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Treading Water: Why the Obama Campaign is Doing Worse Than It Seems
The New Republic ^ | July 13, 2012 | William Galston

Posted on 07/20/2012 4:18:17 AM PDT by neverdem

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To: Humbug

I don’t see that at all. The American people have gone against him and the democrats on virtually everything the summer of 2009. Once is policies were evident there is a groundswell against them. He has been very ineffective on every issue since the failed stimulus.


21 posted on 07/20/2012 7:18:19 AM PDT by ilgipper ( November cannot come soon enough)
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I hope that’ll be the case, but i’m sure he and his inner circle still have some tricks up their sleeves.

The democrats also lost a lot of ground with Clinton in office and yet with the help of Perot he was able to win. No Perot this time, but Obama continues to enjoy unprecedented levels of support from the media who in turn continue to have a huge influence on people that otherwise don’t pay much attention to politics. As things stand today I think Obama loses, but I think he knows this and will try to shake things up.

Certainly at the least i expect Biden to be replaced in order to make it another historic election. Perhaps the first ever Latino to be a VP candidate or something along those lines.

Maybe also some kind of international conflict. Not to mention ratcheting up the voter fraud.It’s going to get very dirty out there.


22 posted on 07/20/2012 7:46:30 AM PDT by Humbug
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To: neverdem

Notice they neatly tuck this paragraph in the middle hoping readers would miss it, “But new numbers from Gallup indicate that by an astonishing 20 percentage points, fewer voters aged 18 to 29 say that they will definitely vote than they did four years ago, and their voting intentions fall short of this year’s average among all registered voters by the same margin. By contrast, relative to the electorate as a whole, more older voters are committed to voting. The same Gallup survey shows diminished enthusiasm among Hispanic voters. In 2008, members of this pivotal group were a modest 8 points below the national average for definite voters. This year, it’s 14 percent.”


23 posted on 07/20/2012 8:09:36 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: neverdem

Notice they neatly tuck this paragraph in the middle hoping readers would miss it, “But new numbers from Gallup indicate that by an astonishing 20 percentage points, fewer voters aged 18 to 29 say that they will definitely vote than they did four years ago, and their voting intentions fall short of this year’s average among all registered voters by the same margin. By contrast, relative to the electorate as a whole, more older voters are committed to voting. The same Gallup survey shows diminished enthusiasm among Hispanic voters. In 2008, members of this pivotal group were a modest 8 points below the national average for definite voters. This year, it’s 14 percent.”


24 posted on 07/20/2012 8:11:49 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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Why Bam’s losing

W’s 2004 trick won’t work

“In 2004, the election was a referendum on the incumbent, and the incumbent convinced Americans he had done the right things.

In 2012, what is the incumbent going to do — talk about somebody else’s tax returns for the next 109 days?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_bam_losing_6hphTPplSqc4KPBJcKn4nO


25 posted on 07/20/2012 8:18:59 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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...by 43 to 38 percent, they thought that Obama had presented a clearer plan for the economy than had Romney.

Uh oh. Collectivism, state control of property and business, suffocating regulations, permanent uncertainty win out over freedom and economic liberty. Not a good sign at all. Maybe Romney's speech this week could have turn this tide...if it had gotten more than ZERO coverage in the MSM.

26 posted on 07/20/2012 8:38:35 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: pepsionice

I didn’t know so many banks were failing. Do you have a relevant link? TIA.


27 posted on 07/20/2012 8:39:09 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: neverdem

I could feel alot more comfortable about all the current polling in American politics if we weren’t already aware that Dem voters are polled in much higher numbers.

The media needs to be taken to the woodshed after this coming election, also. They have been more than ‘biased’.


28 posted on 07/20/2012 9:07:09 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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...by 43 to 38 percent, they thought that Obama had presented a clearer plan for the economy than had Romney.

Clearer does not mean better.

29 posted on 07/20/2012 7:48:18 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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