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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:47 AM Original message |
Barack Obama facing his first defeat as Sarah Palin hits Georgia campaign trail |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Republicans retaining a senate seat in a solid red state is hardly a major setback for Obama. |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. 60 is a bigger deal than you think |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think some Republicans will have seen the writing on the wall - |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I disagree. I think the GOP has no choice but to work with Obama, at least in the first year. |
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redsoxrudy (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. 60 is meaningless |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. They're almost always disciplined and we never are |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. the real obstacle is timid harry - who's gonna probably lose when he's up again anayway |
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jrockford (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. 60 be a big deal if you could count on all 60 democrats...but you can't. nt |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Nor could the Republicans count on "their" 40. |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'd rather see Obama prepare himself for the next 4 years than campaign for |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Telegraph is a UK Conservative paper. |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep, and that blog entry is almost purely made of strawman. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. The writers always refer to dems as "democrat candidates, democrat politician," etc. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Well, I'll know not to bother reading it then. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. It's often known as the 'Torygraph'. They loved Thatcher! |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Maggie is Nor Republican Hero |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The difference is that in your country it is politically impossible to eliminate the NHS |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I think you're right |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not exactly IMO |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It is difficult to compare any one to the Politicians of today. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Wasn't Ben Nelson 1 of the 14 that saved the cloture when WE NEEDED it in 2005 |
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atimetocome (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. The polls in the article have the GOP ahead. Unless |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. He might as well pack it up and move it back to IL..... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Author Gerald Warner is Not a right-wing hack, full of pus and puffery |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. Oh noes! We are gonna lose in Georgia. Big f*ing deal, its GEORGIA |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. additions to the Toryfastic blog |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. This is Obama? "Obama's hit-the-ground-running, brook-no-opposition instincts" |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, I think it's b.s. Even if we DO lose, it won't be 'Obama's' loss. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. I never expected Martin to win (not Obama's loss!). Georgia is a cesspool of election fraud. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. This article is the biggest piece of shit ever. If Chambliss holds on then somehow |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. There is always 2010 |
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