08 Presidential Elections

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BabaOReilly said:
Let's hope that Obama's slogan, "Yes We Can" inspires others... I read this yesterday and I swear my eyes welled up:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/12/a_head_with_a_heart/


This is the stuff that makes a country great- when its citizens work together to help each other. Yeah, I know that sounds pretty trite, but like you've all said, how many people are just going to sit back and hope the new golden boy will solve all their problems? He said "Yes we can", not "Yes I can." ;)
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YUP, he's the man, thank's for that link Baba he's so focused and on target, he's amazing and good news here in California, we've already got some of the stimulus pkg. and it's for fixing freeways, roads, bridges, and will generate hundred of jobs. It's been all over our news:)and on fixing New Orelans he will do that, right now I think his plan is the ecomony the health care and getting jobs for people and the bank bailout, N.O. was Bush's mess, but we do have celebrities like Brad Pitt helping out down there. Building new homes I saw them fantastic, Obama will get around to that down the line. first things first:bolian:
 
President Obama was in California for two days, and will appear on Jay Leno tonight. He was in Orange County and spoke at a town hall meeting in Costa Mesa:bolian:2,000 people got free tickes to see him~

MODERATE DEMOCRATS KEY TO PARTY SUCCESS

Political chatterers are atwitter about whether Rush Limbaugh should speak for the Republicans, but Democrats shouldn't derive too much pleasure from their opponents woes. They'd better worry about whether Barack Obama is setting up their party for defeat in the 2010 midterm elections. It's almost impossible to write those words given Obama's popularity and Republicans aimlessness. But that's exactly why Democrats should fret. Presidents often make the wrong moves when they have the mojo, not when they've lost it. On his way out, George W Bush said he should have tried to reform immigration, not Social Security, after his 2004 re-election. Bill Clinton made his own miscalculation by tackling health care before Americans were ready. Those calls cost them, but they didn't carry the risks that President Obama faces today. He could throttle the economy's recovery by so ratching up the federal spending that investors no longer believe we can control deficits. If that happens, and I sincerly hope it doesn't, America will look like Argentina during it's debt crisis. And Democrats will go south fast. Democratic moderators like Sen. Evan Bayh are pivitol, With many of their jobs on the line in 2010, they're naturally the ones to tone down Obama's ambitions. do they really want to be the ones on whose watch the deficit doubled, which is what will happen next year under Obama's budget. Here, then is a suggestion for Democratic moderates : Instead of working on getting more Americans health plans, push to overhaul Social Security and put some savings in the bank. Investors would see that we are serious about our $56 trillion long-term debt, largely a function of too many promises to Social Security and Medicare. That debt portends a much bigger crisis than this one. Republicans could help, but Democrats moderates really hold the keys to the kingsdom. Democrats don't need Republicans to pass Obama's spending outline by their April 3rd deadline. But they can't pass it--or anything else--without the moderates. They control the Democrats destiny, which faces it's own surprising perils! [one mans opinion]

McCLATCH-TRIBUNE NEWS by William McKenzie
 
DON'T SNIPE AT OBAMA

This letter is in response form another letter sniping Obama, the other letter was refering to Presdent Obama's itinerary, last week that included stops in Orange County and not the Inland Empire [Riverside and San Bernardino] and ended by saying 'That mystique and aura is going to wear off, if attention is not paid to our counties". The next day, I read a quote from California Repulican Party spokesman Hector Barajas, "Obama should forsake campaign-style stops and stay in Washington to work directly on solving the economic downturn" So which is it, Republicans? Stay in Washington or come out to our region? Obama has been in office barely 8 weeks, and the Republican Party still engages in partisan politics. What do Republicans think the president is doing? He passed a stimulus bill that will help create jobs, but Republicans feel that this was wasteful spending. Obama is also trying to do something about the foreclosure mess, which is a huge problem in this area. What did the previous president do about the economy? He was obessed with the war. I never heard [namewitheld] criticize former George Bush for how he neglected the economy. I'm confident that Obama will continue to focus on the economy, and I'm cofident that he will visit our Inland Empire. For God's sake, he hasn't been president that long:confused:another opinion

namewitheld
Fontana, CA.
 
WOW the President and first lady were and are big hits in Britain, "Michelle mania" everything under the sun was mentioned about her and her clothes and the Queen was quite smitten with them both:bolian:

ARTICLE and you can vote whether you thought it was OK for Michelle to touch the queen, or not~
 
Mr. Obama was a big hit in Europe as was the first lady Michelle:bolian: and the surprise visit to our troops in Baghdad, how awesome was that? they were so thrilled, he's so cool:) and

OBAMA BECOMES THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO HOLD A SEDER ceremonial dinner for Passover~

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I got tickets to see Obama when he comes to Arizona State University in May! I can't wait! It pays having family members who are alumni!

This man truly is great. I think he doing an amazing job and is exceeding everyone's expectations. I will say thought, that I have heard enough about the damn dog! I swear! I know that it may be a big deal to some people, but I am intersted in the more straining issues.
 
^ Oh, I'm so with you about the dog! But I think the media's inability to stop talking about what she's wearing is even worse!

Really? Have they looked at this woman's credentials? Do they honestly think a person like her is most interesting for what she's wearing every minute of the day? I'd be insulted. :rolleyes:
 
Didn't think of it that way! She is a brilliant woman. Bright, beautiful, and yes has a snazzy fashion sense. But is that really the greatest aspect of her life? No. I agree. I would be insulted as well. Another thing that is pathetic is the fact that her fashion sense would make or break some people's opinions about her.
 
^I can definitely understand people's frustration with less consequential elements of presidential life. Nonetheless, I think a big part of the appeal is that it gives people something brighter to look to about what's going on in politics. There's only so much depressing political news people can handle. Discussing relatively minor details makes it easier for regular people to relate to the First Family, I suspect. If anything, the gossip about them seems reminiscent of everything I've heard about the Kennedy Camelot years.

I'm not as sure about the coverage of Michelle's clothes, which I haven't really been following, but stuff about the dog seems like a light spot that people can look to in difficult times. Also, not every American is going to read about political topics that they may or may not understand, but the dog is something that everyone can understand. As such, it's a way for the White House to get positive PR that reaches out to a lot more people than would be possible with actual policy items. Basically, soft news will always sell, even when it's about important people. The Obamas are the most important family in the country (probably in the world) at this point, but, as such, they're also huge celebrities.

That said, I don't think that this type of news will ever surprise me. In DC, stuff like that is what makes up the gossip page. We don't have Broadway or Hollywood; our celebrities are, for the most part, of a political sort, so the 'Reliable Source' (the Post's local gossip column) has always centered around that sort of detail in politicians' lives. We had coverage of Laura Bush's wardrobe, et al as well.
 
I personally love seeing her and what she's wearing, she's a big hit, and people love to see her sense of fashion, and the dog, is adorable and I love that they show him BO good boy:thumbsup:, he's a "goofy puppy" so we can watch his antics, and how the first family is dealing with him. And now he's in Mexico, to help bond their country with ours. He's so awesome and I love everything about him, and I know he'll pull his promises off:)we just have to be patient and wait and it'll happen~
 
From a subscriber in our daily paper~

WAITING FOR FAILURE

I hate to be the bearer of bad news for the Republicans, but it now appears that the standard-bearer for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination will be the tired old retread none other than Newt Gringrich. They have to run somebody! the surely don't want to "waste" a potential top performer such as Sen. Bobby Jindal or even Gov. Sarah Palin:klingon: on an almost certain Obama re-election. In recent weeks Obama has appeared to get his presidential "legs" under him as he deals with trouble spots around the world. In addressing Iran, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, No. Korea and the pirate situation near the horn of Africa, he has shown a quiet resolve. Although Obama has not had to deal with anything approaching the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, he has shown a tough, but strong quiet manner. Republican commentary has been somewhat muted as of lately. I suppose you could translate that into a decision by party leaders that negative criticism would not be in the GOP's best interest at this time. Maybe they feel that they need to wait and see if Obama makes a hugh mistake before blasting him. They have nearly 4 years for something major to go wrong, and something almost certaily will go wrong. When Obama makes his first big fumble, the GOP will be standing on the sidelines hollering See, we told you so:scream:

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namewitheld
Riverside, Ca.
 
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Here's a article about OBAMA'S first 100 days in office and how the public is voting about his policies and how he's doing. There is a poll a ways down so vote, and there's also a test on thngs you know he's done in the past 100 days. I scored 8 out of 10:bolian:

OBAMA'S FIRST 100 DAYS
 
From another reader in our local paper~

Socialist nonsense
I'm getting so tired of Republicans charges that everything President Barack Obama is doing to save out economy is "socialist" It reminds me of the dark days of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Then anyopne wo did not agree with his draconian views was a "copmmunist". I guess trying to save our auto industry and rebuild our infrastructure [which as not been done since the Eisenhower administration] is the them "socialist" The party's poll ratings are at an all time low. The more Republicans attack Obama, the more popular he becomes. The frustration of the opposition is clearly seen by the attacks of it's party heads. I am of course referring to Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity:klingon:

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name witheld
Hemet, CA.
 
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