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Obama will try to upstage GOP convention with campaign stops
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | August. 18, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 08/18/2012 3:30:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Obama regards the week of the Republican convention as “precious time” to campaign, his spokeswoman told reporters to explain why he will not “lay low” that week, as is customary for incumbent presidents.

“We know that this is a close election and we need to compete for every vote that we can compete for,” Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Air Force One today. “And that’s one of the reasons the President will be spending some time on the campaign trail the week of the Republican convention.”

Psaki was responding to a reporter who had noted that “Traditionally, Presidents kind of stay low during the opposition’s conventions” and asked, “Is he trying to steal some thunder next week with his own campaign trips?”

She denied that his anticipated campaigning is an attempt to steal Romney’s thunder. “We know that there will certainly be a lot of attention paid to the Republican convention just like there will be to the Democratic convention the week we have it,” Psaki said. “But we’re not going to give up any precious time or precious time with voters when we have it.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012rncconvention; bho2012; dncstrategy
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“This “president” has no class.”

Actually, I hope Ryan returns the “favor”.


21 posted on 08/18/2012 4:05:36 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: mkmensinger
"He might have a hard time doing that playing to half empty venues."

He might have a hard time doing that playing to PLANNED half empty venues.

Sorry but I had to fix that.

22 posted on 08/18/2012 4:06:21 PM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Not getting COLA for two years really hurt a lot of seniors....


23 posted on 08/18/2012 4:07:32 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The Chicago way for classless thugs...


24 posted on 08/18/2012 4:08:05 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Tennessee Nana

Wake up on the wrong side of the straightjacket this morning?


25 posted on 08/18/2012 4:09:21 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: Tennessee Nana
I bet Willard will be all over the Alphabet media... trying to steal thunder from Obamas party in Charlotte... So what difference does this make ???

Because one is the incumbent president. While the other is the challenger. The tradition is for the sitting president to give the challenger his/her time in the sun... and lay low.
26 posted on 08/18/2012 4:10:08 PM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: DoughtyOne

Thank you. I’d never predict an election this far out, but momentum seems to be on Romney’s side...and it appears that Barry agrees with me.


27 posted on 08/18/2012 4:13:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
"Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian"

Geeez...got your panties in twist, do ya?!@?

28 posted on 08/18/2012 4:13:49 PM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Tennessee Nana

Maybe you would prefer this:

http://www.meforum.org/3300/obama-administration-persecuted-christians


29 posted on 08/18/2012 4:14:24 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer. FREEDOM OR FREE STUFF YOU GET ONE CHOICE CHOOSE WISELY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama will try to upstage GOP convention with campaign stops

"Yes, we can! Lemme hear you out there!"

"Dude, like, where's the free nachos they promised?"


30 posted on 08/18/2012 4:14:50 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: Tennessee Nana

If I didn’t know any better I’d say you have advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage.


31 posted on 08/18/2012 4:19:00 PM PDT by AdamBomb
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To: nhwingut

Ah well yes that does make a difference...

But theres nothing nothing usual about this election...

It would be traditional for Gov Sarah Palin as a leader in the GOP and the past VP canidate to speak in a leading role

but shes not...

I think both current would be candidates are lacking in virtue, grace and manners, and decency, American values, and patriotism..

and I would like to call for a do over...

But I dont get to arrange the programs...


32 posted on 08/18/2012 4:19:23 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: freeangel

Me too. I think Romney should do the same. He should fight for every vote. October is not that long from now, and obama is a dirty campaigner.


33 posted on 08/18/2012 4:20:46 PM PDT by virgil
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To: AdamBomb

Is that what your doctor diagnosed for you ???

Sounds catchy...

please dont cough on the keyboard...


34 posted on 08/18/2012 4:21:33 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

As for upstaging the RNC - rots o’ ruck.

Nobody’s going to be watching him, but then, nobody will be seeing the half-empty venues wherever he appears, either.

So for him, psychologically, it will be a wash. He can polish up his stump speech before modestly friendly audiences, try to regain a little stage presence, and get in the practice for all the moves he will be making shortly.

But nothing new or startling will be revealed in this period either, or if it is, it will be completely below any notice by the larger public. And be unrecorded, for the most part.

Dress rehearsal for election night.


35 posted on 08/18/2012 4:22:49 PM PDT by alloysteel (Voter suppression is needed now more than ever. Only, whom shall be suppressed?)
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To: virgil

obama is a dirty campaigner.
_______________________________________

Dont worry

Willard taught Obama everything he knows...

Did you see how Willard anihilated the Conservatives this past Spring ???

When it comes to Obama He wont be as nasty to a fellow Harvard classmate and liberal...

But Im sure he will hit Obama with his purse a time or 2..

and now he has a man working for him...

Im sure Paul Ryan will keep Obama from hurting Wee Willies fragile ego..


36 posted on 08/18/2012 4:26:30 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
What needs to happen is Romney needs to rent a different NFL stadium every day of the DemocRat convention, heavily advertise he will be speaking each evening at “Prime Time” while Paul Ryan will be speaking each afternoon. And immediately after each of his speeches, a prominent conservative voice will end the daily festivities. This would eliminate Hatch, McCain, McConnell, et al. More like Rubio, Christie, Walker, Perry, Paling or others. Wonder who would have the largest crowd? On the night of the acceptance speech by his imperial majesty Comrade El Presidente Caliph Sheik Obama the First, put his image on a Jumbotron and have everyone just laugh out loud and point at the boob on the boob tube.
Now Barry, match that you sack of excrement.
37 posted on 08/18/2012 4:29:27 PM PDT by cashless (Unlike Obama and his supporters, I'd rather be a TEA BAGGER than a TEA BAGGEE.)
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To: alloysteel
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38 posted on 08/18/2012 4:29:27 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: dinoparty; Tennessee Nana

You Romney fans are the crazy ones. I can’t believe how much you liberals love your candidate. Sad.


39 posted on 08/18/2012 4:38:44 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Attention Republican National Convention voters....Santorum/Bachmann 2012! Dump liberal Romney NOW!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama can campaign during the RNC but will anybody be watching?

It is probably a false notion that presidential candidates sit on the sidelines during their opponents conventions because they are being gentlemen, giving their opponents their day in the sun, knowing that they will be reciprocated in kind during their convention.

It's more because the conventions tend to dominate the news cycle during the week they are going on so it would be futile for the opposing candidate to gain any traction or media coverage during that period anyway. So they give themselves and their campaign staff a much-needed vacation so they can re-charge their batteries for the general election battle that lies ahead.

If Obama continues campaigning during the RNC, he's just being stupid (as usual) and burning out his campaign staff for no good reason.

40 posted on 08/18/2012 4:42:24 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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