Posted on 10/23/2009 12:10:47 AM PDT by kingattax
Top Democrats seek to shield Obama in case of election loss
Sensing that victory in the race for Virginia governor is slipping away, Democrats at the national level are laying the groundwork to blame a loss in a key swing state on a weak candidate who ran a poor campaign that failed to fully embrace President Obama until days before the election.
Senior administration officials have expressed frustration with how Democrat R. Creigh Deeds has handled his campaign for governor, refusing early offers of strategic advice and failing to reach out to several key constituencies that helped Obama win Virginia in 2008, they say.
Democratic strategists said that over the summer, Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) offered Deeds advice on winning a statewide election. Among other things, Kaine, who is also chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told Deeds that he should lay out more of his own vision and stop attacking Republican Robert F. McDonnell so ferociously. But Deeds did not embrace the advice, according to a national Democratic strategist.
A senior administration official said Deeds badly erred on several fronts, including not doing a better job of coordinating with the White House. "I understood in the beginning why there was some reluctance to run all around the state with Barack Obama," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to speak candidly about the race. "You don't do that in Virginia. But when you consider the African American turnout that they need, and then when you consider as well they've got a huge problem with surge voters, younger voters, we were just a natural for them."
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Everybody knows that this is purely an Anti-Obama vote, they could spin all they want...
Yup - they are so full of s**t.
Indpendents and moderates who helped elect this evil islamo-marxist clown have finally woken up to the hell he is creating.
How typical of this administration to back pedal away from ‘a loser’.
Here comes the bus.
The Kenyan throws Deeds under the bus even before the election.
yitbos
Deeds backed away from Obie for a reason. Nine months into his term and the president is already toxic to his own party. Leave it to the SRM to completely ignore the obvious.
Mr. Deeds, please report to the nearest bus stop and hit the pavement.
“Dirty” Deeds and they’re done dirt cheap!
Clearly Bush’s fault.
ping.
There is no doubt in my mind that a GOP win for governor in Virginia is a repudiation of “health care” in particular and Obama in general.
Obama’s only hope is help crooked Corzine win in New Jersey.
Corzine may indeed win because the GOP candidate is too liberal.
We need to make sure conservatives represent the GOP label and if they don’t we will have to make tough choices like voting third party.
“Among other things, Kaine, who is also chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told Deeds that he should lay out more of his own vision and stop attacking Republican Robert F. McDonnell so ferociously. But Deeds did not embrace the advice, according to a national Democratic strategist.”
Riiight. Because we’ve all seen how reluctant Obama’s people are to advocate ferocious attacks on their opponents.
Yet, they continue to worship him...
I read somewhere today or yesterday that the Republicans were getting upwards of 30% of the black vote! This was a poll and they quickly went on to say that this figure might be a better reflection that the blacks were not coming out in droves like they did for Barry Sotero...
Google “Juggernaut”.
There’s a ‘religious fervor’ element working, here.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
The ultimate narrative is exposed. No matter what happens, it is NEVER Obama’s fault.
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