I'm not going to get in there with him:
"Obama makes late push for Democrats in Conn., Pa. governor races" by Jim Kuhnhenn | Associated Press November 03, 2014
PHILADELPHIA — President Obama’s final campaign swing of the midterm election season Sunday came down to part nostalgia tour and part test: Did he still have the chemistry with voters who gave him two terms as president to drive them to the ballot box one more time?
Short answer: no.
Seeking to mobilize his election coalition of young people, African-Americans, women, and Latinos, Obama made a last-minute push for votes in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
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And he's out campaigning for governors in friendly states?
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In Philadelphia, Obama appeared at a campaign rally for businessman Tom Wolf, the Democrat who pollsters say has the edge over Governor Tom Corbett, a Republican.
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Looks like a couple of wolves to me.
What is it with authority watching porn all day long on taxpayer dime?
‘‘There’s almost no economic measure where we’re not doing better,’’ the president told a crowd of about 5,500 people. But he acknowledged, ‘‘we’ve got so much more work to do.’’
He truly means that; he and his cla$$ are doing better, as are those they slave for.
Obama took a swipe at Corbett as a governor who has presided over lagging job growth, will not stand up for pay equity for women, and opposes an increase in the minimum wage. ‘‘We need leaders who understand the 21st century,’’ he said.
Although Wolf has emerged as the favorite in polls, Corbett was seizing on Obama’s appearance to portray the Democrat as a virtual Obama running mate, hoping that antipathy toward the president would drive more Republican voters to polls.
‘‘Voting for Tom Wolf would be like voting to make Obama Pennsylvania’s governor,’’ a new Corbett television ad said.
In Connecticut, Obama was seeking to save Governor Dannel Malloy from defeat in a neck-and-neck contest two days before the election.
Obama also made a case at the Bridgeport rally that many Americans are better off today than when he came into office and they should not let critics deter them from voting.
‘‘Despite all the cynicism, America is making progress,’’ Obama told the crowd of about 1,900. ‘‘Despite unyielding opposition, there are workers who have jobs today that didn’t have it before. There are families who have health insurance today that didn’t have it before.
He's gross.
“There are kids going to college today that didn’t have the opportunity to go to college before,’’ he said. “There are troops in Afghanistan now here with their families because of your vote.’’
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Honestly, his whole presidency has been a $cam.
Obama relied on the old rallying cries of hope and of being fired up and ready to go that branded his 2008 and 2012 contests. By his own wistful account, Sunday’s was probably his last ramble down the campaign trail for an election affecting his presidency.
(Cheers go up)
But on the weekend it was clear some things had changed. When Obama campaigned for Malloy in the closing days of the 2010 campaign, he filled Bridgeport’s Arena at Harbor Yard with 9,000, nearly five times more than his crowd Sunday.
Malloy and Foley are in a rematch of their 2010 race, which Malloy narrowly won.
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So Connecticut gets a Republican governor (not that it really matters).
Obama’s Bridgeport speech was interrupted at least four times by protesters seeking changes to the nation’s immigration laws.
Controlled opposition plants that were somehow allowed to be on the premises!!!!
‘‘I am sympathetic to those who are concerned about immigration,’’ Obama said. ‘‘It’s the other party that’s blocked it. Unfortunately, folks get frustrated and they want to yell at everybody.’’
I'm not yelling at everybody. I'm yelling at you!
Obama’s appearances highlighted competing pressures on the president as he balances his unpopularity in states where Democrats face tough Republican challenges and the need for Democrats to energize crucial elements of their voting bloc.
After taking them for granted and betraying them?
I ought to know. I'm one. That's why I tilt Republican/Tea Party now, inasmuch as I self-identify with the false paradigm of propaganda pre$$ politics.
My reasoning is I always saw Republicans coming at me with a knife; it's the Democrats plunging it into the back as they have a hand around your shoulder telling you they are your buddy. That's why I am the way I am.
Obama has focused this past week’s appearances on candidates for governor in states that he carried in both of his presidential runs.
The whiff of failure.
On Saturday, he headlined a rally in Detroit for Senate candidate Gary Peters and for Mark Schauer, who is running for governor, and earlier last week he campaigned in Wisconsin, Maine, and Rhode Island.
Though any Democratic losses probably would raise questions about the strength of his popularity even among his biggest fans, Democrats said not campaigning carried bigger downsides.
‘‘There is a bigger risk in not doing everything he can to hold a Senate majority and elect Democratic governors,’’ said Ben LaBolt, national spokesman for Obama’s 2012 campaign. ‘‘Republicans are likely to say he didn’t perform to 2008 and 2012 levels regardless.’’
What if he is hurting the cause wherever he goes. I mean, the guy is toxic.
Democrats outnumber Republicans in Connecticut, so motivating core voters was essential for Malloy’s survival against Foley.
Michelle Obama, who campaigned for Malloy on Thursday, called him an ‘‘instrumental partner’’ of the president, and she cited Malloy’s success in raising the minimum wage and with the state’s rollout of the federal health law.
Which the federal still owes reimbursement $$$.
Foley got a boost Sunday when conservative candidate Joe Visconti, a gun rights advocate, dropped out of the race and threw his support behind the Republican.
Foley predicted that Visconti’s withdrawal will help him. ‘‘It’s uniting everybody who’s interested in change in Connecticut and getting rid of Malloy and moving the state forward,’’ he said. Visconti will still appear on the ballot.
The two Connecticut candidates appeared earlier in the day for their final televised forum.
During the forum, Foley said he would push to eliminate the state’s income tax on people’s Social Security earnings and on teachers’ pensions.
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