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By all measures, enthusiasm for Obama -- even among his base -- has diminished considerably in 2012 from 2008, and Thursday's crowd sizes at Obama's rallies are more evidence of the enthusiasm gap Obama faces going into Election Day.


1 posted on 11/02/2012 8:15:20 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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With falling wage growth under Obamao, they probably can’t afford to attend!

http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/unemployment-rate-rises-to-


2 posted on 11/02/2012 8:16:33 AM PDT by whitedog57
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His crowd in Columbus, Ohio this morning was 2,500. In 2008, his crowd in Columbus was 50,000.

A large chunk of his 2008 voters are just not going to show up. All of the polling is assuming a significant Democrat edge, but Gallup has it right - the enthusiasm is on our side this time.

3 posted on 11/02/2012 8:18:09 AM PDT by TonyInOhio (O-H-I-O, Barry - misspell our name and we kick you out!)
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Boy, up close that is one ugly man......................far away too!


4 posted on 11/02/2012 8:26:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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Odama!


6 posted on 11/02/2012 8:33:26 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (WINNING IS EVERYTHING!)
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I was fortunate to meet Congressman and Mrs. Ryan last night at the Vegas victory center. The Nevada early vote is dramatically different than in 2008. All GOTV movement in Nevada tilts heavily toward RR.


8 posted on 11/02/2012 8:36:04 AM PDT by Kahuna
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Doesn’t mean the ‘no shows’ won’t vote.


9 posted on 11/02/2012 8:37:13 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Osama's dead... and so is our ambassador - Coulter.)
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They couldn’t even find enough to pay and import to attend? It must be bad.


10 posted on 11/02/2012 8:37:32 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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11 posted on 11/02/2012 8:40:05 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (January 20, 2013: The end of an error.)
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Yesterday Obama was in Las Vegas, again. The man who trashed our local economy as well as the national economy simply can't get enough of Las Vegas. But, I digress. What was so interesting to me was that I heard and saw multiple clips on the radio and tv of him speaking. He kept on saying the same old crap that was supposed to elicit applause, such as how well he was doing at creating jobs. Well, there was applause at each designated “pause for applause” spot, but in each clip I heard, the applause seemed to be very muted. Even the kool-aide drinkers in Las Vegas appear to have cut back some on their consumption.
12 posted on 11/02/2012 8:43:38 AM PDT by Nevadan
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Jay Z and the gang will help to assure the obamabots come out and the media will declare it amazing. Sad times.


15 posted on 11/02/2012 8:48:35 AM PDT by The Conservative Goddess
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Who needs people at rallys when you have SEIU maintaining voting machines.


17 posted on 11/02/2012 8:50:15 AM PDT by The Hound Passer
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Most of the Obama rally scenes I've viewed on tv show the Annointed One and maybe the union folks on the stage behind him. Can't see how many (or how few) people are in front.
18 posted on 11/02/2012 8:51:18 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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ABC news Ann Compton is on the radio and is at the rally with 20,000 so excited. I kid you not!
24 posted on 11/02/2012 9:07:12 AM PDT by angcat (ROMNEY/RYAN 2012)
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Lots of tickets available for the big Concord NH “pre-victory” rally tomorrow.


27 posted on 11/02/2012 9:10:22 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown are by desperate appliance relieved or not at all.)
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I live in Liberal California and I have driven up and down this state several times in the last few months and I think I can count on both hands the number of Obama/Biden bumper stickers I have seen. There does not appear to be any excitement for Obama here in Southern, Central and the Eastern Northern California. There may be a few Obama Bumper Stickers in West Hollywood and San Francisco, but there is really no groundswell of popular support like there was in 2008. I have actually seen more MITT and Romney/Ryan bumper stickers than Obama/Biden stickers this year.

There are several measures on the ballot to RAISE TAXES and as a general rule those measure always go down by at least 55% of the vote in California. Ballot measures that try to raise taxes always bring out the conservatives en masse (which is why the legistature tries to put them in off year elections so that the teachers unions and government employee unions can push their members to vote while the rest of the state sleeps).

Depending on the turnout of people who hate Obama and don’t want to be taxed anymore, I think California could be in play. That would be sweet.

There are a lot of people who would crawl across broken glass to vote out Obama and I don’t think I know a single person who would crawl across broken glass to vote for Obama. There is a lot of hatred here for Obama and there is not a groundswell of Romney haters except in the big city democrat hell holes. LA and San Francisco will go to Obama, but if the rest of the State turns out in big numbers for Romney/Ryan, then we could see a close race if not an upset.

Benghazi was a pivotal moment for me. I was considering going third party (as California was never considered a serious threat to Obama) but none of the third party candidates seem to be serious and I won’t cast my vote for someone whose heart is not in it to win it. I can’t imagine another 4 years of Obama where our National Security is concerned. I cast my vote for Romney/Ryan by dropping my ballot in the mail. Technically I was an “undecided” voter until I marked my ballot.

I believe that most, if not nearly all, the undecided voters at this point will either sit out the election or go for Romney/Ryan.

There have been no local television ads or radio ads for Obama in California. There have been some PAC ads that mention Romney and Ryan, but generally they are also hawking local politicians. The democrats are obviously taking this state for granted. But the democrats are still only a plurality and in California the 20% or more of independents could conceivably paint this state red. I will be surprised if it happens, but then it is in the realm of possibility.

Maybe Tuesday will be a “Chick Fil A” repeat. Maybe the whole world will be surprised as California goes Red.

We can HOPE can’t we?


33 posted on 11/02/2012 9:21:51 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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Many people consider Chicago activist Valerie Jarrett to be the “brain behind Obama”. She has her office on the second floor of the west wing of the White House. Yesterday she gave a final election pep rally to her ‘management team’ and sent them out to motivate their staffs.

Her comments that were related by one of her staffers should give people something to think about. According to him Jarrett told them,
“After we win this election, it’s our turn. Payback time. Everyone not with us is against us and they better be ready because we don’t forget. The ones who helped us will be rewarded, the ones who opposed us will get what they deserve. There is going to be hell to pay. Congress won’t be a problem for us this time. No election to worry about after this is over and we have two judges ready to go.”

He said she was talking directly to about three of them, Senior staff. And she wasn’t trying to be quiet about it at all. And they were all listening and shaking their heads and smiling while she said it.

If Obama wins and begins a revenge administration, don’t forget the people you know who voted for him.

35 posted on 11/02/2012 9:28:30 AM PDT by Baynative
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Yet they want us to believe its a neck and neck race..

This is nonsense.

6 days before the election and a sitting Democratic president can’t pull 5k people in an urban area, but this thing is going down to the wire!

Please... turnout will at least be R+3/4 minimal.

Indies will go Romney by around 2-1.

Obama will not get out of the low 40s.

Fight like its a neck and neck race, but this its anyones race is nonsense. Huge chunks of the population will crawl across broken glass to throw this bum out, and those that plan to vote for him can’t even offer an enthusiastic defense of him.

Its abject nonsense we are heading to a squeaker.


44 posted on 11/02/2012 10:15:57 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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obozo campaign rally


49 posted on 11/02/2012 10:27:54 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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Who cares! Obama has an unlimited TV audience. Free MSM time thanks to Sandy, Christie, Bloomberg, ...


63 posted on 11/02/2012 11:57:25 AM PDT by CatOwner
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The only crowds should be the ones accumulating and getting ready drag his ass out of the White Mosque.


69 posted on 11/02/2012 12:32:15 PM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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