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NHDEMFORLIFE

(489 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:02 AM Nov 2012

Republicans grabbing onto Pres. Obama's cotattails

I know these incidents have been highlighted in other threads, but it seems so incredible I feel compelled to refer to them again.
If someone had told you a year ago that at least two Republican US Senate candidates - Brown in Mass., McMahon in Conn. - would be looking for votes by invoking Pres. Obama in ads and leaflets, would you have believed it?
Granted, Mass. is bluer than blue and Conn. is right there, too, but seeing a Brown TV ad that lingers pn a picture of him chatting with the President in the Oval Office is pretty jarring. It brings to mind all those stories early this year featuring Democrats running away from the President so they'd have a shot at survival.

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Republicans grabbing onto Pres. Obama's cotattails (Original Post) NHDEMFORLIFE Nov 2012 OP
Here's McMahon with Obama: TroyD Nov 2012 #1
AAARRRGH! CTyankee Nov 2012 #2
Apparently these door hangers were sent out in CT over the weekend TroyD Nov 2012 #4
Well, starting this past weekend the Murphy campaign calico1 Nov 2012 #3
Question for you, NHDEMFOR LIFE BlueDemKev Nov 2012 #5
I'd like to think so NHDEMFORLIFE Nov 2012 #6
Thanks. BlueDemKev Nov 2012 #7
McMahon has been running this ad for over a week now Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #8

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
1. Here's McMahon with Obama:
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:12 AM
Nov 2012

Wonder what Romney thinks of the fact that the Republican Senate candidate for Connecticut is trying to use Obama's popularity in the state to get herself elected?!

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
4. Apparently these door hangers were sent out in CT over the weekend
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:32 AM
Nov 2012

McMahon is hoping that voters will pick Obama & her instead of Murphy.

Apparently some Republicans are annoyed and it may actually discourage them from voting for her.

calico1

(8,391 posts)
3. Well, starting this past weekend the Murphy campaign
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:16 AM
Nov 2012

started playing an ad that has the President himself urging CT voters to vote for Chris Murphy.

Linda McMahon counts on people being stupid. I don't think it will work.

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)
5. Question for you, NHDEMFOR LIFE
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:38 AM
Nov 2012

Is there any chance of voting out State Reps. Harry Accornero and Susan Delemus? Those two wingnuts are birthers who made total asses of themselves before the NH Ballot Law Commission last year when the commission voted unanimously to place President Obama's name on the ballot.

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NHDEMFORLIFE

(489 posts)
6. I'd like to think so
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:48 AM
Nov 2012

It is lunatics like them who make folks think of my home stats as the wing-nut capital of the world!
State rep races are very fluid because we have so many state reps - 400 of them. It was Democratic from 2006-2010, before that disastrous tidal wave wiped us out. There's a shot they could lose if the turnout is significantly greater than it was two years ago, but it's hard to predict.

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)
7. Thanks.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:01 AM
Nov 2012

I was in absolute shock when I saw how those two ELECTED OFFICIALS (!) acting like angry, spoiled little children.

I loved how Accornero first started to say "You're going to face the American people--uhh--I mean, the citizens of Laconia?" He suddenly remembered that most Americans know the birthers are lunatics, so he quickly substitutes his tiny district which probably has no more than a dozen people living in it! Jackass!!

Filibuster Harry

(666 posts)
8. McMahon has been running this ad for over a week now
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:13 AM
Nov 2012

McMahon has been running an add for over a week now in which she has 4 people (2 of them African American)
stating they will vote for President Obama and Linda McMahon. Yet I have heard no complaints from any republicans regarding this add. Again, anything to get elected. I have not seen the Brown add.

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