[lbo-talk] Obama and us

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Sep 11 14:17:37 PDT 2008


I too think we're simply seeing a bounce after the Rep primary and the attention on Palin. It will subside soon.

Choosing Clinton would have been the best strategy but how often do the Dems do what's best for them? Until the affair became news I figured Obama would pick Edwards but after that news broke I had no idea except it wouldn't be Clinton.

John Thornton P.S. You used Mark Penn well as Fred Barnes full names but only Hillary Clinton's first name. You're a woman hater aren't you?

shag wrote:
> aren't you just seeing the typical bounce? and if not, after a
> long-term trend line that points at the opposite? what do you think
> accounts for it? i finally paid attention to some news, and to me it
> seems like the ssdd: the republican spin machine has cut loose,
> flinging poo like red assed monkeys at the zoo. as long as it sticks,
> it'll work.
>
> and then they take advantage of obama's less than stellar performance,
> showing him looking as boyish and youthful as possible.
>
> i did think the fred barnes piece linked to underneath the graph was
> interesting and wondering if it's true. according to the piece, Mark
> Penn claimed that 25% of Republican women would cross party lines to
> vote for Hillary. If that was even half true, then boy-o, did the
> obama campaign make a bone-headed mistake.
>
> http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/545moqlh.asp
>
>
> At 02:37 PM 9/11/2008, Julio Huato wrote:
>> I just looked at the latest polls
>> (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html).
>>
>>
>> I hope I'm wrong, but it doesn't look good for Obama. The opposition
>> to Obama (from left and right) is highly likely to prevail. That'd be
>> too bad for most people in the world.
>>
>> We (and I mean we regular people, left, progressives, liberals,
>> whoever cares, especially those in PA, OH, MI, IN, FL, MO, NC, ND, MT)
>> have only a few weeks to turn things around.
>
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