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Down ticket, few reach
for Obama’s coattails
Washington Times, by David Sherfinski
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 10/30/2012 11:05:10 PM
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| President Obama’s hope-and-change coalition powered his party to wins up and down the ticket in 2008, but the campaign this year has taken on a far more self-serving focus, as both Mr. Obama’s campaign and his fellow Democrats see benefits in keeping their space from each other. From Virginia to Ohio to Arizona, the president’s 2008 magic has worn off. He never mentioned his Capitol Hill allies in his address at the Democratic National Convention and hasn’t been as focused on campaigning for them this time. “He doesn’t have the coattails he had in ‘08,”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Kurto, 10/30/2012 11:26:51 PM (No. 8975941)
Fallout over his policies, foreign and domestic, has stripped 0bama, not only of his coattails, but his coat also.
Down ticket dems did not receive monetary support or campaign support from the DNC, or 0bama. ALL of the money on the left has been spent trying to buy 0bama four more years.
I think the GOP will make its biggest gains in the down ticket races. We will also send 0bama on a nice long vacation and have a good shot at the Senate.
Consolidating all of their money behind 0bama will set the dems back for decades.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
dman, 10/30/2012 11:33:52 PM (No. 8975953)
Down ticket, it's about Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
convert, 10/30/2012 11:40:06 PM (No. 8975961)
George Allen just started running a devastatingly effective ad against former Gov. Tim Kaine in the VA Senate race, showing him in all his DNC-running-Obama-licking splendor....I'm feeling upbeat about that race for the first time....
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
KTWO, 10/30/2012 11:54:04 PM (No. 8975974)
In AZ Jeff Flake's ads in the US Senate race have improved greatly. He seemed to be running only negative ads before. Poor ones at that.
Maybe he was holding back for a big push in the last two weeks.
His opponent Carmona now seems exhausted. He sure isn't talking about Obama.
GOP already holds the AZ Senate seats so there will be no gain.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
veritas, 10/31/2012 12:53:04 AM (No. 8976020)
This hasn't been getting much attention, but it matters.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 10/31/2012 5:03:46 AM (No. 8976098)
Jug Ears didn't have any coattails in 2010 either.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Spidey, 10/31/2012 7:25:40 AM (No. 8976231)
Obama's coattails need to be splash guards.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Bevan, 10/31/2012 7:46:59 AM (No. 8976260)
Empty suits have no coattails.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/31/2012 7:59:54 AM (No. 8976278)
Neither do the emperor's new clothes, 8.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LZK, 10/31/2012 8:43:49 AM (No. 8976365)
He was always the "emperor with no clothes"......
So -- it follows that the 08 coat/tails were short/lived...
LZK
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Arby, 10/31/2012 9:17:18 AM (No. 8976438)
This could be huge. We've gotta get the senate.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 10/31/2012 9:31:49 AM (No. 8976463)
"Unlike 1994, you've got me."
How did that work out in 2010, chump? And Zero stupidly considers that binders, big bird and Sandra Fluke are the way to go.
81 more days, and we're rid of the worst president in American history.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
RancherJack, 10/31/2012 10:54:21 AM (No. 8976698)
Reaching for Obama's cota tails means having to stand under his backside and that right there is how you get .... on.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Analyn, 10/31/2012 11:07:26 AM (No. 8976738)
You don't really have coattails when you're an Emperor who's as naked as a jaybird.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
whiskey, 10/31/2012 11:53:25 AM (No. 8976868)
Which book was it that said he didn't want to campaign with any other office seekers?
They might not be as stellar as "The Obama" don't ya know!
Why seek what you won't get and don't want.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 10/31/2012 8:11:34 PM (No. 8978090)
Though at this point, I am becoming optimistic, I'll still be biting my nails down to the quick come Tuesday night. It's just too important to get glib.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy, 10/31/2012 8:42:36 PM (No. 8978169)
Obie was a mistake and the smarter Americans have always understood it and the uninformed have now awakened.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ocjim, 10/31/2012 11:44:04 PM (No. 8978520)
Did anyone ever expect this narcissist to have coattails or work for down ticket. More to the point, do you really think Valerie thinks about Governors, Senators and Congressmen? LOL, Don't make me laugh. If --- Heaven forbid! --- he would win then he expects to bypass them all anyway and govern via his ever growing, ever powerful, ever expensive, ever intrusive, liberty sucking federal bureaucracy. So why should he care?
The loud and clear message to down ticket Dems from Chicago:
''You're on your own!!!''
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Power Line, by John Hinderaker
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 10:18:36 PM
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It is too early to say much about today’s terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon, but one thing struck me when I watched this video, which Steve posted earlier today, as well as other videos and photos of the aftermath of the explosions: The response to the bombs by the crowd at the finish line was, I think, exemplary. Sure, many people fled from the explosions, and reasonably so. But a remarkable number ran, as they say, to the sound of the guns, even though when two bombs go off, one might well expect more. Many of these were professionals. The finish line of a marathon is a fortuitous spot to bomb,
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U.S. Folding on North Korea?
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Commentary Magazine, by Max Boot
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 10:14:30 PM
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It was too good to last. For the last few weeks, the Obama administration has been showing more fortitude in confronting a belligerent North Korea than either the Bush or Clinton administrations had done. But last week, as I previously noted, there was a worrisome leak in the New York Times which quoted administration officials as saying that any response to a North Korean attack would be strictly proportional—which can only encourage Kim Jong-un to act, safe in the knowledge that the U.S. and South Korea will not “over-react” and bring down his criminal regime in response.
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Republicans embrace Obama’s offer
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Washington Post, by Lori Montgomery
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 9:55:47 PM
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President Obama’s offer to trim Social Security benefits has perplexed and angered Democrats, but GOP leaders are embracing the proposal and rushing to jump-start a debate that will delve even more deeply into the touchy topic of federal spending on the elderly. This week, two House subcommittees plan to hold hearings on “reforms to protect and preserve” programs for retirees, starting with Obama’s proposal to apply a less generous measure of inflation to annual increases in Social Security benefits. Also on the table are higher Medicare premiums and reduced benefits for better-off seniors,
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Reid warns of ‘unreasonable
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Washington Times, by David Sherfinski
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 9:51:48 PM
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, kicked off Monday’s session by saying the victims of December’s Connecticut shooting rampage deserve a vote on gun legislation and warning of “unreasonable extremists” who may try to derail or delay the process. Mr. Reid said protecting citizens’ Second Amendment rights and working to prevent gun violence are “both worthy goals, and they should not be mutually exclusive goals.” The Senate on Monday begins debate on a gun-control bill, the expected centerpiece of which is a amendment that would expand gun-purchase background
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Obama following
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 9:49:41 PM
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President Obama is following the murder trial of a Philadelphia abortionist, but the White House wouldn’t say Monday whether he’s drawn any conclusions from the gruesome testimony. “The president is aware of this,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said in response to a reporter’s question of whether Mr. Obama is paying attention to the trial of Kermit Gosnell. But asked if Mr. Obama had reached any public policy lessons from the trial, Mr. Carney said, “The president does not and cannot take a position on an ongoing trial.” Dr. Gosnell is on trial on murder
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 9:46:46 PM
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LightBox spoke with Boston Globe photographer John Tlumacki, who photographed the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Tlumacki, who has photographed more than 20 marathons in his 30 years at the Globe, describes the sheer chaos of the scene: I was covering the finish line at the ground level at the marathon. Everything was going on as usual. It was jovial — people were happy, clapping — and getting to a point where it gets a little boring as a photographer. And then we heard this explosion. It was sort of like, ok, what’s that all about?
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Boehner Plans Lengthy
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Elizabeth Sheld
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 7:26:10 AM
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Congressional sources say that GOP lawmakers and strategists are urging Speaker Boehner to kill any gun control legislation that comes to the House by refusing to act on it. The Speaker is planning "what could be a months-long review of the bill that likely would involve chipping away at gun-related measures" and instead encourage options that focus on the mental health aspect of gun violence. "I fully expect that the House will act on (gun) legislation in the coming months," Boehner said. "But ... I want the (House) Judiciary Committee to take the time to look
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Associated Press, by Paul J. Weber and Will Wissert
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 7:21:00 AM
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AUSTIN, Texas — Republican mega-donor Bob Perry never cared for the spotlight. But writing big checks and financing one of the most famous television ads ever in a presidential campaign made the Texas millionaire famous nonetheless. A wealthy Houston homebuilder who shunned publicity while generously bankrolling GOP candidates — and becoming a force in a new era of lavish spending in American politics — Perry died over the weekend, said former Texas state Rep. Neal Jones, a close family friend. Jones said late Sunday that Perry died "peacefully in his sleep" Saturday night. He did not offer further details.
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Perry, backer of GOP causes and
Houston builder, dies at 80
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Houston Chronicle, by Jayme Fraser
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/15/2013 7:17:39 AM
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Houston homebuilder, philanthropist and major political contributor Bob Jack Perry died Saturday night at his Nassau Bay home. He was 80. "He´s one of the finest human beings I have ever known in life. A true patriot and inspiration," said spokesman Anthony Holm, who worked with Perry for a decade. Perry was best known for his top contributions to primarily conservative candidates and political action committees within the past decade. U.S. District Judge David Hittner, a friend of Perry´s, said he felt
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Gun-rights leader: ‘We
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Washington Times, by David Sherfinski
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/14/2013 10:22:36 PM
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A prominent gun-rights advocate claims his group’s staff was in the room during the drafting of the recently unveiled proposal to expand gun-purchase background checks and said that “we snookered the other side — they haven’t figured it out yet.” Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, made the remarks at a speech in Portland, Ore., on Friday, according to video captured by the group Daylight Disinfectant. The remarks came shortly before the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)
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Washington Post, by Tom Hamburger and Ed O´Keefe
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/14/2013 10:22:17 PM
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In anticipation of Senate votes this week on a proposed expansion of criminal background checks for firearms sales, one gun rights organization broke with the powerful National Rifle Association on Sunday to urge support for a compromise drafted by Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.). The endorsement by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms — which calls itself the second-largest gun rights organization in the country, behind the NRA, claiming 650,000 members and supporters — is one of several moves over the past few
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The Palestinian Authority
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad despite pleas from the U.S. and the EU that he retain Fayyad. Actually, I am wrong to say “despite.” According to Fatah officials, U.S. pressure on Abbas to keep Fayyad in power proved counterproductive. Let us not probe the merits of Abbas’ decision to accept Fayyad’s resignation or explore the demerits of Fayyad’s tenure as prime minister. PA politics is a cesspool of corruption and ineptitude — always has been and probably always will be. Let us instead
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/15/2013 9:50:39 PM
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Friends and allies of Baroness Thatcher expressed ‘surprise and disappointment’ last night as it emerged President Obama is not planning to send any serving member of his administration to her funeral. Whitehall sources have revealed that the U.S. delegation at tomorrow’s service in St Paul’s Cathedral will be led by two Reagan era secretaries of state: James Baker and George Shultz. Though President Obama himself had not been expected to attend, there had been speculation that he would be represented either by Vice President Joe Biden or wife Michelle. The Queen’s decision to attend
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BOSTON -- The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world´s most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, three dead, including an 8-year-old boy, more than 140 wounded and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. Federal investigators said no one had claimed responsibility for the bombings one of the city´s most famous civic holidays, Patriots Day. But the blasts among the throngs of spectators raised fears of a terrorist attack. President Barack Obama was careful not to use the
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President Obama pledged that the United States would punish anyone responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon today, but he said that “people shouldn’t jump to conclusions” about the tragedy. “We still do not know who did this or why and people shouldn’t jump to conclusions before they have all the facts,” Obama told reporters during a statement from the White House. “Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice,” he added. Two explosions occurred today near the finish line of the Boston Marathon,
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Is media bias to blame for lack of Gosnell coverage? Or something far more banal? The trial of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell would seem to have all the elements of a spectacular news story: shocking allegations, horrifying visuals, sympathetic victims. Yet until late last week, much of the national media was silent as testimony about Gosnell’s alleged “house of horrors” abortion clinic rolled out. Much of the media attention outside Philadelphia, in fact, centered on how little media attention the story was receiving outside Philadelphia.
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MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid told the host of Now, Alex Wagner, that she thought President Barack Obama’s response to the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday was powerful and comforting in a way that President George W. Bush’s response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, was not. She accused Bush of being unavailable to the American people for the “first couple weeks” after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Reid told Wagner that the president’s statement actively combatted the intention of the terrorists, which is to make their targets feel “discombobulated.” “Having, sort of
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CBS: Saudi Man In Custody
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Business Insider, by Jim Edwards
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/15/2013 8:16:52 PM
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The Saudi Arabian man who is reportedly in police custody following the Boston Marathon bombing was chased and tackled by bystanders shortly after the blast, according to CBS. Senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant director of the FBI, reported this: There is an individual in custody … he is not free to go. There is an individual in custody … he is not free to go. He is a Saudi national who was near the scene of the blast. When the blast happened he began to run. Now, in context, a lot of people began to run.
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