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12 Reasons Obama Could Lose in 2012
The Daily Beast ^ | January 29, 2011 | Mark McKinnon

Posted on 01/29/2011 1:04:58 AM PST by RobinMasters

Supporters are as exhausted as Velma Hart, the Tea Party has momentum, and Republicans are now more trusted. Mark McKinnon on why those issues, plus nine others, spell doom for the president’s reelection hopes.

President Obama’s State of the Union was strongly bipartisan and made smart moves to the center, although it missed a chance to really tackle tough fiscal issues like meaningful entitlement reforms. His Arizona speechwas terrific, his favorable ratings are climbing over 50, the economy is showing steady signs of improvement, and the stock market is up. So, how could he possibly lose his reelection bid? Just ask George H.W. Bush, who had an approval rating of nearly 90 percent two years out from his reelection. $#&! happens when you are at the helm of the free world. What could happen? Let us count the ways...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; debt; markmckinnon; mckinnon; obamacare; redistricting; teaparty
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1 posted on 01/29/2011 1:05:00 AM PST by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

GO away, Mark McKinnon.

He will lose to the conservative, all-American, TEA Party Republican nominee.


2 posted on 01/29/2011 1:11:12 AM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Your turn.


3 posted on 01/29/2011 1:12:12 AM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: onyx

Gonna be an interesting day when you two guys do a tag-team commentary.

And good morning to both of you.


4 posted on 01/29/2011 1:19:07 AM PST by Eye of Unk
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To: RobinMasters
We're coming for you Obama...

2012

*The comment above should be regarded soley as an electoral reference and in no way construed to have secondary meanings or implications.

5 posted on 01/29/2011 1:49:58 AM PST by americanophile
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To: RobinMasters

Obama WILL lose or the nation is finished.


6 posted on 01/29/2011 2:14:56 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: RobinMasters

Gee...only 12????


7 posted on 01/29/2011 2:43:28 AM PST by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: RobinMasters

We need to return to civility and just say nice things about Obama.

*Saying bad things about the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann are perfectly acceptable. When in doubt, ask Richard Dreyfuss.


8 posted on 01/29/2011 2:49:05 AM PST by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: onyx
I will be surprised if the one get the nomination.

The dims dream candidate, Hitlery Clintonista is available.

9 posted on 01/29/2011 2:52:54 AM PST by exnavy (May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
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To: RobinMasters

The list:

1. Velma Hart Syndrome
2. The Obama Overexposure Effect
3. Debt Bomb
4. Voters Aren’t Better Off
5. Ailing Health Care
6. Tea Party Momentum
7. Obama’s Transparency Problem
8. Congressional Districts Reapportioned
9. The Wars Aren’t Over
10. What About Overregulation?
11. Republicans Are More Trusted
12. The Vision Thing

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10 posted on 01/29/2011 3:08:08 AM PST by Fresh Wind (TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
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I would add the Energy issue into the top three.

When Gasoline hits 5 to 7 buck a gallon because of turmoil in the Mideast or the slow shutdown of drilling for oil along with more regulations on fracking for gas, the American people will be running over broken glass for the candidate with the motto, Drill, Baby, Drill!!!

JMO...


11 posted on 01/29/2011 3:14:26 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: RobinMasters

How about..

13: He wont be on the ballot in 57 states.


12 posted on 01/29/2011 3:17:37 AM PST by Hiryusan
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13: He wont be on the ballot in 57 states.

Exactly!

13 posted on 01/29/2011 3:41:12 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid!)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

“I would add the Energy issue into the top three”.

...exactly. The BP spill is behind us although the MSM will try and dredge it back up as the reason for not drilling. But Americans will want their $3.00 gas back and would drill in their grandmas back yard to get it. As you said, “Drill Baby Drill” will be the winning motto. “Repeal” will work as well.


14 posted on 01/29/2011 4:07:45 AM PST by albie
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15 posted on 01/29/2011 4:13:46 AM PST by Salamander ( I think I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest......)
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To: RobinMasters

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin are three of them.


16 posted on 01/29/2011 4:32:02 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: RobinMasters

He’ll lose because Americans are racist. /sarc


17 posted on 01/29/2011 4:43:05 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: RobinMasters

The man hasn’t created one new net job (a record for a president), and McKinnon wonders “how he could possibly lose?”


18 posted on 01/29/2011 4:55:53 AM PST by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Ya can’t beat somebody with NOBODY.
The list of GOP would-be LOSERS is as long as your arm.
Romney, McCain, Huck, Dole, generic RINO.....


19 posted on 01/29/2011 4:59:59 AM PST by Flintlock
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To: exnavy

It is absurd that the Clintons still have the power that they do. Bill Clinton was given the honor of the Presidency (not by me), and he spat on the office and besmirched it with Hillary’s help. I’m thankful to the Lord that Clinton wasn’t allowed to spit on us and we never find out; which was the plan. - The main person who PAID for Bill’s dalliances was the Lewinsky girl who was taken advantage of by an older man monkeying around with his power.


20 posted on 01/29/2011 5:13:51 AM PST by Twinkie (Two wrongs don't make a right.)
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