In tough fight with Romney, Obama longs for McCain

Washington Examiner ^ | June 2, 2012 | By Bryon York

[Lazamataz]

Faced with deteriorating economic conditions and an unexpectedly aggressive Republican opponent, President Obama and his aides are expressing nostalgia for Sen. John McCain, the Republican opponent Obama defeated handily in the 2008 election.

At a rally in Minnesota Friday, Obama said Republicans today are in the grip of a "fever" that has caused them to oppose his initiatives virtually across the board. That "fever," Obama said, will make this presidential race against GOP nominee Mitt Romney particularly contentious -- in contrast to the last time, when Obama faced an opponent, McCain, who declined to engage in the kind of hard-hitting fight that many of his Republican supporters hoped he would.

"I mean, 2008 was a significant election, obviously," Obama told the audience at a Minneapolis restaurant called Bachelor Farmer. "But John McCain believed in climate change. John believed in campaign finance reform. He believed in immigration reform. I mean, there were some areas where you saw some overlap."

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Later Friday, at a fundraiser in Chicago, Obama made much the same point about his 2008 opponent. "The last time we ran, we had a Republican candidate who -- I had some profound disagreements with him, but he acknowledged the need for immigration reform, and acknowledged the need for campaign finance reform, acknowledged the need for policies that would do something about climate change," Obama said. "Now, what we’ve got is not just a nominee but a Congress and a Republican Party that have a fundamentally different vision about where we need to go as a country."

[Lazamataz]

Well of course OTrauma longs for McCain. McCain was Obama's number-one supporter.

Never had a tough campaign before, have you, champ?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If only Romney had some divorce records to unseal!

[MCSP2008]

Salve

This is going to be hell of the fight friend.

When pushed to the wall and with no exists, expect cat going wild.

Merci.

[Lazamataz]

Curious: Why do you go ‘salve’ all the time?

[DuncanWaring]

President Obama and his aides are expressing nostalgia for Sen. John McCain, the Republican opponent Obama defeated handily in the 2008 election.

Hardly surprising.

When you've got two "opposing" candidates both campaigning for the same person, it's hardly a surprise when that person wins.

[captnorb]

He likes you...

[PLD]

It would not matter if it is McCain or Romney both are not really loved by the people of this country..Dumb bells like you need to know It won't matter who runs against you they would win..You see you pathetic Communist everyone knows what you are now and what you are doing to our wonderful country

[HiTech RedNeck]

Salve according to wiktionary

[MCSP2008]

Salve

Because of respect I have friend and we do that saying Halo, Hello.

Merci.

[PLD]

It would not matter if it is McCain or Romney both are not really loved by the people of this country..Dumb bells like you need to know It won't matter who runs against you they would win..You see you pathetic Communist everyone knows what you are now and what you are doing to our wonderful country

[netmilsmom]

It’s a formal greeting. A show of respect.

(live it up, how much respect do any of us get anymore?)

[proxy_user]

Many Freepers will be surprised that Romney does not act like a RINO and a wimp.

[MCSP2008]

Salve

LMAOF, you just don’t do that to man , be nice :}}}}}

and that comment is very disturbing to me LOL

on serious note, please don’t do that again.

Merci

[slumber1]

"John McCain stood up to the voices of extremism in his party," the video said. "Why won't Mitt Romney do the same?"

Maybe it's because he wants to win

[HiTech RedNeck]

[Happy Rain]

Romney is a mendacious RINO POS but he is a ruthless political warrior and too vain to lose either this election or his reelection so he will play conservative until the day of his second inauguration—after that he will go all Obama on us as is his true nature.

We should support him totally but keep a REAL conservative, like Sarah Palin,in the wings to primary his ass out in 2016.

Which explains why I'm predicting Mitt will pick Sarah as his Veep—so she can't challenge him in the primaries.

Allen West should be our back-up for 2016 just in case.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Romanian
Etymology

From Latin salve.
Interjection

salve

welcome!, greetings!, cheerio!
so long!, bye-bye!

[Paladin2]

""I mean, 2008 was a significant el infection, obviously," Obama told the audience....."

Hence the fever.

[dfwgator]

Romney certainly wasn’t wimpy when it came to the other GOP candidates, let’s see if he can be just as nasty when it comes to the Kenyan.

[EDINVA]

Just ask Newt! Romney, for his calm, cool, almost too straight demeanor, is one tough fighter. He plays to win. Obama, Axelrod, Pflouffe, et al. have no clue how to react.

Team Obama had based this campaign on attacking Bain, (i.e., diverting attention from Obama’s record of failure). Now it’s the Dems who have supported what Bain has accomplished. And they don’t seem to have a Plan B.