Obama Less Lofty as Rhetoric Shifts

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 10-31-10 | LAURA MECKLER

[GOP_Lady]

CLEVELAND—President Barack Obama closed out his 2010 campaign season here with a mocking rebuke of Republicans, in stark contrast to the lofty, hopeful rhetoric that marked his 2008 campaign.

With Democrats facing potentially big losses on Election Day Tuesday, Mr. Obama has projected a rougher tone than he did two years ago. The bad economy? Blame Republicans, he said. Bipartisanship to solve problems? No, the president said, the GOP has no interest.

Bits of the 2008 spirit were still in evidence in a weekend of campaigning, but Mr. Obama's calls for change now came with caveats. He still exhorted, "yes we can!" but added that change will take some time.

Democrats say the shift in message is to be expected given the changed circumstances. Mr. Obama is no longer the outsider looking in, but an incumbent president deep in all things Washington. Also, Democrats have worked to make this election a choice between the parties, not a referendum on Mr. Obama, so talking about the GOP's weaknesses is key to that strategy.

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[Bobibutu]

Yawn ... what can be said Mr. Obama other than “you lie.”

[GOP_Lady]

Things will be getting better in Ohio.

[Interesting Times]

Obomba hasn’t changed a bit.

He still reads whatever shows up on the teleprompter.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He never was anything more than an effeminate, immature, smarmy punk, except that now the whole world is beginning to catch on.

[boomop1]

He has met the enemy and it is him.

[sodpoodle]

BO less lofty - more loony.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

FUBO!

[luvbach1]

He still reads whatever shows up on the teleprompter.

And apparently that's blame Bush; blame Republicans. Will he use that strategy in 2012? He might.

[JPG]

The TOTUS in his brain is thinking that this election stuff is tough and dictatorship would be so much easier.

[MaggieCarta]

Things will be getting better in Ohio.

I wish I felt that confident about Michigan.

[MichaelCorleone]

Watch how O’Slammy will get away with setting an abrasive tone in DC for the next two years. Whereas any GOPer who refuses to worship obama and his Marxist agenda will be touted as ‘partisan’ or ‘racist’ or ‘tea bagger’ or ‘immoral’ or ‘uncooperative’ by the MSM.

The fight has barely begun.

[GOP_Lady]

I worry about Ohio becoming another Michigan.

Remember not too long ago when Michigan had a great Governor and things were well then?

[goldstategop]

Obama talks about bipartisanship - when he entered the White House, he dismissed Republicans with “I won.” What a difference two years makes. Now all of a sudden he’s lamenting lost bipartisanship.

Hey, Barry - go look in the mirror!

[anniegetyourgun]

Less Homer, more homey.

[Bhoy]

Hopefully the GOP (quit laughing) will reject bipartisanship efforts with: We won.

[MaggieCarta]

....Remember not too long ago when Michigan had a great Governor and things were well then?

Hardly a day goes by that I don't think of that time...

[MAexile]

President Barack Obama closed out his 2010 campaign season here with a mocking rebuke of Republicans, in stark contrast to the lofty, hopeful rhetoric that marked his 2008 campaign.

It's hard to sound lofty when you're begging.

[Eye of Unk]

I have a comparison of Obama and the current vampire fan fad. Obama drinks his own blood.