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awaysidetraveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:33 PM
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Is Obama rallying independents in Nevada by spinning Reagan?
This is my best guess, I'm open to opinions.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:34 PM
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1. Spinning him in his grave?
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awaysidetraveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:35 PM
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2. Well, while that's where Reagan belongs--on a spit--Obama's on video talking Reagan.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:51 PM
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7. It's like spin the bottle.
Just spin the corpse.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:44 PM
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3. It was a calculated move...
He's trying to rally somebody, but I'm not sure who yet.

It seems a little late in the game for Nevada though. But it's entirely possible that he directed this towards independents/certain Dems in the Super Tuesday states. And, you know what, I think it just might work.
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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:44 PM
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4. Aren't many of these closed primaries, though?
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:18 PM
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11. They are, but there are a lot of people who pick one party or the other...
...so they can vote in primaries, but consider themselves "independent".

I actually do that. I'm decidedly liberal and am registered as a "democrat". I basically vote straight-ticket dem, donate money, etc. But I still like to think of myself as "independent". And if I were asked by an exit poller what I am, I might say "independent". I like to think that the Dems still need to work for my vote, lol.
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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:19 PM
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12. Good point
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:47 PM
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5. I think he was telling the truth that his campaign is about
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 07:47 PM by FrenchieCat
reuniting and becoming a force....like winning the GE by a landslide. His campaign has always been about inclusion. It didn't start in Nevada. He's been consistent about this....which is why he specifically used the word trajectory.
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:49 PM
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6. Barack Triangulate Obama.
DLC 2.0
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Peregrine Took Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:11 PM
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8. Give that person in the balcony a silver dollar! n/t
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:13 PM
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9. Jim Webb did this in his Senate election in Virginia
it went over big and may have been one of several reasons why a Democrat won in this mostly red state in Virginia.

Even after Nancy asked him to pull the ad, it was too late.
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:17 PM
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10. Yes but it wont work -
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 08:18 PM by FreeState
the same thing happened in NH - the independents do not want Romney or Huckabee so they will vote for McCain over Obama. Romney is winning in NV right now.
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bratfavre Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:19 PM
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13. Your theory is plausible n/t
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jasmine621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:26 PM
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14. Believe me, a lot people who loved Reagan were not pleased with
his polocies. You can't tell people who lived through those years that they were good ones and Reagan did a great job unless you were among the top 2% in income in this country. Everyone else, Independent, Dem, and Republican alike know what the hell they went through during those years.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:29 PM
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15. Indpendent Working People were hurt by Regan Policies.
He is going after Republicans.
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