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| Obama battles to hold his old Senate seat for Democrats |
| 2010-10-09 |
[Arab News] President Barack B.O.Obama, fighting to fend off a major political embarrassment, labored in his adopted home state to build a fire of enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate who is running in a close race to take the president's old Senate seat from Illinois. A loss for Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, now the Illinois state treasurer, would rub salt in what already was expected to be a deep political wound for the president in the Nov. 2 congressional election. Democrats are widely expected to lose their majority in the House of Representatives and, perhaps, the Senate. "All my friends in the house!" Obama shouted to cheers at the Drake Hotel at the first of two campaign events expected to net more than $750,000 for Giannoulias and other Democratic Senate campaigns. "I hope you're fired up in these last few weeks," he said. "It's up to you to defy the conventional wisdom once again." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I'm not voting for him. Peoples' Republic of IL. What's the diff? Idiot on stem cells Idiot on cap n tax but what's really funny is he could have it handed to him if he just runs the right commercial.... Since it seems there's a little matter of $2.7 million AG didn't pay tax on when he should have. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2010-10-09 13:34 |
| #5 At the Drake? Yeah, that's a real "working peoples" bastion... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-10-09 12:05 |
| #4 Steve in the 2000 election several hundred thousand ballots were disqualified as not every position was marked. Our own equiv. of hanging chad. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-10-09 11:39 |
| #3 I'm not sure that's correct. I live in Illinois. About the Senate race: it's too bad Kirk is such a squish and a weak candidate, the Pubs could be leading this one by 20 points. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-10-09 10:50 |
| #2 please REMEMBER the election LAW in Illinois: IF YOU DO NOT VOTE ON EVERY RACE AND ISSUE ON YOUR BALLOT - THE FUCKERS THROW IT OUT! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-10-09 10:42 |
| #1 Hr just doesn't know what truth is, does he? Obullshit Backing is the kiss of death politically. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-10-09 09:57 |