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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts) Sun May 13, 2012, 11:45 AM May 2012

Treading New Ground: Obama Reelection

Really this is all quite new to most of us.

Before there was a DU, some 16 years ago, was the last time a Democrat ran for reelection. Clinton. 16 years ago. We won.

Carter, before him in 1980, was not reelected.
LBJ before that in 1968 didn't run.
JFK, well, sadly, he couldn't.

Anyway, for internet politicos like us, this is an all new trip.
So lets make it fun. Let's have a real party and make sure Obama wins.