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The Intervention ('I Just Don't Know If I Can Do This'/24 Hrs Obama Almost Threw Reelection Away)
New York Magazine ^ | Published Nov 2, 2013 | John Heilemann & Mark Halperin

Posted on 11/02/2013 2:05:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Edited on 11/02/2013 2:58:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: FlingWingFlyer

Candy

Ass

21 posted on 11/02/2013 3:08:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: nickcarraway
"Look, said Axelrod softly, we know that you find these debates frustrating, that they’re more performance than substance. It’s why you are a good president."

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...that they're more performance than substance. It's why you are a good president.

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And there you go: more performance than substance.............why you are a good president.....

22 posted on 11/02/2013 3:12:53 PM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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To: nickcarraway

He can’t “do it”, that is clear.

Whatever machinations came about to continue the Clown’s tenure are over...we are now in America’s gasping for survival under the auspices of the Clown and his boss Valerie.

Of course, our culture that has spat on the Judeo-Christian ethic and has forgotten God, has murdered some 50 million unborn children under the “legal” opinion of the Supreme Court, has purged as much as possible the mention of Jesus Christ from the public square, has turned away from repentance of sin (indeed has tried to create the notion that there IS no such thing), and has walked away from our friend Israel...well, that culture was inevitably going to get as a “leader” someone like the current Clown.

Time to turn our world around, FREEPers...and it starts in our hearts and souls.


23 posted on 11/02/2013 3:13:11 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: nickcarraway

Where’s the farking BARF alert ? Probably the biggest load of.CRAP I’ve ever read


24 posted on 11/02/2013 3:18:19 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.


25 posted on 11/02/2013 3:25:46 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: nickcarraway

the moment when a president was talked away from the edge.

Ok, who’s the wise ass that talked him in?


26 posted on 11/02/2013 3:32:54 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: nickcarraway

“the moment when a president was talked away from the edge.”

I’d have pushed.


27 posted on 11/02/2013 3:40:39 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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I’d have pushed.

I believe you'd have plenty of help.

28 posted on 11/02/2013 3:42:23 PM PDT by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Rusty0604

And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.


Exactly...America is in a death spiral...obama’s machine is ending our nation - there is no way to overcome their election fraud.

Finished investigations? - Not with this administration blocking every move...voter IDS, Benghazi, the IRS, NSA and does anyone even remember Fast and Furious? As hillary said about Benghazi - it doesn’t matter...and she may be right. And we seem powerless to do a damn thing about it.


29 posted on 11/02/2013 4:35:35 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: Rusty0604

And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.


Exactly...America is in a death spiral...obama’s machine is ending our nation - there is no way to overcome their election fraud.

Finished investigations? - Not with this administration blocking every congressional move...voter IDS, Benghazi, the IRS, NSA and does anyone even remember Fast and Furious anymore? As hillary said about Benghazi...it doesn’t matter...she may be right, and we can’t seem to do a damn thing about it.


30 posted on 11/02/2013 4:39:05 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, bite me, ugh, this whole thing was so disgusting. Obama has policy down cold; he just needs to be more positive, ugh ugh ugh. The way this book fawns all over him while supposedly poking at his flaws - not. His flaws were that he finds debates so much pageantry and he is above such things because he is a lawyer.... Oh, come now.

I think the whole thing was made up. They make plouffe and axelhead look good. Ugh.


31 posted on 11/02/2013 5:04:04 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Rusty0604

“And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.”

The biggest factor was the Republican candidate Romney.

1) He did not fight to win. Just like McCain in 2008.
2) He did not solicit the help of conservatives or the Tea Party which gave the House of Representatives to the Republicans in 2010. In fact he made it very clear he didn’t want their help.
3) He was the architect of socialized health care in Massachusetts and therefore had zero credibility in arguing against Obama’s greatest vulnerability - Obamacare.
4) He was not popular enough in his home state of Massachusetts to come close to winning the state nor was he strong enough to carry his boyhood home state of Michigan.
5) He chose losers to run his campaign thereby undercutting his claim to be a great executive and manager.
6) After winning the first debate with a strong performance his performance in the second and third debates was pathetic. I believe Romney lost the election when he allowed Obama and Candy Crowley to one-two bitch slap him in the second debate. Any swing voters watching saw Romney demonstrate he was too weak to be President by the incumbent and a third rate moderator/reporter.
7) He showed zero passion in the campaign.
8) He allowed his opponent to define him as a wealthy, out of touch aristocrat throughout the campaign.
9) His get out the vote system to coordinate the ground game on election day crashed. This was inexcusable for a candidate whose major positive attribute was his claim to be an accomplished executive and skillful manager.

Yes there was likely some cheating by the Democrats. However, most of the cheating occurred in urban precincts where they have been cheating for decades and much of the cheating occurred in states they would win anyway. Romney lost key states, such as Florida, Ohio, and Virginia which had Republican governors. A shift of 330,000 votes in those states plus New Hampshire would have won the Electoral College for Romney. It wasn’t cheating that lost the election for Romney. It was his lack of vision, his lack of passion, his incoherent message, his poor performance on the stump and at the debates, his poor choice of advisors and executors, he unwillingness to embrace the Tea Party and conservatives, and his inability to execute at the precinct level on election day.

To summarize, Romney lost the election because he was a miserable candidate who failed to demonstrate to swing voters he was better than what they had. As this article points out, when the chips were down Obama and his team fought to win. Voters never saw the fight in Romney.


32 posted on 11/02/2013 5:30:44 PM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South

2012 election stolen?, Ohio Pennsylvania Florida irregularities, Voting machine problems, One of five Ohio voters probably ineligible, Florida errors should dictate recount...http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/2012-election-stolen-ohio-pennsylvania-florida-irregularities-voting-machine-problems-one-of-five-ohio-voters-probably-ineligible-florida-errors-should-dictate-recount/

Democrat operatives have been seen busing Somali immigrants to early-voting stations in the swing state of Ohio, and telling them how to vote for the Democrat Party, sources report - See more at: http://www.therightperspective.org/2012/10/29/ohio-dems-busing-somali-immigrants-to-vote-obama-report/#sthash.t04i0lra.dpuf


33 posted on 11/02/2013 5:45:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

Again 330,000 votes would have turned the election.

The Democrats are going to cheat. The media is going to support the Democrat. To win a Republican has to energize the base and enough independents to overcome the Democrat edge. Romney proved a lukewarm candidate with a weak message, zero passion, and poor execution on the ground on election day cannot win. A candidate who wanted to win would have put lawyers on the ground fighting the voter fraud in court as it occurred.

To win you have to fight. Romney did not fight. The other side did.


34 posted on 11/02/2013 5:57:26 PM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South

I agree with you about Romney but there was a lot of voter fraud. There was so much fraud being reported during early voting and I did not understand why no one fought against it. Fear of being called a racist? I certainly hope we can get a candidate that is not afraid to fight next time.


35 posted on 11/02/2013 6:25:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

“There was so much fraud being reported during early voting and I did not understand why no one fought against it.”

The only reason I can think a candidate’s team wouldn’t fight is if he didn’t intend to win. I’ve known many successful business executives. They are all highly competitive, highly disciplined, have clear visions for their organizations, and are extremely aggressive in driving themselves and their organizations to achieve stretch goals.

Romney never behaved like an executive who wanted to win. His organization was staffed with paid administrators, not passionate advocates determined to win. His vision was never clearly communicated to the voters. He failed to seize opportunities to differentiate himself from Obama. He allowed his competition to define him and then played a weak game of defense instead of attacking the many failures of his opponent.

A winner would have had a game plan for every precinct in the nation. He and his team would have identified where fraud was likely to occur and would have manned the polling places susceptible to fraud with poll watchers and attorneys. At the first sign of fraud his attorneys would have been in front of a judge.

The more I think about it the more I believe the powers behind the scenes determined Obama would win the 2008 and 2012 elections. Romney and McCain were selected because they agreed to go through the motions and lose gracefully.


36 posted on 11/02/2013 7:52:54 PM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South

I agree.

In particular, Romney had no fight in him at all. People want a fighter.


37 posted on 11/02/2013 7:56:17 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s the closest he’s ever come to having a real job.


38 posted on 11/02/2013 8:26:50 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: Soul of the South
A winner would have had a game plan for every precinct in the nation. He and his team would have identified where fraud was likely to occur and would have manned the polling places susceptible to fraud with poll watchers and attorneys. At the first sign of fraud his attorneys would have been in front of a judge.

I agree 100%.

The more I think about it the more I believe the powers behind the scenes determined Obama would win the 2008 and 2012 elections. Romney and McCain were selected because they agreed to go through the motions and lose gracefully.

Agree, again. Look at the tough fight W put up, in 2000. Where was that ground game, with Romney?

39 posted on 11/02/2013 8:39:28 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: nickcarraway

This “election” was high farce. Willard was a ringer, just as McCain was in 2008.


40 posted on 11/02/2013 10:05:02 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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