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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:11 PM Original message |
Should Obama even run for a second term? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, he should run. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course. And he will. n/t |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. if i were him, i would not run, but |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Why do that when everything you did could be simply undone by the next president? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who cares? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ok, one question though... |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Supply side is the core of GOP policy |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Depends on the democrat |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. I'm not the person you asked, but... |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Just something to think about". |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Who do you think should run? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I really don't know, but that's what primaries are for. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Why should he decline to run? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Candidates are not appointed by the party. People choose them. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Anybody who is smart, reasonably honest, cares about the American |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes he will. And when no one with any political sense challenges him, |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I will not support him. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Anyone who enables a Republican win deserves whatever an "R" admin metes out |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Your case is well stated. I couldn't agree with it more. nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. It doesn't matter what we do: Obama is, politically speaking, toast. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not if he keeps attacking his party |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Then maybe his party should stop attacking HIM. n/t |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. That wont happen until he stops implementing GOP policies |
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Fruittree (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. Embracing the fascists??? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Duh. |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, he should run... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Take a look around. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. message boards and online newspapers....sigh |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's a good indication of the mood of a large part of the base .. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. well if the far left is so powerful then you should have no problem recruiting a candidate |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yup, When One Group Bolts, Say A New Group Is The Base |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. He should run if he wants to |
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truthN08 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. I can't see why he would want to |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Because he realizes the nation is made up of more than the left blogosphere, |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Totally disagree with the OP but gave it a rec. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I posted this in GD:P fully realizing what the downreccers would do to it. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The goals are similiar; we differ on how to accomplish them. |
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madriver (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. Only if Obama did a Michael Vick... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The guts to grovel to a sub-faction of the Democratic Party because they're pissed off? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why shouldn't he? Just because you don't like him doesn't mean much of the country doesn't. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. It's Advanced Bubbleitis. n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. very echo-chamber-y too n/t |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. As a Democrat? He really doesn't seem to like us very much, or care what we think.... |
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Robbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. Of course he will run |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Have Presidents ever had defeats in legislation? Have they ever had |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Reagan and Clinton were also declared "finished" 2 years into their first terms. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. Whoever is President will still have to deal with Congress |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yeah, and he's gonna win. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. I don't think he should run. But, he most definitely thinks that he should. |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. He will run and win and you will be the fool |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Obama's approval rating among Democrats is consistently above 80%. |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
50. Listening in to all the Obama bashing convinces me people here need to get a GRIP |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. I think he will run again and win |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yes (nt) |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. President Obama SHOULD run, he WILL run and he WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. yep, he's got my vote. n/t. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. No, he should not run and give Clinton a chance. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. Yes...n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes and he will win |
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