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At 39 Percent, Obama's Reminded the Worst Could Lie Ahead
Rea Clear Politics ^ | August 15,2011 | David Paul Kuhn

Posted on 08/15/2011 6:49:31 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: Hojczyk

As much as I LOVE seeing his approval number drop, I take no comfort in it. This election will be a huge battle and will not be close to an “easy win”. It will be a battle. It’s hard enough to knock any incumbent out, but to knock one out, like this President, will take a monumental effort.


21 posted on 08/15/2011 7:42:01 AM PDT by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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I can only imagine what the internals show and the very REAL panic being felt by the Dem power players....heh-heh...


22 posted on 08/15/2011 7:42:18 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Hojczyk

Not a time for any celebration of any kind. If he is down or even looks like he is down continue to kick him harder and more often. Trash him, kick him and piss on him at every turn and apply that to all democrats all of the time. They apply these tactics to conservatives very well and it is no time to be nice or charitable to them; that only lost elections for us in the past. The Constitution is at stake here and it is no time to play nice with the criminal democrat party.

FUBO & FAD


23 posted on 08/15/2011 7:45:13 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: justice14
This election will be a huge battle and will not be close to an “easy win”.

Yes, but it has now moved into the realm of the winnable. When Obama was maintaining 50% approval numbers there was a sense of hopelessness and futility. We could pick off a senate or house seat, but we weren't going to be able to take out Obama. When having stared at the impossible for two and a half years, only taking on the extremely difficult looks like a picnic.
24 posted on 08/15/2011 7:48:36 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: Hojczyk
Ok so having run his approval index to -22 because Independents are deserting the 0 brand in droves, their "solution" is to have him do more of the same to "fix" the problem?

Truly the inmates are running the asylum these days.

25 posted on 08/15/2011 7:55:36 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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To: Hojczyk

One needs to remember that the media gives an artificial 20 point bump to the Democrat in the race by the way they report.

So it’s actually 29% if all things were equal.

Michael


26 posted on 08/15/2011 8:10:04 AM PDT by panzerkamphwageneinz (HALLELUJAH)
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To: Hojczyk

I’m glad to see our Dear Leader’s numbers continuing to slide, but I’m reminded of Slick Willie and his turnaround for the ‘96 election. Stay vigil, work hard for our candidate, whomever it may be, and never take anything for granted (particularly when it comes to Dem shenanigans).

On a side note, just wondering what you think the fail-safe is for Obama? At what point, if the economy stays weak, is he truly toast? 6 months out from the election? 9 months out? The MSM will carry his water and do everything to make the situation look rosy, but they can only do so much. What is Obummer’s point-of-no-return?

Kharis13


27 posted on 08/15/2011 8:10:53 AM PDT by Kharis13 (That noise you hear is our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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Two Reasons why Jimmy Carter was a better President than Obama:

1. Jimmy Carter brought in Paul Volcker when his economic policies failed:

2. Jimmy Carter actually earned his Nobel Peace Prize.

28 posted on 08/15/2011 8:12:46 AM PDT by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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Two Reasons why Jimmy Carter was a better President than Obama:

1. Jimmy Carter brought in Paul Volcker when his economic policies failed:

2. Jimmy Carter actually earned his Nobel Peace Prize.

29 posted on 08/15/2011 8:12:54 AM PDT by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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Most likely than not, she will “stay home” en masse come next November.....

I agree. The story of the election (aside from the magnitude of the defeat the Dems will experience) will be how blacks stayed home, as you say, "en masse".

My work has me around many blacks on a daily basis, and I've been sensing some disaffection, no-make that embarrassment, when the topic of Obama is discussed. They are also noticing people like Tim Scott and Allen West. I'm telling you the paradigm is changing, blacks are beginning to see the light.

Will many of them vote for him? Well, yes. But a turnout problem that leaves Obama with 70% of the numbers he garnered with blacks in '08, will cost him several states.

30 posted on 08/15/2011 8:21:48 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: Hojczyk
This White House has long ached for its political environment to improve. But the Gallup threshold also reminds us that, for Obama, it could still get worse.

This is a scary scenario. We as a nation are reluctant to replace our leaders during national calamity, such as war or internal crisis. If economic conditions remain bad or even getting worse, I'm concerned that Obama will cause a major international incident such as Mid-East war or domestic violence with riots verging on civil war to get reelected.

31 posted on 08/15/2011 8:43:24 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
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To: GonzoGOP

Good point. But I am just worried about people “taking it easy”. This is a very important election and until Obama gives his concession speech, I will not celebrate. Until the republicans nominate anyone, I will not pay much attention to these polls (yes I know this is an approval poll, but still). Depending on who we nominate, there will be independents breaking to Obama again. We just got to hope it’s not as much as last time.


32 posted on 08/15/2011 8:48:55 AM PDT by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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To: Maverick68

I figure the internals are why he has lowered himself to the bus tour and isn’t flying AF1 everywhere as he’s lie to.I’m hoping he runs into reality f people standing along the route holding signs telling him how much they dislike him.


33 posted on 08/15/2011 9:43:29 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Maverick68

I figure the internals are why he has lowered himself to the bus tour and isn’t flying AF1 everywhere as he’s lie to.I’m hoping he runs into reality of people standing along the route holding signs telling him how much they dislike him.


34 posted on 08/15/2011 9:43:43 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Maverick68

lie to= like to...


35 posted on 08/15/2011 9:44:27 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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The 2010 electorate (whiter, older) is not the 2012 electorate (browner, younger).

Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

36 posted on 08/15/2011 12:40:55 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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BTTT!


37 posted on 08/15/2011 1:23:14 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"The 2010 electorate (whiter, older) is not the 2012 electorate (browner, younger)."

Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

The GOP got sixty percent ofthe white vote in 2010. That's the best they ever got.

38 posted on 08/15/2011 1:59:36 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Hojczyk

seems that the more he talks the independents like him less.

The blame game is done.
The race card is played out.

He better do something if he wants his numbers to improve because people are sick of his baloney


39 posted on 08/16/2011 1:57:23 PM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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Thanks Hojczyk for the topic, and thanks neverdem for the ping.
The Carter-Obama comparison is as cliché as it is disconcerting (for Democrats). Carter's undoing can be cast as rare. Lyndon Johnson would surely have lost in 1968. But he did not run. Carter was the first Democratic president defeated since . . . 1888. [Grover Cleveland, who vetoed nearly 600 bills during his two non-consecutive terms; only FDR vetoed more]

40 posted on 08/16/2011 5:45:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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