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Obama aims to rescue reeling Democrats
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 10/25/09 | Stephen Collinson

Posted on 10/25/2009 10:22:26 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A year ago, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were in the home stretch of a pulsating White House race, belting out speeches to pumped up crowds and days away from crushing Republican John McCain.

The Democratic duo, now president and vice president, are back on the stump again, but the euphoric crowds have thinned and the electrifying crusade for change seems somewhat sullied by the inevitable compromises of governing.

Taking time out from multiple crises, Obama has reeled off a string of appearances, polishing his own political skills in some of the few races scheduled a year before much more important 2010 mid-term Congressional polls.

Stumping for lagging Democratic gubernatorial candidates, and filling party coffers at big money fund-raisers, Obama is also trying to reassure members of his Democratic support base, as critical moments loom for his agenda.

Like many presidents, freed for a few hours from the burden of power, Obama appears liberated on the campaign trail, firing off sarcastic attacks on Republicans ...

Last week, at a Democratic fund-raiser in New York, he lambasted foes who mocked his failure to win the 2016 Olympics for his home-town Chicago.

"I mean, who's against the Olympics? -- what's up with that? -- You know? That's a sad thing, isn?t it?"

...

He could do with a shot of political adrenaline himself: his mid 50s approval rating in recent polls is holding steady, but is well below the soaring heights of the early days of his administration.

On a recent trip to California Obama slammed Republicans ...

"I'm busy ... with our mop cleaning up somebody else?s mess -- we don?t want somebody sitting back saying, you're not holding the mop the right way ... you're not mopping fast enough, that's a socialist mop," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; dodd; mop; obama; reeling; rescue; theblacknixon
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The rats on the Titanic believed that ship was unsinkable too..
1 posted on 10/25/2009 10:22:26 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Obama trying to save the rats? LOL. The rats are sinking because of obama.


2 posted on 10/25/2009 10:23:43 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: jersey117
Uhhh..

US President Barack Obama addresses a fund-raiser in Stamford, Connecticut. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have made a string of appearances at big money fund-raisers to give their support to Democratic gubernatorial candidates. (AFP/File/Jewel Samad)


3 posted on 10/25/2009 10:25:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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Oct. 23, 2009
The Chris Dodd (FRiends of Angelo) rescue mission

AFP

4 posted on 10/25/2009 10:28:01 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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Help????? He has done enough already they are a bunch of Fools ,Traitors and Thieves cast in his own image. ,


5 posted on 10/25/2009 10:28:09 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: NormsRevenge

Millions and Millions of our hard earned tax monies to play games and enjoy running around trying to boost ego. What a trip.


6 posted on 10/25/2009 10:28:12 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
They should just put this on the TOTUS-reader's forehead:


7 posted on 10/25/2009 10:28:25 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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The king albatross on the campain trail eh? Good Luck with all that.


8 posted on 10/25/2009 10:29:43 AM PDT by eyedigress
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0bama was in Boston at Patrick fund raiser which was $6000 a plate and half full but for 0bama and Patrick the show still went on. The economy and it goes without saying, George Bush was blamed on the low turnout for the Governor of Massachusetts, little mini me, in his little mini high voice kicking it off with “Are you fired up?”


9 posted on 10/25/2009 10:30:53 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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LOL! Hussein saving the Dems is like putting a kamikaze pilot in chearge of the Democrat Party troop transport plane filled with Dems in Congress.

The DNC “plane” is going down in flames.


10 posted on 10/25/2009 10:32:10 AM PDT by Frantzie (Do we want ACORN running America's health care?)
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Yeah, RINO’S too ... coming to Florida to campaign for Crist, right? Oh, I forgot, Charlie is trying to position himself as the conservative in the race.


11 posted on 10/25/2009 10:33:31 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Democrats scare me, the GOP infuriates me.")
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Corzine, Oct 21, 2009


Reuters

12 posted on 10/25/2009 10:33:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Frantzie

Unfortunately the RNC is the copilot...


13 posted on 10/25/2009 10:36:24 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: NormsRevenge

...the incredible shrinking Obama.


14 posted on 10/25/2009 10:37:08 AM PDT by americanophile (Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
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...Obama has reeled off a string of appearances, polishing his own political skills in some of the few races scheduled...

polishing cow patties

15 posted on 10/25/2009 10:41:46 AM PDT by alrea
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To: Boardwalk
0bama was in Boston at Patrick fund raiser which was $6000 a plate and half full but for 0bama and Patrick the show still went on. The economy and it goes without saying, George Bush was blamed on the low turnout for the Governor of Massachusetts, little mini me, in his little mini high voice kicking it off with “Are you fired up?”

That event was incredibly telling, in my opinion. If he can't fill a hall with moonbats here in liberal la-la land, then 0 has jumped the shark. Deval Patrick really was the prototype for Obama, from media self-censorship to Axelrod to that insipid "Yes We Can", and he has been an unmitigated disaster as governor. If he loses reelection in 2010, let's hope that similarity continues.
16 posted on 10/25/2009 10:44:50 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When the riders in the cart outnumber those pulling the cart, the cart stops moving. My back hurts.)
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To: NormsRevenge

More lies.


17 posted on 10/25/2009 10:51:38 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: NormsRevenge

Obama will be in Norfolk Tuesday at the Ted Constant Center at ODU.

The only thing I’m hearing are rants as everyone knows the area will be shutdown for his holiness.


18 posted on 10/25/2009 10:56:46 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Tagline not State Approved.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Crash and burn!


19 posted on 10/25/2009 11:10:57 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (From this point forward the Democratic Party will be referred to as the Communist Party)
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I'm keeping track...

wherezobama.org

20 posted on 10/25/2009 11:14:04 AM PDT by WVKayaker (www.wherezobama.org / Obama's Excellent Adventure ...)
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