No one on his side is enthusiastic about him. The old magic is gone. O is a tired incumbent with nothing fresh to offer.
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I live in a deep blue state and work around a bunch of libs, and you’re right, the thrill is gone. I don’t see any enthusiasm.
I am in Cullyfohnia. I post alot of anti-Obama stuff on Facebook. Four years ago, my FB friends were highly defensive of him. Nowadays, it’s relegated to a few who complain about Romney’s tax rate or how Romney wants to take their vaginas away. Maybe 3-4 people tops. The thrill up their legs are gone...they are relegated to bashing Romney, much like Obama has programmed them to do via NLP.
I agree. I know four people well who voted O in 2008 and when I refer to O as “your guy” they all say, he’s not MY guy. And I know that one of them is just not voting. One is calling himself an independent but I think he’ll go RR, one is out of the country and I doubt whether he voted absentee, and the fourth is still drinking the cool aid but says she could be okay with Romney if he wins.
I think these people all realize -- four years later -- that they were conned by their own delusions into supporting an empty suit and an incompetent hack in 2008.
I'll give an explanation for Obama's miserable performance in the first debate, his surprisingly mediocre convention speech, and his frightfully inept (if not worse) response to the Benghazi consulate attack, too. He was told by his own people several months ago that he's going down in flames, and he's basically been mailing it in since then. After the first debate he had to be reminded that it's best for all involved to put a brave face on it and go through the motions ... lest a diminished turnout brings down other Democratic candidates, too.