Posted on 03/27/2011 6:27:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
In 2008, Democratic voters had their pick of many candidates for president -- from Hillary Clinton to John Edwards to Joe Biden. Why did they choose Barack Obama?
After all, he had less experience in office than many of his rivals. He was not as well-known. He had the potential electoral liability of being black. No one knew if he was tough enough to stand up to Republican assaults in a nasty campaign.
So what accounts for his success? More than any other reason, he won because he had opposed the invasion of Iraq -- which Clinton and others had endorsed. Obama was the peace candidate of 2008. As the long and costly war dragged on, that was a priceless asset.
Where are those voters now? The majority is probably still in Obama's camp. Most Democrats in Congress have defended the president's attack on Libya. Most have given him the benefit of the doubt in his slow withdrawal from Iraq. Most have gone along with his dramatic escalation in Afghanistan.
But the mood of Democrats may be changing. The liberal magazine The Nation decried the intervention in Libya as "flagrant hypocrisy." John Larson, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, upbraided Obama for not consulting Congress.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, called the war "another disaster." If our involvement lasts weeks or months instead of days, Obama could lose many Democratic members.
He has already lost a lot of them on Afghanistan. Recently, 85 House Democrats voted for Kucinich's resolution demanding withdrawal of U.S. forces by Dec. 31, with 99 voting no. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says both he and "a lot of my colleagues" in the Senate will also push for a speedy and complete departure.
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I hope you are asking them now who the warmonger is
He won because the media picked him and ignored his background. He won Iowa before his connection to the Church of the Coo-coo’s was made public (courtesy of the drive-bys.)
“I hope you are asking them now who the warmonger is”
No need.
They are already disgusted with him.
Owing to that breakdown, I think it's highly likely he'll be president until Fri, Jan 20, 2017, no matter his record.
Obama was the peace candidate of 2008. As the long and costly war dragged on, that was a priceless asset. Where are those voters now? The majority is probably still in Obama's camp. Most Democrats in Congress have defended the president's attack on Libya. Most have given him the benefit of the doubt in his slow withdrawal from Iraq. Most have gone along with his dramatic escalation in Afghanistan.Where is Pelosi? That bitch was claiming to be all about cutting funding for the WOT, and has delivered bupkis. Same goes for Reid. How did the voters respond? By giving the Party of Treason even more seats in 2008. Only one house flipped in 2010. And alas, Zero will be reelected in 2012.
Democratic Debacle (1964 convention, repercussions today)
America Heritage | July 2004 (cover date) | Joshua Zeitz
Posted on 07/27/2004 9:59:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1179981/posts
I gave up beer and chocolate for Lent.
(tax-chick, you have good taste. But your family all knew that already.)
g_w
It usually takes a couple of tries, but eventually they get the point.
Cheers!
I think two Guinnesses would be excessively filling.
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