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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:22 AM
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I hear Dem's running for re-election in the midterm are thinking of running away from Obama
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 10:23 AM by bigdarryl
there not going to ask and don't want him campaigning with them.DAMN!!!! talk about rats jumping the ship what a bunch of PUNKS if try.I heard Big Ed mention this
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:24 AM
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1. they will lose then
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:25 AM
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4. Not unless Obama changes directions.
Where is this change Obama was talking about when he was campaigning? It seems to have gone missing
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mikekohr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:32 AM
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7. I Agree! We should put the Republicans back in power that caused this mess
in the first place. That would give them the opportunity to be the heroes of their own self inflicted disaster.

mike kohr
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:50 AM
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10. their reply would be 'who me?'
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:24 AM
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2. They better run away from his corporatist policies if they want to stay in office
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:25 AM
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3. Obama had better wise up and fire Rahm, Bernarke, Geithner, Summers and Duncan (nt)
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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:27 AM
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Your right this Rahm is a major ASSHOLE no wonder Hillary couldn't stand him in
her husbands Administration
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:27 AM
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5. They better run away from themselves, because they are the jerks who didn't do their job
They really think people are stupid

Obama still is fairly popular, Congress is NOT

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:29 AM
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6. Who did Ed hear it from? Did they use cans, like that game 'telephone'? nt
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 10:30 AM by babylonsister
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:52 AM
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12. I have not heard anything about them running away from Obama.
However, Politics can be one cruel business.

It could be a situation this simple. Mark Shields and David Brook
PBS, do an analysis at end of J. Lehers' program each evening.

Last night it was something else. Each of them had spent the day
on the Hill. They were both there but not together. So the fact
that a Dem and a Repub came up with such a similar story is sobering.
Each of them reported that the Senate is in absolute Panic. A "I
could lose my job" pall hangs heavy through out. There is so mcuh
anger according to Shields: Usually, if one Senator is facing
a rough race coming up and there are others who are not, they
will pitch in some of their funds to give the one in trouble a
boost. Not today, it is every man for himself. Totally out of character.

This is just a thought. In such an angry environment people can
and do say things they later regret. Purely from a political
perspective. The Dems have now lost 3 races in a row. Obama
has gone to all of these races to try to bring them home. The
Media, at least some are seeing this as rebuff to Obama.
In a moment of anger, I can imagine some Senators saying something
like Obama cannot help us. That in turn being twisted to say
they are running away from Obama.

I wish the Senators would refuse to talk to Media get awy and
refresh their mins and think before they speak. Maybe I wish
for too much.

Someone said something. Perhaps we need to let the dust settle.

It appears Obama is starting to adjust and perhaps develop a
different strategy. In other words course, correct.

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:05 AM
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14. Thanks for your thoughtful analysis. So much doing what's
best for the greater good. Very disillusioning.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:27 AM
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17. When do they figure they should run BACK to THEMSELVES,
to what they told their CONSTITUENTS?

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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:37 AM
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8. BIG BIG MISTAKE they are letting the republican media
dictate to them. They are listening to the wrong people. If Gore had not run away from Clinton he might have had more votes and bush wouldn't have been able to steal the election.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:38 AM
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9. Obama's approval rating is still higher than theirs is. They are the ones producing shitty bills.
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impik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:52 AM
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11. They should do it. This way they won't win and we won't have to see their faces ever again
Idiots.
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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:00 AM
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13. They will do so at their peril.
Obama is still the most popular politician in the country and Democrats running away from him would just embolden the Republicans.

If Congressional Dems had supported the President from the beginning and delivered a decent health care bill for him to sign, the would not be in this mess.
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fugop Donating Member (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:05 AM
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15. Proving once more how braindead they are
Obama is the one politician in DC right now with a fairly strong approval rating. If they run away from him, they do so at their own risk. Which is probably why they'll do it. Because, as they've shown over and over again this year, they're braindead morons when it comes to governing.
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Vicar In A Tutu Donating Member (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:22 AM
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16. A lot of Republicans did similarly to Reagan in '82.
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 11:22 AM by Vicar In A Tutu
Two years later and they'd have let him buy their children for a dollar.
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Aramchek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 02:24 PM
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18. your head must be as thick as Ed's
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 02:50 PM
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19. They will be calling on President GE Walmart in 2012, though.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 07:36 PM
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20. Guess they didn't learn anything from the Deeds campaign
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