2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy isn't TeamObama making more of an issue of RobMe's FAILED record in MA??? Please help.
He was 47th in job creation. Only a 1 termer who wouldn't run again. Raised fees like crazy. Left with poll numbers in the tank. Won't contest his own home state. Losing by 15-20 points there. WTF? SLAM THE BASTARD ON IT !! Can someone from MA please weigh in. And others please explain why they won't hit him on his MA record and SHOW that he was no great job creator. I just don't get it. ??????????
ejbr
(5,856 posts)the only thing I can imagine is that they are spreading out the reasons to vote against this nut and will be hitting on this soon. Let's hope!
believeinhope
(16 posts)I don't know. I kept waiting for Newt or Santorum to hit him with that in the primaries and they never did. He just says he can create jobs because he made a lot of money and no one challenges him. Well, if he wins I guess we can be guaranteed to take back the WH in 2016 with a Gates/Buffet ticket, then.
Seriously I have no idea why Obama and the dems haven't made a bigger deal of it.
My only guess is that they know Obama himself doesn't exactly have the best jobs record and bringing up Romney's MA record just gives him more opportunity to hit Obama on the economy. Although, they didn't seem to mind with Bain. For whatever reason, Obama, Axelrod and Plouffe don't seem to think it would be that effective. And they're the pros. At this point, we have ot hope they know what they're doing.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)It's baffling why they haven't attacked that. It's the entire rationale behind him being President--that he knows how to create jobs, manage the budget etc. And it's undermined by his performance as governor in MA
ProSense
(116,464 posts)of the ads that ran here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021595493
This was in April:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002609835
From the debate, though energy-related, a great hit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/us/politics/transcript-of-the-second-presidential-debate-in-hempstead-ny.html
karmaqueen
(714 posts)What are they waiting for???
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Obama's likeability factor is one of his best attributes to many voters. Can't do anything to disturb that.
It's up to surrogates (like Clinton) to do the heavy stuff.
julian09
(1,435 posts)He had to get along with a 85% dem legislature, they had their way with him.