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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:47 AM Original message |
Economy erodes election hope for Democrats |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here we go with more polls |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Polls were all the rage in 2006 and 2008 |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Dems have to explain the apparent inertia. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Of course you know that the filibuster is only in the Senate. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. exactly |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. the republicans succeeded because they had a bigger goon squad |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. It's not that they |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I'm not sure I agree |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Maybe instead of hurling insults you should consider another tactic |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Yes, but |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Yep and have a large voter base (Conservative Democrats) |
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Stoic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Of course, you know the Republicans got by with only 50 votes. n/t |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. "filibusters by their republican compatriots in both the House and the Senate" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Oh what jobs bill did the Senate tepublicans filibuster? |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. What a load of Class A bullshit |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, we will see how "hardly anyone" votes this November. |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I hope you're right about the likelihood of a repub electoral coup. |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I just LOVE that image |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Would have been nicer if he were still in the plane |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Precisely! In every election they create a fake issue that voters are soooo upset about |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. "So, this year the fake issue will be the economy." |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I think your ridicule is rude and unnecessary |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thats all about framing the narrative (pinning the issue on a party) |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The Republicans will be more "successful" at framing the issue in the corporate media |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Hoover's policies threw FDR in a ditch. People filled Congress with Democrats, |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Almost |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Gay marriage was a fake issue. |
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sea four (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Voting republican... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. "That exactly the reason why the economy is so messed up right now." Only part of |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. framing election theft. time for us to describe it that way, every |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. One of the teabagger intructors at my school |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. So 46% is a "large majority" now? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. No but 67% is. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. Ask the GOP exactly what they plan to do to create jobs. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. They will happily say, "Cut taxes!" Especially for the rich, who create jobs. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why is the lead sentence the worst number in the poll for Obama? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. gee, imagine that |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. Jan '07 ..Jul '10 more than enough time . things need to change. nt |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. It was pure neglect. We really don't deserve to be in charge. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The key poll numbers are 72 to 49 -- Repubs certain they'll vote vs. Democrats certain they'll vote. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. Tax cuts and war |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yes, that's the Republican strategy. So it's working? |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. GOTV.. |
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spicegal (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'm honestly not sure what Obama can do about the jobs |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. They had their chance at job creation with Health Care Reform. A true Universal Coverage |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Bill Gross of PIMCO said we should have invested in technology and energy that would be |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. There is a bright side to this, so all is not lost |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. "It's the economy stupid"... |
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Champion Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. this isn't LBN |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
42. jobs are important |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. I guess Republicans BLOCKING every attempt |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. More jobs have been created in the eighteen months of Obama than the entire eight years of Bush* |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Nope. Apples to Oranges. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
50. I agree that Mr. Obama hasn't worked hard enough to create the jobs he promised. However, |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. There's been a lot of articles and news programs this past month... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
54. This just means we have work to do |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Repugs cater to their base while Dems run from theirs |
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