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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:39 AM Original message |
Is Bayh gonna run in the primary against the President? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. First thing to come to my mind... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. He'll probably run against him in the General. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. well done |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Or primary him and if he loses be Palin's VP. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
61. or LIEberman's VP |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. would not surprise me if he has something like that in mind |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. No. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Bayh is not capable of putting together a plan. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. He's had his dad's name, good looking wife at the time, |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thinkin more along the lines of accepting a VERY lucrative job in 'private sector' |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. It is still a possibility that he knows the next few years are going to get |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. LOL It seems likely MOST of the enablers of the shit storm know, and are bailing |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. You know what would suck more. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Might be a winning startegy in 2012 n/t |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Depends on which party you want to win. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. The motivation is to give Obama the best ticket which can win |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Why not stay Senator then? Senators can and do run |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. No thanks. I prefer real liberals. n/t |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. For whom? The Rethugs? You never switch VPS. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. My guess is Biden will bow out after 2011...n/t |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I don't think so, Cheney never left even though he was not going to run as President |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Like Hell it would |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Look at it this way...Obama will still be at the head of that ticket |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. If he put that piece of shit on the ticket, it would be a statement he was going more right wing |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. That is highly unlikely |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. It would make the president look all the better. nt |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Probably. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Doubt it. No one is going to run against Obama |
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brand404 (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. By the way things are going -- the people will probably do that. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Oh, bullshit. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. No. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Unless, of course, you actually believe the president is a socialist. nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Obama challenged Clinton from the Left and then shattered his coalition by enacting DLC policy |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I meant challenging a sitting President for the nomination. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Oh really? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. This isn't 1964. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. If Bayh sees a weakness, he can exploit it. The economy is shit and it doesn't show signs of... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
59. If Bayh challenged a sitting President for the nomination and lost (which would most likely happen) |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've been predicting this |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Of course not... |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Where's the money in that? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. No. He is taking a job with lots of money. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I bet he's readying the bed for pharma. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. hmmm...whatever Obama's faults, Bayh is worse and BORING |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Bayh sucks, but if he starts making a move for the presidency, Obama... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I don't think Bayh would be stupid enough to run against him since Obama has filled his cabinet |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. You think they'll give a shit if Obama goes down? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I don't even think he would put a dent in Obama. Bayh makes dishwater seem exciting by comparison |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Boring is acceptable in a politician when you're pissed off about not having a job |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. replacing one DLCer with an even more corporate compliant one is not going to appeal to jobless |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I don't see "throw the bums out" specifying that. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. maybe there would be a tiny chance of someone else doing it, but Bayh's charisma is in the negative |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. No. He wants to be governor again and will probably take a university post |
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theothersnippywshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I agree that he wants to run for Governor. I also think he sees a republican tsunami coming |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. No. He's too much nothing. He's going for the bigger bucks. nt |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well lets see he didn't run in 2008 because Senator Obama was too strong |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Too similar. We need a progressive primary challenger. nt |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Run Kooooooch Run! |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. If anyone gets the Big Pharma job, it's Obama. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
63. HELL NO! |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. He says no. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
65. Remember how much support he was able to get for the OPEN seat in 2008? |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
66. NO!!!!! |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
67. I doubt it because I don't think Obama will run for a second term. n/t |
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