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NRaleighLiberal

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7. And the best is yet to come...whack job convention followed by sane one -

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 11:01 AM

Aug 2012

then the debates. Although we would all like to see better polling numbers, I am not concerned - they will get better. Well, I do have one concern - getting out the vote - turning the registered voters who don't plan to vote into likely or definite voters! And the concern about constraining the vote, of course.

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I'm seeing something I haven't seen in well over a Decade... [View all] berni_mccoy Aug 2012 OP

Well said! darkangel218 Aug 2012 #1

And just 4 days before their make-or-break convention BlueStreak Aug 2012 #52

The voters are fighting back against voter suppression. alfredo Aug 2012 #53

what happens if it's cancelled due to the hurricane? Tunkamerica Aug 2012 #62

Nothing important happens at the conventions these days BlueStreak Aug 2012 #72

They're ahead in the Senate and House races, and Doctor_J Aug 2012 #2

Wondering that, too. nt SusanaMontana41 Aug 2012 #11

Agreed Stuckinthebush Aug 2012 #19

Right wing talk machine? Floyd_Gondolli Aug 2012 #54

Fox news Stuckinthebush Aug 2012 #68

Rasmussen now shows McCaskill up by 10, a change of +11 (in just 3 days). I think coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #74

I'd love to be shouting the OP's message from the roof tops, but... yonder Aug 2012 #32

We all remember tavalon Aug 2012 #60

I'm With You BrooklynBoy Aug 2012 #69

GOP cheating should be a spur to action, not defeatism. Get mad! GOTV! freshwest Aug 2012 #45

Facing facts is always a good thing Doctor_J Aug 2012 #48

You think voting is useless? Civil war is your only solution? Who or what would we save that way? freshwest Aug 2012 #50

Your premise is useless Doctor_J Aug 2012 #78

I agree with you, but we're in a minority. Vidar Aug 2012 #73

True, the GOP cult of brainless machismo is immune to "facts". xtraxritical Aug 2012 #55

I actually agree with the OP AND your response Cosmocat Aug 2012 #65

True, and irrelvant Doctor_J Aug 2012 #70

I was talking politically Cosmocat Aug 2012 #81

Yep! kentuck Aug 2012 #3

I approve this message! FredStembottom Aug 2012 #4

Now ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #5

Amen Vietnameravet Aug 2012 #6

Yeah, it's crazy, isn't it? And the racists don't even give him credit for his white Mom! Sick dogs. freshwest Aug 2012 #43

Just one Drop Zoonart Aug 2012 #67

And the best is yet to come...whack job convention followed by sane one - NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #7

That is one more thing the Dems did right this year berni_mccoy Aug 2012 #28

Exactly. I was hoping the DNC would go second. ALWAYS get the last word. calimary Aug 2012 #33

Yeah, I really liked it going this way, too! freshwest Aug 2012 #44

That is dependent on who is in the White House leftynyc Aug 2012 #71

I figured as much. But I'm surprised the GOP didn't try to change that. calimary Aug 2012 #80

I hear ya leftynyc Aug 2012 #82

Good post but Vietnameravet Aug 2012 #8

I was in Wisc for the last few days - have not been there for a few years lunasun Aug 2012 #40

We just have to keep the message out there where non-Dems are faced with it. nolabear Aug 2012 #9

What confounds me is if we have the big majority of women, Black, Latino, youth & Auntie Bush Aug 2012 #10

I think they will steal the election, but I don't think Mr. Obama will roll over like Gore did. The Booster Aug 2012 #12

Hang on: NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #26

Sorry. I take back that Gore rolled over. Dems need to learn how to support their own and if they Booster Aug 2012 #29

You are right. I remember how folks here at DU were ready to send President japple Aug 2012 #39

Gore had conceded before the House-Senate refusal to challenge coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #76

take to the streets???? fascists would love that excuse to remove more rights... lunasun Aug 2012 #41

Don't forget 40% of the white vote, 97% of the black, ~70% Latino, 53% of women...I don't uponit7771 Aug 2012 #14

Likely voters jeff47 Aug 2012 #22

I share your concern. WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2012 #36

It's close because the media wants it close Atman Aug 2012 #64

The LEVEL of lying the GOP is doing to hide their intentions is REALLY high uponit7771 Aug 2012 #13

Great OP - Unfortunately money talks Smilo Aug 2012 #15

I remember listening to an interview bec Aug 2012 #16

I don't disagree Brother Buzz Aug 2012 #17

And just to complicate matters a bit more, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #18

One missing ingredient andym Aug 2012 #20

Careful. I remember Democrats were confident in 2000 and 2004. Didn't work out. nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #21

Election Fraud - Voter ID Ezlivin Aug 2012 #27

In both cases the elections were stolen, but the treason has gotten worse Doctor_J Aug 2012 #75

Why 90 million Americans won't vote in November Jessy169 Aug 2012 #23

Because they don't know what's at stake. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #47

I think branding the Repigs as the party of rape can help counter some of this, at least with coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #79

Republicans = Rape. If that message won't get them to the polls, then no message coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #77

No Democrat lately has gotten a majority of the White Male vote... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #24

YES!I knew he would be great when the FIRST thing he did as President was lift the Global Gag Rule. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2012 #25

A decade? obxhead Aug 2012 #30

Um, Unity? truebluegreen Aug 2012 #31

unlimited money could buy the election in spite of their chaos spanone Aug 2012 #34

Chaos in the Republican Party makes the Tea Party that is amongst them even stronger, because patrice Aug 2012 #35

Almost every day I see something I haven't seen in over a decade........ George II Aug 2012 #37

Oh please... From The Ashes Aug 2012 #42

Don't be a weinie. VOX Aug 2012 #61

The GOP is self-destructing. Isn't it beautiful? randome Aug 2012 #38

And yet, they're winning. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #46

Good observation. This IS different, isn't it? Feels good, doesn't it? nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #49

It would be nice if the Republican rank and file noticed. Speck Tater Aug 2012 #51

I agreed they are iamthebandfanman Aug 2012 #56

been 2 years upi402 Aug 2012 #57

Yeah, baby..it's a great feeling Cha Aug 2012 #58

I'm also seeing, in the sinking of the Titanic, also known as the current version of Republicans tavalon Aug 2012 #59

This is what I've seen over the last 12 yrs. boomerbust Aug 2012 #63

And yet Obama is only up by 1.5 points according to RCP average Ian_rd Aug 2012 #66