2008 spoiled us |
Keith Bee |
Apr-04-11 01:14 PM |
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"Or, else" and "Not as bad" is a "no sale" for me. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Apr-04-11 01:29 PM |
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+1 |
emilyg |
Apr-04-11 01:40 PM |
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On the other hand it works fine for the other side |
onenote |
Apr-04-11 04:17 PM |
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+1. I don't respond well to threats and intimidation. |
readmoreoften |
Apr-04-11 10:58 PM |
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I think there's plenty of reasons beyond "or else" to vote for him in 2012 though. |
NYC Liberal |
Apr-04-11 01:38 PM |
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I don't think this is all that unusual |
RZM |
Apr-04-11 01:39 PM |
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"Re-Elect POTUS: Because Wall Street needs more money!!!" |
Myrina |
Apr-04-11 01:42 PM |
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Bernanke/Summers 2012 vs Chase/Goldman Sachs 2012 |
readmoreoften |
Apr-04-11 11:04 PM |
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It's the ONLY reason I'll be voting for him this time. |
Dawgs |
Apr-04-11 01:42 PM |
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Someone else already said it..... |
Sivart |
Apr-04-11 01:55 PM |
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The threat works on me. |
LiberalAndProud |
Apr-04-11 01:44 PM |
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future SCOTUS |
shanti |
Apr-04-11 01:48 PM |
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It might happen but I can promise you one thing |
tech9413 |
Apr-04-11 02:39 PM |
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Or else has to be used on a small minority,only. |
Swede |
Apr-04-11 02:58 PM |
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+1 |
JoePhilly |
Apr-04-11 04:07 PM |
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Explaining plain reality is not political terrorism. Just because you feel an argument is |
BzaDem |
Apr-04-11 03:39 PM |
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When the "or else" is Michelle Bachmann |
Arkana |
Apr-04-11 03:45 PM |
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Most people probably don't require that, but if you do, OK |
treestar |
Apr-04-11 04:02 PM |
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if you don't vote for obama, lyndon larouche will become president. |
BOG PERSON |
Apr-04-11 04:05 PM |
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Well, I don't take the "or else" as a threat, more like a fear-mongering tactic |
TK421 |
Apr-04-11 04:14 PM |
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I agree but it depends on the "or Else" |
TNLib |
Apr-04-11 04:16 PM |
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Is there really anyone currently even thinking about running that you would consider moderate? |
BzaDem |
Apr-04-11 04:39 PM |
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Not much of a campaign slogan is it? |
slay |
Apr-04-11 08:35 PM |
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Yes, every reason to vote for Obama boils down to "or else" |
killbotfactory |
Apr-04-11 08:43 PM |
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"Or else, GOP will cut Social Security, COLA's, give tax breaks to wealthy" ... ??? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-04-11 08:48 PM |
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Yes, it probably will. It's the "2012: Where else you gonna go, bitch?" campaign. nt |
ProgressIn2008 |
Apr-04-11 08:52 PM |
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Basically. |
readmoreoften |
Apr-04-11 11:05 PM |
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Obamacare was the biggest betrayal of the poor in our nation's history |
Chris_Texas |
Apr-04-11 08:53 PM |
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no matter how you feel about Obama, the Republican Nazi party is worse |
liberal life |
Apr-04-11 10:52 PM |
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Living in an iron lung is better than ebola. But why can't I have a life? |
readmoreoften |
Apr-04-11 11:02 PM |
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Actually, since you brought that up...no. |
BlueIris |
Apr-04-11 10:55 PM |
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not necessarily, but either way the elite win |
tahrir |
Apr-04-11 11:04 PM |
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The choice is ample |
somone |
Apr-04-11 11:10 PM |
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That's honestly their best argument. |
Union Scribe |
Apr-04-11 11:12 PM |
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I think it will. We have no other choice. It's similar to |
Liquorice |
Apr-04-11 11:14 PM |
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Whole lot of condescending going on here... |
davidthegnome |
Apr-04-11 11:54 PM |
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"Or else" is an idle threat. |
Lucian |
Apr-04-11 11:57 PM |
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This may be the first election I don't bother to vote in. |
alarimer |
Apr-05-11 12:06 AM |
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No. He's going to lose in 2012. |
JVS |
Apr-05-11 12:11 AM |
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They are going to beat him over the head with...... |
Sivart |
Apr-05-11 09:44 AM |
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Let me ask that of you in another way |
dmallind |
Apr-05-11 08:41 AM |
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What a cute kitty. |
lonestarnot |
Apr-05-11 09:51 AM |
#111 |
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