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catahoula


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Whoa. Chris M. tells it like it is...
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But they present a logical reason for dreaming of something better, poet, namely that he can't be (not that he ever was) the guy they thought he was when he took the nomination from Hilary last time:

Certainly, Mr. Obama could still win re-election in 2012. Even with his all-time low job approval ratings (and even worse ratings on handling the economy) the president could eke out a victory in November. But the kind of campaign required for the president's political survival would make it almost impossible for him to govern—not only during the campaign, but throughout a second term.

Instead, he'll be the guy that the right saw very soon after he took office, the "I won, ya'll need to hit those seats back in the back, fellows" kind of guy, but even more unpleasantly so.

I think they say something about the above setting the democratic party back for quite a while, too. Seems compelling enough that "Clinton cheerleaders" might not quite refute their point.



-- Edited by catahoula on Friday 25th of November 2011 05:59:34 PM



-- Edited by catahoula on Friday 25th of November 2011 06:00:42 PM

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Wow. What a big surprise that Clinton pollsters and cheerleaders would wish for a Clinton Presidency (even though she has stated emphatically and repeatedly, that she has no intention of running for President in 2012). What a surprise that all Democrats aren't tapped into the hive mind. yawn



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Maybe Matthews has a clot in the tingle leg or maybe he just read this one...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577041950781477944.html

in the WSJ and wants to get on board with the movement but do it without lifting that gimp leg too high:

He should abandon his candidacy for re-election in favor of a clear alternative, one capable not only of saving the Democratic Party, but more important, of governing effectively and in a way that preserves the most important of the president's accomplishments. He should step aside for the one candidate who would become, by acclamation, the nominee of the Democratic Party: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.



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This is the most amazing part to me:

"I don‘t think she’s, I don‘t think she’s happy. I don’t think they like being in the White House. The American people can tell that. They don’t seem thrilled at the fact the American people have selected them as our first family. I don’t sense the gratitude, the happiness level, the thrill of being president"

I'm pretty sure both the Obamas would not have a clue what is meant by this--the idea that it's an honor and a privilege to hold the positions they do. There's a reason Michelle has always reminded me of Princess Di.



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blankmind wrote:

I guess he misinterpreted that thrill up his leg.

 



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I guess he misinterpreted that thrill up his leg.



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Liberal MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews is known to throw some jabs at Republicans during his daily show. But the commentator has become increasingly critical of Democratic President Barack Obama, the same man whose words used to give him a “Thrill up my leg.” Matthews has an upcoming book on President John F. Kennedy but during an interview on Weekends with Alex Witt Matthews went on a rant criticizing the President, and the “little kids with propellers on their heads” advising him:

“What are we trying to do in this administration? Why does he want a second term? Would he tell us? What’s he going to do in the second term? More of this? Is this it? Is this as good as it gets? Where are we going? Are we going to do something the second term? He has yet to tell us. He has not said one thing about what he would do in the second term. He never tells us what he is going to do with reforming our healthcare systems, Medicare, Medicaid, how is going to reform Social Security. Is he going to deal with long-term debt? How? Is he going to reform the tax system? How? Just tell us. Why are we in this fight with him? Just tell us, Commander, give us our orders and tell us where we’re going, give us the mission. And he hasn’t done it.

And I think it’s the people around him, too many people around, they’re little kids with propellers on their heads. They’re all virtual. Politics, this social networking, I get these e-mails, you probably get them. I’m tired of getting them. Stop giving them to me. I want to meet people. Their idea of running a campaign is a virtual universe of sending e-mails around to people. No it’s not. It’s meetings with people, it’s forging alliances. It’s White House meetings and dinner parties that go on till midnight, and he should be sitting late at night now with senators and members of Congress and governors working together on how they‘re going to win this political fight that’s coming.

I don‘t have a sense that he’s ever had a meeting. I hear stories that you will not believe. “

Matthews went on to express his skepticism that the Obamas really want to be in the White House:

“Don’t you feel, I think everybody feels an absence of communication from the time he’s been elected. And it’s not about not being left-wing enough or too left. That’s not his problem. It’s connection. And Mrs. Obama, she’s an amazing asset. And what has she done? Obesity? How about connecting with the American people about being Americans? I don‘t think she’s, I don‘t think she’s happy. I don’t think they like being in the White House. The American people can tell that. They don’t seem thrilled at the fact the American people have selected them as our first family. I don’t sense the gratitude, the happiness level, the thrill of being president. Bill Clinton loved being president every minute and you knew it.”

 

Maybe because he has a successful book out now....he can afford to tell the truth and tell MSNBC to shove it.

to say the least. 



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