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Topic: Can Democrats survive after Obama? |
Can Democrats survive after Obama?
Washington Times, by J. T. Young
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 12/5/2012 10:44:10 PM
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| Those dismissing future Republican presidential success should consider the difficulty Democrats face in maintaining Barack Obama’s coalition. For proof, look no further than John F. Kerry and Al Gore. Mr. Obama has outperformed not only John McCain and Mitt Romney, but his Democratic predecessors, too — and there are ample reasons to question whether his successors will fare as well. Before relegating the Republican Party to the history books, we should take a look inside those books. Mr. Obama represents a break from his own party’s past
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 12/5/2012 10:50:01 PM (No. 9050794)
The Dems have a better chance of surviving than cockroaches. The GOP a-r-e a done deal.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
smidgen, 12/5/2012 11:00:25 PM (No. 9050801)
I am amazed at the number of stories talking about the USA and/or Republican party/Democrat party "after Obama". There will not be a USA "after Obama". He is our Chavez and will be our dictator long before 2016. There will not be another election.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
veritas, 12/5/2012 11:17:14 PM (No. 9050816)
I´m confused. The headline seems to assume they might deserve to [survive].
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Dixie, 12/5/2012 11:20:54 PM (No. 9050819)
I think America will survive and Conservatism will finally take control of the Republican Party...offering voters a way out of the Obama Depression.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LAW428, 12/5/2012 11:29:43 PM (No. 9050825)
I wish I could muster #4´s optimism. We are well down the road to destruction.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
killerbee, 12/5/2012 11:47:22 PM (No. 9050835)
Nope. The Democrats own this country now. Their election fraud machine is entrenched and protected by law. They have installed Republicans they can "work with" and will keep them in place via that same election fraud until it is in their interests to allow different.
It doesn´t matter what the people want. It´s what the machine will give us.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
FormerDem, 12/5/2012 11:49:09 PM (No. 9050836)
And by the way - as a pro-lifer and being very defensive about arguments that women support the Democrats - I just want to ask, once you back out the fact that nearly every African-American voted for Zippy and that the African-American electorate is disproportionately positive (was it true this year?) then what remains of Obama´s supposed support from women? I don´t think he has any such thing. I think he had support from African Americans which confounded that calculation. How far ahead was he, without that effect?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
FormerDem, 12/5/2012 11:50:30 PM (No. 9050839)
oops I mean African-American electorate is disproportionately women. If true htis time as usual, it would bulk up the appearance of women voting for Obama when it was only the heavily-feminine African American voting bloc voting for Obama. So stay pro-life Pubbies.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 12/5/2012 11:56:54 PM (No. 9050847)
The fact is demographics is almost literally going to be killing us. Our last chance was Romney, and that would only have put off the inevitable. Buy a gun and lots of ammo while you still can.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
smcchk, 12/6/2012 12:04:27 AM (No. 9050853)
The nation will fracture. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I just wonder where the fracture points will be?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 12/6/2012 12:25:04 AM (No. 9050867)
Obama is now the nation´s Pharaoh, the lord and savior, the giver of all gifts, our master, the great shining star, and the the devil incarnate.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
pickle1, 12/6/2012 12:38:58 AM (No. 9050879)
They will go down eventually because the people they choose which includes Hillary.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
loosecannon1, 12/6/2012 12:40:42 AM (No. 9050881)
I pray America is strong enough to survive Obama, and pray too, the Democrats are not.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
jmillerlv, 12/6/2012 1:02:26 AM (No. 9050892)
I think the Christians should read John 14.2. In My Father´s house are many Mansions. Do we want Christ´s return or a return to the status quo.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
maggie2u, 12/6/2012 1:32:49 AM (No. 9050903)
@13, America can survive obama, but America cannot survive the low I.Q. people who voted for him.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Butch, 12/6/2012 1:44:13 AM (No. 9050905)
I share #4´s view that America will survive, and that conservatives will come to be seen as offering a very attractive alternative to the living hell that cometh.
A prolonged Obama Depression is almost certainly in the cards. Apparently that´s what 60,000,000 voters want. The other 57,000,000 of us will prevail in the end, but only after a lot of unnecessary suffering and tremendous damage to America.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
steveW, 12/6/2012 1:52:18 AM (No. 9050908)
This depends on if the electorate continues to act as if it flunked 1st grade, repeatedly. If you were stupid enough to reelect Obama in 2012 (and that´s even stupider on the stupid curve than voting Obama in 2008) then how in the world are you going to be smart enough not to vote for the next Democrat Jim or Jill Jones who comes along in 2016? Answer: you will blindly vote Democrat, no matter how awful they are. Or rather, especially if they are awful.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 12/6/2012 2:41:44 AM (No. 9050923)
It will take more than brilliant conservative politicians to reverse the course we are now on. A return to God is the only thing that will save America. Unfortunately, 9/11 wasn´t terrible enough to wake most Americans. It certainly wasn´t enough to shake up Washington and their politics as usual.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 12/6/2012 4:46:55 AM (No. 9050944)
Too many are now dependent on the government. They won´t change.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bpl40, 12/6/2012 5:41:47 AM (No. 9050983)
News for Mr. Young. Moves might already be afoot to make sure there is no such thing as ´after 0bama´. Time to wake up!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/6/2012 7:35:33 AM (No. 9051104)
Obama´s racial component is only part of the mix. the fact he has no moral authority at all is the main reason the left loves him.They hate republicans making moral judgments on them.They pushed pot as some sort of medicine,creating the impression among kids that it´s harmless.Making smoking pot in itself is harmless but it´s going to create armies of dysfunctional society participants,especially in the workforce.Somebody will get stuck with the upkeep on these people but it´s been a great inroad for the left to get more white voters.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
andyboy, 12/6/2012 8:11:02 AM (No. 9051162)
Everything looked bleak for the GOP after Goldwater´s 1964 landslide defeat -- and then the GOP won 5 of the next 6 Presidential elections.
Nixon looked invincible after his 49-state landslide victory in 1972 -- and by 1974 he was gone.
One way or another, things change.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
privateer, 12/6/2012 12:27:44 PM (No. 9051882)
Yes, and Lincoln won the Civil War....and then a Democrat stepped in.
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