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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:29 PM
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Obama Hints He'll Run Again
In an interview with National Journal, President Obama signaled that he will seek reelection and dismissed as "completely unfounded" reports that he might replace Vice President Biden with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the 2012 Democratic ticket.

Said Obama: "Obviously, I haven't made any formal decision, but I feel like I've got a lot of work left to do."

Told that his answer sounded like he was saying "yes," Obama nodded, then broadly smiled. "Take it as you will," he said, laughing.

http://politicalwire.com/
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:30 PM
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1. Aw..I'm glad. I expected it, of course, but it's good to hear.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:30 PM
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2. File under: Duh.
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:32 PM
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5. Yep.
A big "Too bad" to those hoping he'd quit.
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Cosmocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 07:02 AM
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22. Yeah ...
cause people actually find it plausible that a 51 year old man is going to walk away from the job as the most powerful and influential person on the planet to do ... what exactly ???
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:32 PM
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3. Good news!
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:32 PM
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4. Well, I should hope so!
;-)
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:33 PM
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6. Quelle surprise!
:wow:
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:33 PM
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7. Of course.
And he will likely win again, too.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:33 PM
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8. Can't wait to see him kick Republican ass in 2012!
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:33 PM
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9. I already have my "Reelect Obama in 2012" bumper sticker on.
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 03:56 PM by lamp_shade
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:36 PM
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10. Me too!
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:42 PM
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12. Uh, oh!
"Relect is the combination of Recall and Recollect. While sounding better on the tounge, and easy across the lips, it means the ability to remember a past event."


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Relect
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:38 PM
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11. shocked i tell you.
shocked.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:47 PM
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13. What a shocker. nt
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 04:02 PM
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14. naturallement nt
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argonaut Donating Member (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 04:03 PM
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15. Good! I'm actually looking forward to the likely 2012 landslide victory. nt
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 05:42 PM
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17. By which side? (NT)
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 08:49 AM
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27. we know you want him to lose, but seriously, what reality do you live in?
:rofl:
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 04:07 PM
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16. In other news: Water is wet and sun rises in east.
Come on!
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 08:15 PM
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18. Joe B already spilled the beans ---->
http://images1.cpcache.com/product/yes+we+did-yes+we+can-president-elect/324754751v3_225x225_Front.jpg
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denimgirly Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 08:41 PM
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19. Here's hoping he's learned and wont look to the Right any more...
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 08:41 PM by denimgirly
things could have been very well done by now if the WH listened to progressives but bahh..here we are..so here is hoping he and his admin has learned their lesson and will listen to its base and not panic to sell out to the first special interest.

I will never vote for the Right but if i am going to be hoodwinked again then i just might sit home in 2012.
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dreamnightwind Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 01:19 AM
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20. Primary him!
This will make me real popular here, but I dearly hope for a progressive Democratic to run against him in the primaries.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 06:51 AM
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21. Like who? Do you have any suggestions? Do tell. nt
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 05:50 PM
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34. The advocates of a 2012 primary challenge haven't put up an answer to that
at least, that I've seen. And I've asked directly.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 08:07 AM
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25. I'm going to dearly love watching your hopes get dashed
:rofl:
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dreamnightwind Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 03:41 AM
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30. Thanks, you're all heart. eom
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 09:48 AM
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32. It's going to be delicious to see
you and your ilk fail again.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 08:09 AM
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26. Any progressive Democrat you can think of is fully free
to challenge Barack Obama in the primaries for the 2012 nomination but very likely the intelligence you find and admire in those Democrats would also suggest that they're smarter than to do a stupid thing like that in the first place.

Obama, so long as he wants nomination in 2012, is very likely to have it.
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dreamnightwind Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 01:39 AM
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29. Probably true but
They're not going to have any respect for the left, or for the progressive changes this country absolutely HAS to make for its survival, until the left stands up for itself and shows that they have somewhere else to go. It's way past time.

There's a non-corporatist agenda on the left side of the spectrum that works in policy, and that would resonate with many citizens of this country, and Obama just spits on it.

But it's not about Obama, it's about this country's future, it absolutely has to happen.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 06:47 AM
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31. I'm not sure the constituency is in any case insignificant
but I am sure it has not been drawn to an organized effort on the left to oppose the middle.

Cynthia McKinney ran on the Green ticket last cycle and was steamrolled. All the constituencies that comprise the left supported Obama. I'm not seeing that change in large numbers if he seeks re-election.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 08:49 AM
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28. well, you've got larouche... have fun...
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 07:46 AM
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 08:02 AM
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24. Wait! an incumbent president running for a second term?!
I didn't see THAT coming! :eyes:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 05:47 PM
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33. But DU told me he was cashing out after one term and living off speaking fees.
I'm so confused. :rofl:
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 05:54 PM
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35. AND he's still young enough to continue practicing law. n/t
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