Obama: Country Facing Economic, Political Crisis "This election won't be as sexy as the first one"

AP ^ | Monday, October 25, 2011 | Jim Kuhnhenn

[kristinn]

Testing a re-election theme, President Barack Obama is telling donors during a fundraising rich tour of three western states that the country is suffering from an economic crisis and from a political crisis. "People are crying out for action," he says.

Pointing to elements of his $447 billion jobs plan rejected by Republican lawmakers, Obama said they would likely linger as campaign issues in 2012.

"This is the fight that we're going to have right now, and I suspect this is the fight that we're going to have to have over the next year," Obama told about 240 donors at a fundraising event Monday at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. "The Republicans in Congress and the Republican candidates for president have made their agenda very clear."

In Los Angeles on Monday evening, Obama mingled with Hollywood's royalty. At an intimate dinner with top donors in the Hancock Park home of producer James Lassiter, Obama chatted with movie star Will Smith and former Los Angeles Lakers standout Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

"Sometimes I think people forget how much has gotten done," Obama said, and he urged his supporters to rally once again, at the same time joking, as he often does, that he is older and grayer now. "This election won't be as sexy as the first one."

The Las Vegas fundraiser attracted about 240 people who paid from $1,000 to $35,800 toward Obama's re-election campaign and to the Democratic National Committee. The bigger donors met the president personally.

The dinner at the Lassiter home was cozier, with fewer than 40 donors who paid $35,800 each. Among the sponsors were Troy Carter, the manager of Grammy award winner Lady Gaga.

[Scotswife]

does that mean “I’m Sexy and I Know It” by LMAFAO isn’t going to be his campaign theme song?

[Munz]

>4. Diminishing US powewr
5. Replacing the US Constitution with Executive Orders
6. Wrecking US alliances; Insulting US friends.
7. Sinking America in everlasting debt and taxes<

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still looking for the 40% he figures he needs to do ... any thoughts on that???

[DaxtonBrown]

I’m going all in on lamp post futures.

[WPaCon]

This election won't be as sexy as the first one

Because Palin isn't running this time and Bachmann probably isn't either.

[Quickgun]

Did Zero say election, or did he say erection?

[misterwhite]

"Sometimes I think people forget how much has gotten done"

Other than the latest "stimulus" which was rejected by Republicans AND Democrats, Obama got everything he asked for. There was plenty of "action".

It failed. He failed.

[tinajohnson17]

Everyone needs to cry out in the next election and vote for republican party candidate....”ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” Time to get OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!

[treetopsandroofs]

Even if Big Media foists Mitt upon us?

[Candor7]

Obama: Country Facing Economic, Political Crisis “This election won’t be as sexy as the first one”
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What a laugh...Obama is not planning on having an election, he is planning on civil war, martial law, and postponing the election to some uncertain date in the future.

Obama only enters elections he is certain of winning.