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Obama Less Lofty as Rhetoric Shifts
The Wall Street Journal ^
| 10-31-10
| LAURA MECKLER
Posted on 10/31/2010 5:44:00 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
CLEVELANDPresident Barack Obama closed out his 2010 campaign season here with a mocking rebuke of Republicans, in stark contrast to the lofty, hopeful rhetoric that marked his 2008 campaign.
With Democrats facing potentially big losses on Election Day Tuesday, Mr. Obama has projected a rougher tone than he did two years ago. The bad economy? Blame Republicans, he said. Bipartisanship to solve problems? No, the president said, the GOP has no interest.
Bits of the 2008 spirit were still in evidence in a weekend of campaigning, but Mr. Obama's calls for change now came with caveats. He still exhorted, "yes we can!" but added that change will take some time.
Democrats say the shift in message is to be expected given the changed circumstances. Mr. Obama is no longer the outsider looking in, but an incumbent president deep in all things Washington. Also, Democrats have worked to make this election a choice between the parties, not a referendum on Mr. Obama, so talking about the GOP's weaknesses is key to that strategy.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: cleveland; obama; wsj
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:45:54 PM PDT
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GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
Yawn ... what can be said Mr. Obama other than “you lie.”
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:48:14 PM PDT
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Bobibutu
To: GOP_Lady
Things will be getting better in Ohio.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:49:19 PM PDT
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GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
Obomba hasn’t changed a bit.
He still reads whatever shows up on the teleprompter.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:50:27 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(SwiftVets.com. WinterSoldier.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: GOP_Lady
He never was anything more than an effeminate, immature, smarmy punk, except that now the whole world is beginning to catch on.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:51:46 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
He has met the enemy and it is him.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:52:30 PM PDT
by
boomop1
BO less lofty - more loony.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:52:46 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God's redemption.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: Interesting Times
He still reads whatever shows up on the teleprompter. And apparently that's blame Bush; blame Republicans. Will he use that strategy in 2012? He might.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:54:04 PM PDT
by
luvbach1
(Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
To: Interesting Times
The TOTUS in his brain is thinking that this election stuff is tough and dictatorship would be so much easier.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:54:11 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Sarah Palin, causing corrupt bastards to cry out for their Mommy.)
To: GOP_Lady
Things will be getting better in Ohio.I wish I felt that confident about Michigan.
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:55:24 PM PDT
by
MaggieCarta
(What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
To: GOP_Lady
Watch how O’Slammy will get away with setting an abrasive tone in DC for the next two years. Whereas any GOPer who refuses to worship obama and his Marxist agenda will be touted as ‘partisan’ or ‘racist’ or ‘tea bagger’ or ‘immoral’ or ‘uncooperative’ by the MSM.
The fight has barely begun.
To: MaggieCarta
I worry about Ohio becoming another Michigan.
Remember not too long ago when Michigan had a great Governor and things were well then?
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posted on
10/31/2010 5:59:46 PM PDT
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GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
Obama talks about bipartisanship - when he entered the White House, he dismissed Republicans with “I won.” What a difference two years makes. Now all of a sudden he’s lamenting lost bipartisanship.
Hey, Barry - go look in the mirror!
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posted on
10/31/2010 6:03:49 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: sodpoodle
To: goldstategop
Hopefully the GOP (quit laughing) will reject bipartisanship efforts with: We won.
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posted on
10/31/2010 6:17:40 PM PDT
by
Bhoy
To: GOP_Lady
....Remember not too long ago when Michigan had a great Governor and things were well then?Hardly a day goes by that I don't think of that time...
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10/31/2010 6:20:05 PM PDT
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MaggieCarta
(What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
To: GOP_Lady
President Barack Obama closed out his 2010 campaign season here with a mocking rebuke of Republicans, in stark contrast to the lofty, hopeful rhetoric that marked his 2008 campaign. It's hard to sound lofty when you're begging.
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posted on
10/31/2010 6:29:30 PM PDT
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: Bobibutu
I have a comparison of Obama and the current vampire fan fad. Obama drinks his own blood.
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posted on
10/31/2010 6:32:28 PM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
(If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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