President Barack Obama/Vice-President Joe Biden Re-elected to 2nd Term Thread

[visionary]

I doubt that. There has been significant Snafus and mistakes that can be used against the President from this convention and likely more damaging than the Snafus and mistakes of the Republican convention.

I think this is a very questionable way of seeing things.
Most comments I've seen or heard on the conventions were that the DNC has been great, and the RNC has been ok other than Ryan's speech, which really gave them a lot of negative buzz.

[Elessar78]

Right now Romney believes in a below average chance of rain in Charlotte. Check back later to see what he believes.

[Monte51Coleman]

Nah if it was an All Star edition I'd assume you can put in your best candidates from history (This is Fantasy after all). You Bring a Clinton and we'de bring a Reagan, Your bring an FDR and we'd bring a Lincoln.

Nope, that's what happens when one assumes. This is my fantasy/hypothetical.

I'll stick with Clinton. Which Bush are you putting up?

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I think this is a very questionable way of seeing things.
Most comments I've seen or heard on the conventions were that the DNC has been great, and the RNC has been ok other than Ryan's speech, which really gave them a lot of negative buzz.

And Eastwood with his chair.

[greenspandan]

You mean like the "we all belong to the Government Homerun"? Or the God/Jerusalem homeruns (plural)?

the republicans are grasping. they're trying to make hay out of weather reports. in terms of political damage, nothing will top "old man yells at chair", which will probably end up the defining bizarro image of romney's failed campaign.

[twa]

yea but they are not as bad as twa

I thought I was a liberal?
tough crowd

[visionary]

And Eastwood with his chair.

Er...yes...and that.
I did see a lot of positive comments about Condi's speech.
But since she isn't running for anything or taking any cabinet positions anytime soon according to her, I'm not sure how much that helps.

[The Evil Genius]

We lost posters like Navy Dave and Sarge for whatever reason.

They weren't lost. Posters like that couldn't comprehend the board rules (repeatedly) and thus, we were eventually saved from their stupidity.

And yes, I recognize the irony of that statement.



---------- Post added September-6th-2012 at 02:48 PM ----------

BTW - am I the only one who thinks that calling today's version of the GOP the "Party of Lincoln" does a great disservice to Lincoln?

[Heisenberg]

[/COLOR]BTW - am I the only one who thinks that calling today's version of the GOP the "Party of Lincoln" does a great disservice to Lincoln?

It's pretty much a joke.

Despite what twa is trying to say in the Romney thread - the current GOP has moved quite a bit to the right.

Earlier in the decade I voted for Republicans that I thought were good candidates - it's becoming increasing hard for me to do so because the party is run by a bunch of lunatics.

[visionary]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...ical+Ticker%29

Excerpts: Kerry to extol Obama foreign policy record at DNC

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

Rep. John Lewis is speaking.


Very emotional.


Talking about his experiences in the Civil Rights movement and the GOPs voter supression tactics.

[RedskinsFan44]

I said it could be said (After GACOLBs ridiculous assertion).

There plenty of critical articles
Did You look?

These from the last two days.

http://reason.com/archives/2012/09/0...list-democrats
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vid...nd_a_miss.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/201...ed_289314.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/201...as_289280.html

Realclearpolitics posts opinion pieces from both sides. On any day you can find an article bashing either side, because punditry is an industry in this country. When was the last time Sean Hannity said he thought the Democrats did something good?

[Larry]

Nah if it was an All Star edition I'd assume you can put in your best candidates from history (This is Fantasy after all). You Bring a Clinton and we'de bring a Reagan, Your bring an FDR and we'd bring a Lincoln.

Yeah, but then Reagan and Lincoln would get a look at today's GOP, and change parties.

If the GOP didn't kick them out, first.

[RedskinsFan44]

I doubt that. There has been significant Snafus and mistakes that can be used against the President from this convention and likely more damaging than the Snafus and mistakes of the Republican convention.

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You mean like the "we all belong to the Government Homerun"? Or the God/Jerusalem homeruns (plural)?

The 10 pm to 11 pm Eastern time slot is what counts. Political junkies like us catch the fiasco that was the vote on the DNC platform, more people caught the Eastwood / Romney debacle or Clinton, and most just catch the highlights on the news or hear about it from their friends at work. That was why the Eastwood thing was so bad, nobody talked about what Romney said. This was his major speech before the election, and it was overshadowed by an old man yelling at a chair.

[Larry]

Yahoo: Steelworker Featured at DNC Didn't Work for Bain

The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as "former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital."

They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney's leadership.

But it turns out one of those employees never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital.

If you read the article, there's one of those political "well, if you look at it sideways, then it's kind of true" things in it.

But, still. Assume this is going to get hammered.

(And, IMO, rightfully so.)

[SnyderShrugged]

Aside from the platform Snafu (and that was a snafu, no matter how hard its spun), I think that the DNC has gone very smooth for them. I still think the planners messed up on the BOA stadium move and blaming the weather, but that doesnt say anything negative about the convention as a whole.

All in all, they did well from every person I have heard from who was there first had (and thats alot )