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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConsolation: we should have confidence in Pres Obama's internal polling
He knew it was pointless to come into WI due to the wide margin held by Walker.
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Consolation: we should have confidence in Pres Obama's internal polling (Original Post)
win_in_06
Jun 2012
OP
There's also the fact that no sitting POTUS has ever campaigned in a recall. nt
TheWraith
Jun 2012
#1
It's hard for me to believe that WI, seeing only a tweet from the president, and a halfhearted
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2012
#3
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)1. There's also the fact that no sitting POTUS has ever campaigned in a recall. nt
Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)2. Gotta wonder though, if his help would have made the difference. nt
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)3. It's hard for me to believe that WI, seeing only a tweet from the president, and a halfhearted
one at that, weren't affected by this administration's hands-off handling of the recall.
win_in_06
(1,764 posts)4. Pres Clinton was willing to put his name on the line
but Pres Obama was not. Like I said, he must have known it was undoable.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)5. Glad he stayed away: it was a recall
He's not Partisan-in-Chief.