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Obama gains foothold; GOP autumn surge behind him
Yahoo ^ | 5/31/11 | Jim Kuhnhenn - ap

Posted on 05/31/2011 9:48:01 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country.

The White House now displays an air of confidence, bolstered in part by achievements such as the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos and the financial success of an auto industry that Obama bailed out over the objections of many.

Obama is also benefiting from the absence of negatives. The economy, while lethargic, is growing. The private sector is creating jobs. Natural disasters, while deadly and plentiful, have not developed into governmental crises. Skyrocketing gas prices, which fed the public's economic fears, are now subsiding. And the GOP's signature budget plan, ambitious in its spending reductions, has lost its luster with the public.

"It is likely he will be re-elected, in my opinion," veteran Republican pollster Wes Anderson says.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: foothold; gop; obama; surge
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To: subterfuge

I hope the ‘rats keep convincing themselves everything is okeydokey and keep encouraging Barky to act like the America hating commie putz he normally is. Barky continuing to act true to form is the best argument against re-electing him.


21 posted on 05/31/2011 10:24:38 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: NormsRevenge

The AP is even predicting that Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker of the House again in 2013!


22 posted on 05/31/2011 10:24:46 AM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: NormsRevenge
Hey when did Obama hire the former Iraqi minister of Information to work in the White House Propaganda Office???
23 posted on 05/31/2011 10:28:48 AM PDT by apillar
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To: WashingtonSource

Indeed they require treatment asap.


24 posted on 05/31/2011 10:30:24 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: NormsRevenge

In your acid destroyed mind Jim, your boy is going down.


25 posted on 05/31/2011 10:35:08 AM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: NormsRevenge

The MSM method of journalism...just wish it to be so, write up your wishful thinking with a few of corroborating quotes by supposed Republicans no one has ever heard of and of course lots of Democrats who agree with you and it will become true!


26 posted on 05/31/2011 10:37:50 AM PDT by MissesBush
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To: NormsRevenge

These libs are delusional!


27 posted on 05/31/2011 10:39:29 AM PDT by cblue55 (Envisioning when all that is left is the right.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Already the storm wrecked cars are being tagged by taggers?


28 posted on 05/31/2011 10:40:10 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: NormsRevenge

The double-dip news is trickling out...perhaps he won’t be in a second honeymoon long.


29 posted on 05/31/2011 10:40:55 AM PDT by RockinRight (Herman Cain stopped for gas in South Carolina and inadvertently won a Primary debate.)
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To: Thunder90

“The AP is even predicting that Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker of the House again in 2013.”

Why would anyone want that? (or wish it on their worst enemy?)

Congress, through it’s legislative agenda has a huge effect on the US economy (the president just gets the credit or blame for their acts). The economic conditions we are experiencing are a direct result of the 4 years of Democrat dominance under Pelosi/Reid. 2006 - 2010

Think the economy is bad now? Try Pelosi/Reid redux II.


30 posted on 05/31/2011 10:44:22 AM PDT by Forty-Niner (Palin/West 2012)
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To: subterfuge
Author is not acquainted with reality...

...another one of those geniuses who finds everything "unexpected".

31 posted on 05/31/2011 10:45:56 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: NormsRevenge

LOL...gotta laugh at the BS from the lib media...if there was a GOP autumn surge what’s going to happen this autumn with the price of gas and home heating oil higher than ever, unemployment still near 9% and the economy in the sh!tter??? i’m sure the liars in the media will come up with something else to give obozo a “foothold”....


32 posted on 05/31/2011 10:47:53 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: NormsRevenge
Obama gains foothold?..... "Crapola!".....
33 posted on 05/31/2011 10:50:52 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: NormsRevenge

Apparently Mr. Jim Kuhnhenn is a blithering idiot.


34 posted on 05/31/2011 10:53:42 AM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Ah, but even his .... smells good!


35 posted on 05/31/2011 10:55:01 AM PDT by no_go_lie
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To: LibLieSlayer

That’s possible. I looked up his photo. He has a 60’s haircut... one of those girl cuts. LOL


36 posted on 05/31/2011 10:55:37 AM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: NormsRevenge
"Obama is also benefiting from the absence of negatives"....
37 posted on 05/31/2011 11:05:25 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: HiTech RedNeck

No, I’m not sure what the SE means, but the orange X’s indicate the vehicle was checked and cleared for remains or survivors.


38 posted on 05/31/2011 11:23:03 AM PDT by old3030 (I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look.)
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39 posted on 05/31/2011 11:39:37 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: NormsRevenge

Another AP campaign press release for President Super Fly.


40 posted on 05/31/2011 11:54:02 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (We live two lives, the life we learn and the life we live with after that.)
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