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spanone

(135,637 posts)
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:06 AM May 2012

politico crapco: Obama stumbles out of the gate

Nothing inspires Democrats like the Barack Obama swagger — the supreme self-confidence on stage, the self-certainty in private.

So nothing inspires more angst than when that same Obama stumbles, as he has leaving the gate in 2012.

That’s the unmistakable reality for Democrats since Obama officially launched his re-election campaign three weeks ago. Obama, not Mitt Romney, is the one with the muddled message — and the one who often comes across as baldly political. Obama, not Romney, is the one facing blowback from his own party on the central issue of the campaign so far – Romney’s history with Bain Capital. And most remarkably, Obama, not Romney, is the one falling behind in fundraising.

To top it off, Vice President Joe Biden has looked more like a distraction this month than the potent working-class weapon Obama needs him to be.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76752.html#ixzz1vtG6Yk1F

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politico crapco: Obama stumbles out of the gate (Original Post) spanone May 2012 OP
Lol ananda May 2012 #1
correct, they are shameless and will continue to be. truth is disposable. spanone May 2012 #2
What unmitigated crap! MineralMan May 2012 #3
WTF? I'm no big Obama supporter for sure, but I had to put my hip waders coalition_unwilling May 2012 #4
Sort of off topic, but why is that disclaimer necessary? ecstatic May 2012 #13
Um, so that my subsequent repudiation of the Politico bullshit was not coalition_unwilling May 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Enrique May 2012 #17
That's their opinion treestar May 2012 #5
Good try, but that spin ain't flying! polichick May 2012 #6
If this all is "stumbling"... GoCubsGo May 2012 #7
nice to hear from the Republican wing of Obama's campaign Enrique May 2012 #8
I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Allen fabricated the quote. emulatorloo May 2012 #11
Must be why Romney's winning BeyondGeography May 2012 #9
Politico must be losing its audience since they now only write for the teabaggeratti lunatica May 2012 #10
Check out their funding sometime if you get a chance. emulatorloo May 2012 #12
Like I don't know? lunatica May 2012 #14
Why are you attacking me? emulatorloo May 2012 #18
In that case I apologize for misunderstanding your statement lunatica May 2012 #20
... emulatorloo May 2012 #23
Obama's facing blowback from his own party on Bain? ibegurpard May 2012 #15
lol, all the light skinned brotha's look alike to them...sigh uponit7771 May 2012 #22
Politico is the online version of Fox now. boxman15 May 2012 #19
Bet you $5 Karl Rove had some input into that piece. Marr May 2012 #21
"we create our own reality" Rove originated the "Obama is the most divisive president ever" meme emulatorloo May 2012 #24
Sorry, I couldn't understand what they were saying with Turd Blossom's saggy balls Guy Whitey Corngood May 2012 #25
bwahahahahahaaa... GObama spanone May 2012 #28
These people are so annoying. Which is why I try to ignore their useless dribble. nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2012 #29
Keep on dreaming, politico garbage. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #26
I heard Neal Boortz this morning refer to Politico as a liberal publication sadbear May 2012 #27
 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
4. WTF? I'm no big Obama supporter for sure, but I had to put my hip waders
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:11 AM
May 2012

on for this (because the shit sure is getting deep).

Romney's non-denial denial of bullying accusations, according to this writer, would not be a stumble but instead a manly swagger.

Jeesh!

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
16. Um, so that my subsequent repudiation of the Politico bullshit was not
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:58 AM
May 2012

seen as a purely kneejerk pro-Obama response.

You're right though, it really wasn't necessary.

Still working on my first cup of coffee this morning.

While I think Obama is capable of stumbling (he is, after all, human), his campaign thus far has been masterful in my opinion. As good as Bill Clinton's 1996 effort, if not better. Romney's getting set to do a Bob Dole (or even Barry Goldwater 1964

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treestar

(82,383 posts)
5. That's their opinion
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:11 AM
May 2012

Funny how they wish it was ours. Classic Rovian. Tells us something - that they are concerned that their candidate Mittens lacks this swagger. A very justifiable concern for them. Too bad. Sucks to be Republican this year.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
8. nice to hear from the Republican wing of Obama's campaign
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:35 AM
May 2012

I wonder who's bitching to Mike Allen. Jim Messina maybe?

Some key Democrats say they have been dismayed watching Obama become a divider not a uniter, trying to incite anger among women, students and older voters. It’s striking how, in private conversations with Obama advisers, they openly talk of chucking the feel-good politics of 2008 for a very conventional form of political warfare this time around. A low-grade friction has emerged among advisers on whether the hack approach is damaging the brand.

“This guy’s narrative is to be big,” complained one veteran of the 2008 campaign. “How do you capture that in a campaign when all anybody is focused on is the daily tit-for-tat? He has to get up and out of it. … The campaign jumps so quickly into these fights that it distracts from what the president is doing.”

emulatorloo

(43,982 posts)
11. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Allen fabricated the quote.
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:44 AM
May 2012

To me, he is nothing but a propagandist.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. Politico must be losing its audience since they now only write for the teabaggeratti
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:44 AM
May 2012

LOL! Yeah! Go kiss Teabag Partay Ass! That'll keep you relevant!

Politico et al. -->

GOP -->

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
20. In that case I apologize for misunderstanding your statement
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:06 AM
May 2012

The written word is sometimes too easy to misunderstand. Thanks for correcting me.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
21. Bet you $5 Karl Rove had some input into that piece.
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:07 AM
May 2012

It's basically ticking off all of Romney's fundamental problems, one by one, and putting them on Obama. Couldn't be more lame, or more Rove.

emulatorloo

(43,982 posts)
24. "we create our own reality" Rove originated the "Obama is the most divisive president ever" meme
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:18 AM
May 2012

Lots of echoes of that in Mike Allen's fabrication.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,483 posts)
25. Sorry, I couldn't understand what they were saying with Turd Blossom's saggy balls
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:20 AM
May 2012

so deep in their mouths.

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
27. I heard Neal Boortz this morning refer to Politico as a liberal publication
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:45 PM
May 2012

And it is true: Cory Booker is the right's new hero.

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