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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumspolitico 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.
Thats 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 Romneys 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
That biased media just doesn't have an ounce of shame.
spanone
(135,637 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Pure GOP propaganda.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)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!
ecstatic
(32,567 posts)"I'm no big Obama supporter for sure"
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)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)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.
polichick
(37,152 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)...I can't wait to see him get his footing. Mr. Robme will be toast.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)I wonder who's bitching to Mike Allen. Jim Messina maybe?
This guys 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)To me, he is nothing but a propagandist.
BeyondGeography
(39,285 posts)Or isn't...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)LOL! Yeah! Go kiss Teabag Partay Ass! That'll keep you relevant!
Politico et al. -->
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emulatorloo
(43,982 posts)Billionaire Republicans.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Thanks so much for your concern over my ignorance.
emulatorloo
(43,982 posts)It was just a statement in support of your post.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)The written word is sometimes too easy to misunderstand. Thanks for correcting me.
emulatorloo
(43,982 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)lol
I think they got him mixed up with Booker...
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)boxman15
(1,033 posts)It's unmistakable.
Marr
(20,317 posts)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)Lots of echoes of that in Mike Allen's fabrication.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)so deep in their mouths.
spanone
(135,637 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,281 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)And it is true: Cory Booker is the right's new hero.