Posted on 10/31/2010 5:44:00 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
CLEVELANDPresident 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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I can’t wait to see the MSM post-mortems come Wednesday.
BO is just a cry baby.....He wanted to sit at the “Adult” table and now that he has the Big Chair he wants to Blame Bush, Blame the Republicans for his own incompetence. He won’t change...just get more angry after he is rebuked Election day...
Google “long-legged mack daddy” and see what you get on youtube.
“He still reads whatever shows up on the teleprompter.”
I’m waiting for Hillary to pull a Veronica Corningstone and screw up his “Stay Classy, San Diego” sign off. No doubt that he is Ron Burgundy and will read whatever....
>> Mr. Obama has projected a rougher tone than he did two years ago<<
Mr. Obama? Has anyone else noticed that in more and more major news outlets the moniker or President has been dropped in recent weeks? Call me Cynical but its just one more thing I have noticed that tells me something serious is going on with the powers that be.
The stylebook at most newspapers specify that a person's title need only appear at the first mention of the name. Thereafter, the person will be referred to as Mr.
The same was true for Presidents Bush, Clinton, etc.
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