Obama Goes For the GOP Strongholds.

i just wanted to rub up on ya for a second. have a good day.

You're a tease. Love it! :P

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Doyle I <~~~~~

Doyle, you lucky dog.

Oh, good article.

"Doyle, you lucky dog."

No argument from me Ron! :)

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Doyle I <~~~~~

"....you never backed the policies . . ...'

4 months is a long time to hold on to a good rage.

Obama has a good chance to redraw some of the lines. A 50 state strategy and the money execute it can win in November.

If you've never seen a woman mad for 4 months, you ain't lived long enough. I am certain there are many female Clinton supporters who were in it just because she is female and policy is secondary. They may or may not come around, but McCain as protest vote or viable alternative is not a likely outcome. They may just stay home.

I am looking forward to the Obama juggernaut. His young troops must be psyched up and now the entire Dem machine will be engaged.

Excellent, Doyle.

I want national health care, but I do not trust Obama on foreign affairs.

Obama's association with Reverend Wright and other strange characters along with some of his comments leave me spell bound. I can't vote for this man.

I still want somebody else. Hey, Doyle, why don't you run for president, you'd have my vote!

"A 50 state strategy and the money execute it can win in November. "
It will likely include some...like Montana and Alaska...but this forces McSame to expend limited resources defending what would normally be a gimmee. I suspect that reality will intervene to some degree and limit some locales . . . but I LOVE he's not just writing off the typical RepubliCON bastions!

"...but McCain as protest vote or viable alternative is not a likely outcome. "
As a matter of fact, almost 20% have said exactly that. Some even here on Gather.

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Doyle I <~~~~~

Thank you Melissa!

"I want national health care, but I do not trust Obama on foreign affairs."
You have any reason for this distrust? McSame will not cover health care. Period.

"Obama's association with Reverend Wright and other strange characters along with some of his comments leave me spell bound."
9 second sound bites taken entirely out of context from a 20 minute sermon and played endlessly work pretty good, don't they? In the meantime, I suggest (strongly) that you read his historic speech (it's not too long) and let me know what, if anything, is in it that you disagree with.

Link to text of speech

"I can't vote for this man. "
Because you really don't know this man.

"I still want somebody else. "
So do others . . . Kucinich comes to mind. Unfortunately, there IS nobody else.

"Hey, Doyle, why don't you run for president, you'd have my vote! "
LoL! Thanks, but not likely. I'm an arrogant, obnoxious little jack-*ss at times. I'd last two minutes before I'd refer to the GOP as filthy, corrupt, anti-American maggots and when an apology was demanded I'd apologize to maggots everywhere! LoL!

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Doyle I <~~~~~

Why are so many people worried about Obama and foreign policy?

For God's sake - McInsane will screw up just like Bush.

Killing, war, debt. Wrong argument.

Next.

"Why are so many people worried about Obama and foreign policy?"

The GOP counts on fear to get elected. Nobody elese can keep you safe. LoL!

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Doyle I <~~~~~

Oooh Goody! Spineless Cowards and their DB1s. I'm somebody!

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Doyle I <~~~~~

Apologizing to the maggots? I think they would need more thatn an apology, perhaps some dead meat to snack on.
I will vote for Obama. I cannot stand the thought of a republican in office at this point. I am just not ready to see that again for a long time.

The GOP is gone for a while! :) Thanks Grems!

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Doyle I <~~~~~

He has been campaigning very intelligently and keeping his head when many a temper flared. That argues excellent qualities in a leader including those pertinent to having a mature foreign policy.

Senator Obama is a brilliant man and already established as an amazing leader! His presidency will establish new standards for all leaders throughout the globe. I believe this with all of my heart. Until I heard him speak at the 2004 convention I was an incurable cynic.

why anyone would waste their time and vote on McCan't is beyond my comprehension,but then i actually USE my brain....yeah, i be sexy AND intelligent!!!...hehehe....

here's a wink n' a rub at cha',Ron B. ;>

peace,bay bay 2

The only republican that is not underestimating him is Sen McCain. The rest of them is thinking that he will run like a Democrat. But as Clinton found out he is lot smarter then people think.

Bill,

What solutions do you suggest?

I hate to say it but the Dems have only had a slim majority for one and a half years. For fourteen years, it was the Republicans who set the taxes. The tax structure works for an elite few but not for the average middle class worker, Bill. Some things need to change. It's time to consider a Democratic candidate. The Republicans had their chance. Their ideas didn't work out.

I enjoyed this article but I just don't have the energy to get involved in a political thread tonight.

I will be voting for Obama in November.

That Obama will try to gain votes in "red" states shows he knows he has some serious problems in "blue" states too. Its one thing to call him brilliant as you do while simply disparaging his non supporters but to say this on the grounds of his deciding to expand his base is a weak reed.

"...Clinton to expose vulnerabilities in Mr. Obama..." is an understatement. He did poorly in many sectors Democrats traditionally count on. Though Clinton is no conservative or even a moderate, she was more to the middle than Obama and her solid support showed the uneasiness in those population groups. Jewish, older voters, males, whites (esp ethnics/Catholics) and non college grads all voted heavily for her. While Obama has locked up the black vote, they vote Democrat anyway. In no states that are not already Democrat leaning, do they make up enough of a factor to change that state's likely November outcome.

McCain should be behind by double digits as Obama has dominated the news for months now, obviously he is not. Though I feel McCain to be just as poor as choice for president as Obama, I think that he will bloody Obama (with his own gift for verbal gaffes for ammunition) during this election. No matter who wins, this election promises to be a narrow win for the victor as far too many Americans are just not impressed with their choices.

The policies closest to Clinton's. Case closed Clinton supporters . . . if you can't back Barack, you never backed the policies . . . just the person.

Exactly. I don't even think violent often, but when I hear Clinton supporters say they'll vote for McCain since she didn't win the nomination I want to smack them.

Bill B.
You don't have a leg to stand on.

Please explain how, since Republican's have had nearly complete control of this country for almost 8 years, and a major control over it for almost 28 years, why are things so f*cked up currently?

In fact, the only time we saw a real healthy economy was when a Democratic President was in charge. Facts are facts, Bill, and the facts say that the Republicans have run this country into the ground! Give them four more years, and they will destroy it.

I voted for Ronald Reagan, and I kick myself in the ass now, every time I think about that. But I woke up. I see what is going on around me. I see the brainwashing that I had and people like you have. I can only wish there was something more I could do.

Noticed your comment about C exposes Os vulnerabilites, but I feel like it cuts both ways - means he's had more time to work on his responses already. Good article.

Sheila is quite correct in pointing out that the primary race was a trial by fire of sorts and that has given Obama some idea about the barrage to follow, and some prep time not available to Sen. McCain. Well written, inciteful article, though I suspect the enthusiasm will wane in some stronghold states with very little substance to add, like South Dakota, since the work needed for the less than a handful of electors truly does make it a meaningless state.

Bruce.

I backed Kucinich in the primaries, but am now an Obama supporter. I hope he picks a great running mate.

Doyle, a great article, thoughtful and just edgy enough. :)

If you're a Clinton supporter and Clinton tells you to go and vote for Obama, what do you do? Prove that you never really supported her, you just didn't like the black guy with the Muslim middle name?

I hope few people will be that stupid.

You silver tonged devil;-)

"Well first of all no matter how much we all bitch about healthcare we're not socialists and when push comes to shove we're not really going to be OK with the federal governemnt taking fifty percent of our income to fund the Democrats utopian healthcare system, that includes illegals by the way. "

No. We're not socialists. Duhhh. NO country is. So? That means we have to let our people die in the streets? Our "Socialist" Fire Departments seem to be working ok for you and the "Socialist" medical coverage used by the Resident "President" can't be THAT bad if he's not dumping it for the privatized care, eh? StOOpid argument. By the way, it's LESS expensive to cover everyone, not MORE expensive . . . check you facts. While you're doing that give me the source of that 50% of our income figure you just pulled from some place where the sun doesn't shine, ok?

"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. "
Unlike the GOP who just BORROW but spend even more, right? Regulate it? How's the FDA looking today . . . or when the spinach had E-Coli . . . or when the lettuce had E-coli . . . or when the Beef had E-Coli. They do a fifth of the work they used to do because "regulation" is a dirty word. The "Market" will balance after they kill too many people they'll lose sales and get more responsible, right? Fricken' GENIUS! In the meantime you talk about subsidizing things but I see no bitching about the very REAL corporate welfare just spewed pablum about illegals getting welfare without (shocker) any sources for any "information"

Thanks for the non-thinking echo-chamber, Fox news BS . . . (*rolls eyes*) . . . never heard THAT before! LMAO ! !

"For fourteen years, it was the Republicans who set the taxes. "
We cannot do anything because they filibuster to be certain they can point and say "Look, they did nothing!" And they're not raising taxes people . . . they're letting the absurd tax cuts for the filthy rich expire . . . as scheduled!

So . . . doesn't it strike you as a tad rascist to suggest that Obama gets the balck vote? You neglected to mention the huge turnout of new voters and the enormous appeal to the youth and the college people (though you did point out the uneducated, blue collar types did seem to go towards Clinton). You seem to think the Blue collar workers who supported Clinton will now just go McInsane instead and vote against what they believe. Naive.


Thanks Bruce, Birdie and Sheila!

"I hope few people will be that stupid."
Some will . . . not enough though!

Hi Don!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~