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Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:50 AM
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Isn't the key to get college kids voting?
They are never polled since they only have cell phones, and they still love Obama. I hope the Dems have been working that angle.
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:56 AM
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1. They don't all still love Obama
The vibe among many of my peers is that of having air let out of a balloon.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 11:21 AM
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2. Same with many of the Xers.
n.t.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 04:58 PM
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6. The polling data says the opposite and people understand the mess Republicans got us into.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 09:19 AM
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13. Who am I gonna trust. The polling data or my lying eyes?
Edited on Wed Jan-20-10 09:20 AM by YOY
We all know who got us into this mess and although Bush was the cause it sure wasn't just the Rs. THere were more than a few D enablers who still stick around making things nice and "reaganesque."

Now about getting us out of it...and I do mean NOT JUST WALLSTEET.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 04:54 PM
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3. The ones I know do..they look at the big picture
and know it's not just about them. They're very happy with Pres Obama.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 04:57 PM
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5. The "vibe" among my peers and Obama's base says the opposite...
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 05:07 PM
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8. Exactly.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 04:55 PM
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4. Good point, Nancy!
Gosh, I hope she pulls this off!
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 05:02 PM
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7. College students are not a demographic you can activate at the last minute.
College students require a lot of work revolving around registration. Many of them move every year, registrations lapse or they end up registered for a precinct in which they don't live, perhaps they maintain registration at the parents' house, etc. Any attempt to get out the vote among college students has to begin well before election day.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 05:09 PM
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10. Right except I
would hope they had already started this in preparation for election day.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 05:07 PM
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9. You can't do it if you represent the system. Kids don't care about the status quo
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 05:09 PM
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11. "But if you don't vote, then Lieberman and Nelson won't be kingmakers gutting liberal legislation!"
How could those kids pass up an opportunity like this?
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 09:21 AM
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14. Because unless the status quo is actually changed a Neocon Republican return is inevitable.
Edited on Wed Jan-20-10 09:21 AM by YOY
Time to start acting like liberals and not sackless moderates.
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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 06:53 PM
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12. Many are registered at their home address
They typically don't pay attention to local elections
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