I am really looking forward to Sauronbama's visit later this week to help MY campaign!
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| Obama in Ohio for mid-term campaign | |
| 2010-10-18 | |
[Al Jazeera] President Barack B.O.Obama, whose approval ratings are at all-time low, has taken his popular wife with him to three campaign stops in the pivotal swing state of Ohio. The president's campaign on Sunday aims at firing up the young Democrats who helped him carry the Midwestern state in 2008. After three straight days of events in Delaware, Massachusetts and Ohio, Obama will head west for stops in Portland on Wednesday, Seattle and San Francisco on Thursday, Los Angeles and Las Vegas on Friday and then Minneapolis on Saturday.
The survey found that the coalition of voters which swept Obama into the White House just two years ago - aching for change after the eight-year presidency of Republican George W. Bush - has crumbled. With Obama not on the ballot again until 2012, dispirited supporters are unlikely to hold back a growing Republican and tea party tide. Obama's Republican foes have surfed a political spending wave designed to sweep away weakened White House allies. Blamed for the still-struggling economy and near 10 percent unemployment, Democrats have a scant chance of keeping their majority in the House of Representatives, where all 435 seats are on the ballot. Republicans also are expected to make significant gains against the Democrat majority in the Senate, where 37 of 100 seats are up for grabs. The AP poll found that one-fourth of those who voted for Obama two years ago are defecting to the Republicans. Yet many voters say their switch is more a symbol of anger at the Democrats than a vote in support of the GOP. In a sign of voter dissatisfaction with both parties, just as many people who backed Republican presidential nominee John MaverickMcCain ... the former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution... are either supporting Democrats now or still considering how to vote. Another problem for Democrats is that only half of Obama's supporters in the 2008 race say they definitely will show up to vote on Nov. 2. It's a wide enthusiasm gap that's buoying Republicans, who are poised for big electoral gains, and worrying Democrats, who are trying to hang onto majorities in Congress, as well as among governors. Obama's party hopes its superior get-out-the-vote operation, updated from his groundbreaking 2008 campaign, can overcome Republicans' energized supporters and mitigate expected losses across the board. The president has recently tried out 'new media' venues like online town hall meetings. "Some analysts question whether [Obama] is spending too much time going after young voters and not enough time courting senior-citizen voters," Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan, reporting from Ohio, said. Regardless, Obama is now campaigning coast to coast, raising money for candidates and looking to energize Democrats. But the president has acknowledged that, even in the most reliably liberal states, no Democratic candidate is guaranteed victory. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I am really looking forward to Sauronbama's visit later this week to help MY campaign! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2010-10-18 13:13 |
| #7 The "busca della morte" Tour |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-10-18 11:58 |
| #6 In a nutshell: Americans are allowed to toss the bums out every 2 years and we're stuck w/dictators-4-life. Truly subversive the 2010 election is. and the aftermath if the landed gentry doesn't get their act together will also be informative for those who can't. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2010-10-18 11:44 |
| #5 has taken his popular wife with him to three And left the three less-popular wives at home? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-10-18 11:20 |
| #4 I'm still waiting for the AP poll that mentions how many people who voted for Obama in 2008 are still unemployed. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-10-18 10:14 |
| #3 has taken his popular wife with him to three File under - "57 states, speaks Austrian, I inherited this mess, 4-6 million new jobs, suck the oil up with a soda straw, birth certificate on my forehead"....etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-18 07:46 |
| #2 President Barack "B.O." Obama, whose approval ratings are at all-time low, has taken his popular wife with him to three campaign stops he has another wife? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-18 07:07 |
| #1 The AP poll found that one-fourth of those who voted for Obama two years ago are defecting to the Republicans. Glad to see them come on over, just don't let them touch anyone. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-18 02:12 |