Posted on 04/26/2010 9:09:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama heads into the American heartland Tuesday, to launch the Democratic mid-term election campaign in states paying a heavy price for the worst economic crisis in decades.
Obama will spend two days hopscotching across to Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, after urging his young, multi-racial supporters to thwart what an aide termed a Republican-induced "nightmare" at mid-term elections in November.
Democrats fear heavy losses in the polls, which could put their grip on Congress at risk, as opinion surveys show Obama still has lagging approval ratings nationwide, despite several recent big victories.
In a YouTube video, Obama made the case that his presidency had delivered on historic health care reform and staved off an economic meltdown, but warned that his political foes hoped to slow his "incredible journey" of change.
He pledged to heed advice from grass-roots Democrats who told party leaders and to "make sure the same people who were inspired to vote for the first time in 2008 go back to the polls in 2010."
"It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African Americans, Latinos, and women, who powered our victory in 2008, stand together once again," he said in the video mailed to Democratic activists.
"If you help us make sure that first-time voters in 2008 make their voices heard again in November, then together we will deliver on the promise of change, and hope, and prosperity for generations to come."
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Focused like a laser...
It’s going to be amusing listening to him try and find something good to point out, because even his accomplishments are screwing us.
US President Barack Obama speaks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. Obama has announced a string of new educational and entrepreneurial exchanges with Muslim nations, in a bid to honor his promise to forge a new beginning with Islam. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
And you old white farts shut up and get out of the way. You lost and I won.
Ethanol..that’s the key to a lot of Midwestern States...get those farmers to vote their pocket book. When Dole was in the ethanol camp he was an evil capitalist in the pocket of ADM, but then the Rats figured out that the farmers would vote for them for high corn prices..
Divide and conquer. The only thing missing was the promised gift of graft.
can’t he be made to reimburse the government for doing non government business with government personel and properth?
Keep grinnin’ Barry. I’m sure all your stashed TARP money bribes help you sleep at night. We’re not all fools though, Mr. Resident.
0-3 so far (VA, NJ, MA)
Zero stickers seem to be disappearing from cars. Everyone I talk to is using profanity when discussing Zero and all members of Congress. The word incumbent immediately elicits a string of 4-letter words.
November cannot come soon enough for me, and I love the summer months. LOL
I want to see that grin wiped off of Barry’s face. Of course, then we have to deal with angry Barry, which might not be pretty considering his temper tantrums.
does this guy ever stay home? He’s always campaigning. Guess he likes to hear himself speak and then watch himself on TV.
That's exactly why the Democrats have to lose in November.
Wait a minute, I thought he was on the comeback trail after his "recent big victories"? He has a bounce in his step, a swagger in his stride, and all that. Can't the media get their story straight?
I want to know why presidents get to fly around at our expense going to political events. I thought that was supposed to be illegal? Yeah, I know, ha, ha, ha.
From what I can tell, all presidents do is vacation, play golf, make bad speeches, attend fundraisers, and have foreigners over for dinner. If I had known the job was so easy, I would have campaigned for it myself. Unbelievable.
I have no idea what race the 29 year old lady (Claudia) obama is talking about is, but the rest of his plea for votes in the below video sounded racist to me. Asking for votes from African Americans, Latinos and women.....
um hello! mr president... did you hear yourself.... Why single certain people out? Are you a racist? Would be the first thing you would want to ask him.
But since the dems have been playing the race card on the Tea Party soooooo much I wouldn’t be afraid to bet that obama thought he’d have a little fun rubbing it in our face. Not enough that anyone could complain without seeming to be a nut case. But just enough so you know it.
And if you were to call him out on it, which is what he would want, then the dems get trash you the same way they did with the lipstick on a pig smarmy crap he pulled off. It’s the catty way some women (and obama) do things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh-yR1HWkbM
Obummer flips 2010 stale propaganda in US heartland
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