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Democrats: Elections Not a Referendum on Obama
U. S. News ^ | November 3, 2009 | Kenneth T. Walsh

Posted on 11/03/2009 12:31:50 PM PST by An Old Man

The Democrats seem to be positioning themselves for two and maybe three big losses in today's off-year elections. Late polls suggest that the Republicans could sweep the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and the special congressional election in upstate New York. So Democratic strategists have been downplaying the idea that today's results will be a referendum on President Obama or his policies.

This morning, Brad Woodhouse, communications director for the Democratic National Committee, sent an E-mail to reporters questioning whether the elections should be nationalized by the media. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters, "I don't think that these elections will portend a lot."


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: GauchoUSA

ROLF

I a little dense, what does ROLF stand for?


41 posted on 11/03/2009 1:17:39 PM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Wee-Weed Up
Democratic strategists would have been saying the exact opposite had the dems swept these elections.

Bill Clinton has ALREADY said the exact opposite.

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/southernsuburbs/story/832268.html

42 posted on 11/03/2009 1:17:55 PM PST by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
Rolling On Loud Floor........
43 posted on 11/03/2009 1:19:47 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
ROLF:

44 posted on 11/03/2009 1:21:21 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Tatze
No one would have expected that!

"In a fundraising e-mail for Owens, Clinton called the special election “bigger than just one candidate or one office . . . victory or defeat will also be seen as a referendum on President Obama’s agenda.” "

We all know that bill always tells the truth, don't we?

45 posted on 11/03/2009 1:23:40 PM PST by An Old Man (Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
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To: AU72
If they thought they would win, the Greek columns would be coming back out tonight.

LOL! Got that right. There's a whole lotta styrofoam at stake here.

They know who's angry and who's motivated. And the one recourse the Dems and their lapdog media have between now and the 2010 elections is to smear, slander, demonize. The talking points are already on the street. "Yeah, this victory is really bad for the GOP because the fact that more people voted for them means that they're driving people away from the party." I'm trying to make sense of that one myself. I think it's a Zen koan.

46 posted on 11/03/2009 1:25:53 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: An Old Man

They blame everything on W so it must be a referendum on him then right?


47 posted on 11/03/2009 1:30:28 PM PST by xp38
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Probably the same people that work on their budgets!


48 posted on 11/03/2009 1:37:57 PM PST by charles1252
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To: An Old Man
So Democratic strategists have been downplaying the idea that today's results will be a referendum on President Obama or his policies.

If the elections aren't important why did 0 and Plugs spend so much time campaigning?

49 posted on 11/03/2009 1:51:19 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Obama: Grasping at Straw Men _ Not a Public Option It's a government mandate.)
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To: GI Joe Fan
Hopefully these "blue dog" democrats will get scared away from Death Care if our candidates win today.

We need to keep hammering them on it, though, because you KNOW the Dems will try to sneak it in, incrementally, in any bill they pass in the next year. We also have to hold their feet to the fire on any 'climate change' legislation. They need to be informed, by showing them the REAL science, that humans have absolutely NO effect on the Global Climate, so any changes we make in our CO2 output is not going to affect it. Upending the Global economy will do nothing but make everyone poorer, except those like Algore, who make money on carbon credit trading.

50 posted on 11/03/2009 2:34:34 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: All

sniff sniff sniff... ...methinks I smell a little fear from the DNC


51 posted on 11/03/2009 4:24:16 PM PST by ak267
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To: An Old Man
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52 posted on 11/03/2009 5:00:15 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: An Old Man
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53 posted on 11/03/2009 5:03:47 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: An Old Man

*SNORT* Yes in other words if we were winning we’d be saying the exact opposite. Who wants to bet that tomorrow Obama goes back to pumping for healthcare since any Bluedog will have recieved the message loud and clear? That is what the statment from Reid was this afternoon about not setting any “artifical timtables” on healthcare, you know like the 2 or 3 that have already passed?


54 posted on 11/03/2009 6:04:43 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: SuziQ

Bankrupt Al Gore, NO to the Climate Change Bill!


55 posted on 11/03/2009 6:06:29 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: An Old Man

Meaning...the elections are a referendum on Obama


56 posted on 11/03/2009 6:10:18 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: Parley Baer

So now they’ll say NY23 was a real indication that the country is behind Obama, or that they reject Sara Palin’s Facebook hate messages, or some variation of the two. As for NJ and VA, they just have to get their message out there a little better. It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game, but whether you win or lose is a good indication of how you’re playing the game. And we can spin NY23 ‘til the cows come home, but it was a loss.


57 posted on 11/04/2009 12:41:46 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html, http://sites.google.com/site/thevuzvuz/)
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