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After Bin Laden, Should Republicans Be Afraid to Run Against Obama in 2012?
Elephant Watcher ^ | May 2, 2011

Posted on 05/01/2011 11:14:13 PM PDT by Triton42

"As discussed in a previous post, the elimination of Bin Laden is unlikely to change the kind of candidate Republican primary voters select. But will would-be candidates decide not to run, fearing Obama's reelection is inevitable? Should they?

Obama will receive a bounce in his approval ratings, and discussion of Bin Laden's death will consume media attention for some time. The Republican primary will "pause" while this happens. Some liberal journalists and political commentators will suggest Obama is invincible. As a result, it is possible some Republican candidates who were uncertain of whether to run will decide to pass. But some candidates will remember their history...."

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To: baa39

Good point!


21 posted on 05/02/2011 12:00:44 AM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: VanDeKoik

All Churchill did was save Britain, then got voted out in 1945.


22 posted on 05/02/2011 12:01:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Triton42

Obama inherited Operation UBL.


23 posted on 05/02/2011 12:02:17 AM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Doofer

Is that your LONG FORM Certification?


24 posted on 05/02/2011 12:03:06 AM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: VanDeKoik

WE will all see in 2012.....


25 posted on 05/02/2011 12:24:13 AM PDT by yield 2 the right ( Space blank until I come up with a nice Tagline.)
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To: Triton42
nope...way too damn early / the economy is killing OBahbah...now.
...and OBahbah....doesn't care, it interferes w/ his golf game / vacations.

and he MUST change the News stories....24 hr. news cycle.

26 posted on 05/02/2011 12:30:37 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (You do not have to smear (Pharaoh / Imam) Obama w/ lies....the truth does a fine job. :)
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To: Bigtigermike

Bulls eye. Bush senior looked invincible after Gulf War 1 - even moreso, I submit, than Obama will after this - but what was the phrase that summarized his being a one-termer just a few years later? “It’s the economy, stupid”. Tables turn.


27 posted on 05/02/2011 12:46:23 AM PDT by RDAardvark (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Triton42
Obama will receive a bounce in his approval ratings.

No he won't.

He's busy doing all he can to preserve his muslim brothers dignity, refusing to release photos's and giving him a proper muzzie burial instead of cutting off his goddamned head and sending it Fedex to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari

This BS wont go unnoticed.

So how long was the muslim Barry Hussein sitting on this before he decided to pull the trigger?

This is all about approval ratings, aint no goddammed coincidence that this comes now.

28 posted on 05/02/2011 12:53:11 AM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Triton42

LOL

Lameass retarded concept.

You credit for everything when occupy the White House.

Good or Bad, it’s your rodeo for 4 years.

MuBarak gets a win in his column. Don’t like it but, there it is.

Dear Mr. MuBarak:
Thanks for offing that POS.

With Gratitude,

Vendome.


29 posted on 05/02/2011 12:59:15 AM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: yield 2 the right

I want some of what you’re smoking...


30 posted on 05/02/2011 1:00:22 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Triton42

Afraid? No, but the uphill climb for 2012 just became a near-verical bluff. The Obamedia will be singing his praises about this until election day... crowing about his Obama`s natural greatness shone through in this great historical moment, and how all Americans should reward him with four more years.
People on our side can point out $5 per gallon gas, 9% unemployment and $14.5T all they want, but the Left will always have the War-on-Terror trump card. What also concerns me is the resistance to ObamaCare will fade as well. Political capital of this magnitude is powerful stuff.


31 posted on 05/02/2011 2:51:31 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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To: Triton42

The headline is a stupid premise. No need to read anything else below. 70 percent of the people have no idea who Osama is. Ask them and some might say the president at best. They DO know the price of gas though.


32 posted on 05/02/2011 2:58:14 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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To: ScottinVA
Are you kidding? Obama will bask in the glow of this accomplishment for about 3 months. Then the reality of the economic mess he created will seep back into the mindset.

Both Bushes enjoyed historic high poll numbers (post 9-11 and Desert Shield) , and you saw what happened in 1992, and 2008.

33 posted on 05/02/2011 3:03:10 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: Triton42

Bambi is a looser and must go, he is a criminal...


34 posted on 05/02/2011 3:46:37 AM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now, and in the future)
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To: seekthetruth

I doubt he will run again, because he will have to show “proof” of his citizenship, ahhh “didn’t he just do that?”

Of I forgot, that was an “abstract” as opposed to a certified copy. hee hee hee

What a mess. What a Fraud. What a Liar.


35 posted on 05/02/2011 4:04:03 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Triton42

Um…why? The guy is a hot steaming mess. One good day here and there does nothing to change that.


36 posted on 05/02/2011 4:09:16 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: Eye of Unk

IMHO, if the reports are true, then the operation was a blunder, unless we have more enemies of the Constitution throughout the leadership of both the military and intel communities and it was a target of opportunity, conducted without foreknowledge and now claimed for political expediency by Obama.

Every black op bubba I would think about, would kill to keep OBL alive and unawares once they knew is position.


37 posted on 05/02/2011 4:28:06 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Triton42

I wonder which blast list the WH used to get the college~aged flash mobs into the streets of DC and NYC so fast. You know it wasn’t “spontaneous”.


38 posted on 05/02/2011 4:33:41 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: Triton42

No, Osama is one man, and the WOT never ends.


39 posted on 05/02/2011 4:34:14 AM PDT by JSDude1 (December 18, 2010 the Day the radical homosexual left declared WAR on the US Military.)
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To: wtc911
Was the crowd there before an official announcement? If so, very blatant propaganda (Prop. can be good). Just seems very narcissistic to have a preplanned, made for TV event/celebration.

This whole episode seems very convenient. If “the person” sleeping with the fishes is true, what did Pakistan get in return for allowing the Seals to operate? What is the punishment on Pakistan for letting Osama "operate out in the open" for years? How long has US intel actually known about this compound? I guess in the end, the lust for power gets a lot of innocent people killed.

40 posted on 05/02/2011 4:46:54 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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