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Heard someone ask that question this morning. He's nearby. The candidate needs him. Maybe he thinks the gov is going to be reelected and doesn't want the taint associated with him?
And isn't this supposed to be a predictor for November according to Democrats?
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Cheese summit of peace
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Heard someone ask that question this morning. He's nearby. The candidate needs him. Maybe he thinks the gov is going to be reelected and doesn't want the taint associated with him?
And isn't this supposed to be a predictor for November according to Democrats?
Obama is the kiss of death for people. He is toxic
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Obama is the kiss of death for people. He is toxic
He has shown he doesn't have any coattails (Olympics, 2010 elections, etc.) I suspect he knows things will not go well and is avoiding the race.
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He has shown he doesn't have any coattails (Olympics, 2010 elections, etc.) I suspect he knows things will not go well and is avoiding the race.
Corzine, Coakley, all the people in the mid terms, etc.
no one wants to be near obama this election cycle.
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There's Bill. Where's Obama??
(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/06/02/t1larg.bill.clinton.scott.walker.june2.jpg)
President Bill Clinton campaigned in Wisconsin on Friday with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Lt. Gov: Obama skipping Wisconsin recall 'speaks volumes'
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CNN's Chris Welch
Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) - President Barack Obama's absence in Wisconsin to campaign for the Republican governor's challenger "speaks volumes," and is a troubling sign for Democrats, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch said.
In an interview with CNN on Friday, Kleefisch was asked about former President Bill Clinton's stop in the state that day.
She said Democrats believe Tuesday's recall election is "a dry run for the presidential race."
Kleefisch then transitioned to Obama.
"What's more obvious is that the president himself - the current president - is not in town," she said. "And that, to me, speaks volumes, his absence."
Asked to elaborate, she went a bit further.
"I think what it says specifically is that the president doesn't want to be associated with a losing campaign, and Tom Barrett's campaign right now doesn't have a whole lot of facts to stand on."
Clinton urged Wisconsin Democrats to vote for Barrett in Tuesday's recall election, saying Gov. Scott Walker has led the state without honest negotiation.
Walker, Kleefisch and four state senators are on the recall ballot.
Walker and GOP allies in the state legislature voted in January 2011 to limit raises for public employees, except police and firefighters, to the rate of inflation. They also moved to bar unions from deducting dues from workers' paychecks.
Kleefisch spoke at an evening rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity and the Tea Party Express. She was not officially on the schedule for the event, but her aides said she had an unrelated event nearby.
Asked how she was feeling, given the fact that Wisconsin residents could vote her out of office in a few days, Kleefisch said she's "not afraid to lose."
"I don't think the governor or I is afraid to lose because we've done what has been right for our state, for our children, and for all the sons and daughters of Wisconsin."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/02/lt-gov-obama-skipping-wisconsin-recall-speaks-volumes/
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All signs point to the far-leftist alliance losing on Tuesday so President Foodstamp has been doing everything in his power to avoid it.
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Obama needs to worry about his own losing campaign.
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Because he sees the writing on the wall in Wisconsin and is hoping that if he disaccociates from the pro union sentiment in Wisconsin that it somehow will not carry over to the general election against him.
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Because he sees the writing on the wall in Wisconsin and is hoping that if he disaccociates from the pro union sentiment in Wisconsin that it somehow will not carry over to the general election against him.
That's it.
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Obama's last-minute virtual weigh-in on the Wisconsin recall
latimes.com ^ | June 5, 2012 | Melanie Mason
Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:18:10 PM by Free ThinkerNY
Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin has been imbued with national consequence, with many political watchers declaring the outcome could have significant implications for November’s presidential race.
So how has President Obama weighed in? On Twitter.
“It's Election Day in Wisconsin tomorrow, and I'm standing by Tom Barrett. He'd make an outstanding governor,” Obama wrote Monday night, capping the Tweet with the “-bo” signature that denotes a “personal” tweet from the president himself.
It was the only time the president personally has voiced support for Barrett, the former Milwaukee mayor seeking to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker, since Barrett won the Democratic primary in early May. The president has not made any appearances in the state, nor has his campaign invested significant resources in the race.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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So much for Obama putting on his marching shoes and joining the union bubbas.
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Obama's last-minute virtual weigh-in on the Wisconsin recall
latimes.com ^ | June 5, 2012 | Melanie Mason
Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:18:10 PM by Free ThinkerNY
Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin has been imbued with national consequence, with many political watchers declaring the outcome could have significant implications for November’s presidential race.
So how has President Obama weighed in? On Twitter.
“It's Election Day in Wisconsin tomorrow, and I'm standing by Tom Barrett. He'd make an outstanding governor,” Obama wrote Monday night, capping the Tweet with the “-bo” signature that denotes a “personal” tweet from the president himself.
It was the only time the president personally has voiced support for Barrett, the former Milwaukee mayor seeking to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker, since Barrett won the Democratic primary in early May. The president has not made any appearances in the state, nor has his campaign invested significant resources in the race.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Oh that's funny. He was right next door but didn't make a personal appearance.
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So much for Obama putting on his marching shoes and joining the union bubbas.
He'll put on his marching shoes for anyone dropping some serious coin into his campaign coffers.
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:D
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Obama— “I will put on my marching shoes”— is a no show in Wisconsin
By: Alan Maki Monday June 4, 2012 9:59 am
http://my.firedoglake.com/alanmaki/2012/06/04/obama-i-will-put-on-my-marching-shoes-is-a-no-show-in-wisconsin
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Barack Obama is a no show in Wisconsin:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/us/politics/walker-recall-battle-may-hurt-obama.html?_r=1&hp
“He’s got a very big job as president,” said former Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat and one of Mr. Obama’s earliest supporters four years ago. “As important as the recall is, in the big picture, it’s much more important to get Barack Obama re-elected.”
Since this is the thinking of all the big-shots in the Democratic Party, one has to wonder aloud and ask the question:
Why were Democrats and their hacks in the labor movement so anxious to push working people out of the streets and getting them to view the election of Democrats as being the solution to their problems?
Here we have it from none other than Jim Doyle:
Getting Obama re-elected is more important than the rights, livelihoods and lives of working people.
How pathetic.
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Maybe he doesn't need to?
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/walker-obama-romney-polls/2012/06/06/id/441373 (http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/walker-obama-romney-polls/2012/06/06/id/441373)
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Wisc. Exit Polls: Obama Leads Romney by 51-44
While Scott Walker ultimately prevailed in his race against Democratic nominee Tom Barrett, securing 53 percent of the vote to Barrett’s 46 percent, exit poll data indicated that Wisconsin voters are inclined to re-elect President Barack Obama by a similar margin, with 51 percent of respondents voicing support for a second Obama term, and only 44 percent expressing a desire to oust the president.
Eighteen percent of Walker’s voters said they intended to vote for President Obama over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the fall, according to the National Journal.
Although Wisconsin is considered a bona-fide swing state, the last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was President Ronald Reagan in his 1984 re-election landslide. Democrats have carried the state in each of the last six presidential elections.
In spite of Republicans’ setbacks in Wisconsin at the presidential level, Walker secured a strong victory from voters who said that officeholders should only be recalled due to official misconduct.
The contours of the Wisconsin recall electorate closely mirrored turnout patterns in 2010, with Walker successfully reassembling the coalition that powered him to victory two years ago. The governor secured 59 percent of the male vote, slightly higher than the 57 percent of males he won in 2010. He also won 57 percent of white voters, a slight improvement on his performance two years ago when he carried 55 percent of the white vote.
Party turnout was about evenly matched, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats by a single point. And while each candidate carried the lion’s share of their respective partisans — fewer than 10 percent of either Republicans or Democrats crossed party lines in the recall election —Walker’s victory was secured with the help of independent voters, who preferred the Republican by nine percentage points.
Because the recall was triggered by Walker’s push to limit the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions, many observers expected union voters to play an operative role in the outcome of Tuesday’s election. While Walker managed to win only 38 percent of voters from union households, his 61 percent showing among non-union households was more than enough to provide a comfortable margin of victory.
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Maybe he doesn't need to?
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/walker-obama-romney-polls/2012/06/06/id/441373 (http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/walker-obama-romney-polls/2012/06/06/id/441373)
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Wisc. Exit Polls: Obama Leads Romney by 51-44
While Scott Walker ultimately prevailed in his race against Democratic nominee Tom Barrett, securing 53 percent of the vote to Barrett’s 46 percent, exit poll data indicated that Wisconsin voters are inclined to re-elect President Barack Obama by a similar margin, with 51 percent of respondents voicing support for a second Obama term, and only 44 percent expressing a desire to oust the president.
Eighteen percent of Walker’s voters said they intended to vote for President Obama over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the fall, according to the National Journal.
Although Wisconsin is considered a bona-fide swing state, the last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was President Ronald Reagan in his 1984 re-election landslide. Democrats have carried the state in each of the last six presidential elections.
In spite of Republicans’ setbacks in Wisconsin at the presidential level, Walker secured a strong victory from voters who said that officeholders should only be recalled due to official misconduct.
The contours of the Wisconsin recall electorate closely mirrored turnout patterns in 2010, with Walker successfully reassembling the coalition that powered him to victory two years ago. The governor secured 59 percent of the male vote, slightly higher than the 57 percent of males he won in 2010. He also won 57 percent of white voters, a slight improvement on his performance two years ago when he carried 55 percent of the white vote.
Party turnout was about evenly matched, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats by a single point. And while each candidate carried the lion’s share of their respective partisans — fewer than 10 percent of either Republicans or Democrats crossed party lines in the recall election —Walker’s victory was secured with the help of independent voters, who preferred the Republican by nine percentage points.
Because the recall was triggered by Walker’s push to limit the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions, many observers expected union voters to play an operative role in the outcome of Tuesday’s election. While Walker managed to win only 38 percent of voters from union households, his 61 percent showing among non-union households was more than enough to provide a comfortable margin of victory.
LOL!!!!! Keep believing that crap. The race is tied in Wisconsin. The same exit polls had the race tied w barrett and walker and walker won by 7.
Do you not understand that?
Obama is going to get landslided possibly worse than Mondale at this rate.
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LOL!!!!! Keep believing that crap. The race is tied in Wisconsin. The same exit polls had the race tied w barrett and walker and walker won by 7.
Do you not understand that?
Obama is going to get landslided possibly worse than Mondale at this rate.
I would like to think so, but facts keep getting in the way.
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I would like to think so, but facts keep getting in the way.
LOL!!!! Damn are you dense.
THE SAME EXIT POLL HAD THE RACE TIED AND WALKER WON BY 7!
THE EXIT POLL WAS WRONG!
Why can't you understand that?
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Now we know why. They (Obama folks) read the tea leaves. They knew Walker was going to win and that Obama cannot move the masses. He's toxic.
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why should he?
he's ahead of Mitt in polls.
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why should he?
he's ahead of Mitt in polls.
LOL!!!!
Because Obama himself promised to get his marching shoes on and stand w the unions. And no, he is not ahead. Obama is going down like Mondale at this rate.
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why should he?
he's ahead of Mitt in polls.
Because it was a test run for November.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Calls Wisconsin "Test Run" For November
This morning on "State of the Union," DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated that Wisconsin's June 5th recall election is a "test run" for November.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday classified Democratic efforts in the Wisconsin recall election as a “test run” for the presidential race.
“It’s given the Obama for America operation an opportunity to do the dry run we need of our massive, significant dynamic grassroots presidential campaign,” the Florida representative said of the battleground state on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
"Why is it so dead even at this point?" asked an incredulous Candy Crowley. "Does it not say that a lot of the American people don't agree that this has been a great success?"
Wasserman Schultz has since tried to walk back her remark on Twitter.
Considering that Gov. Scott Walker, along with his second in command, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, has an estimated $154 million-dollar surplus, reforms they've enacted have saved the state nearly $1 billion, saved teacher jobs, and businesses are hiring again, I'd say there's a clear reason why: the reforms worked. They worked so well that Wisconsin Democrats are pretending that this election is simply a re-do of 2010, not the "repeal the reforms" on which they based this recall. Republicans are leading in the polls, and although it will be close, big labor spent too much money and bussed in too many protesters to be this far behind. They're preparing to step up the campaign fight and drop some major coin in the week before the recall.
If Wisconsin is a dry run for the Obama campaign in 2012, the administration better start packing their bags.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/27/DBW-calls-wisconsin-test-run
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Because it was a test run for November.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Calls Wisconsin "Test Run" For November
This morning on "State of the Union," DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated that Wisconsin's June 5th recall election is a "test run" for November.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday classified Democratic efforts in the Wisconsin recall election as a “test run” for the presidential race.
“It’s given the Obama for America operation an opportunity to do the dry run we need of our massive, significant dynamic grassroots presidential campaign,” the Florida representative said of the battleground state on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
"Why is it so dead even at this point?" asked an incredulous Candy Crowley. "Does it not say that a lot of the American people don't agree that this has been a great success?"
Wasserman Schultz has since tried to walk back her remark on Twitter.
Considering that Gov. Scott Walker, along with his second in command, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, has an estimated $154 million-dollar surplus, reforms they've enacted have saved the state nearly $1 billion, saved teacher jobs, and businesses are hiring again, I'd say there's a clear reason why: the reforms worked. They worked so well that Wisconsin Democrats are pretending that this election is simply a re-do of 2010, not the "repeal the reforms" on which they based this recall. Republicans are leading in the polls, and although it will be close, big labor spent too much money and bussed in too many protesters to be this far behind. They're preparing to step up the campaign fight and drop some major coin in the week before the recall.
If Wisconsin is a dry run for the Obama campaign in 2012, the administration better start packing their bags.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/27/DBW-calls-wisconsin-test-run
The leftists have not a clue as to what is coming. Obama and his Choom Gang of incompetent leftists never imagined things would turn out so badly for them and be forced to running re-election in an economy this disastrous.
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why should he?
he's ahead of Mitt in polls.
lolzer.
the top dog never swings down ;)
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lolzer.
the top dog never swings down ;)
LOL - keep lying to yourself like this. Same as Crist, same as Carolyn Kennedy, same as walker, same as everything else.
He is going to get landslided.
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It gets better. Ed Schultz, after burning through a few dozen boxes of Kleenex, is angrily trying to explain away the reason why 38% of union members (according to an exit polls) voted for Walker.
His answer: They're bitter clingers to guns and religion.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/06/07/schultz_on_wis_obama_was_right_people_clinging_to_their_guns_and_religion.html
And people why we get such a kick out watching them get the brakes beaten off them.
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It gets better. Ed Schultz, after burning through a few dozen boxes of Kleenex, is angrily trying to explain away the reason why 38% of union members (according to an exit polls) voted for Walker.
His answer: They're bitter clingers to guns and religion.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/06/07/schultz_on_wis_obama_was_right_people_clinging_to_their_guns_and_religion.html
And people why we get such a kick out watching them get the brakes beaten off them.
They simply don't get it.
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LOL - keep lying to yourself like this. Same as Crist, same as Carolyn Kennedy, same as walker, same as everything else.
He is going to get landslided.
scoot brown 41, i remember that one too.
obama whitey tape.
mccains' imternal polls the day before the election saying he woudl win.
brietbart bombshell to dethrone obama
sheriff press conference about obama
issa to have holder and obama in shackles.
we've all been dumbshit wrong a few times, champ.
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lolzer.
the top dog never swings down ;)
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i'm voting for Romney over obama. This is the 2nd time I'm answering you on this Q.
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Obama Defends Lack Of Pre-Recall WI Visits: Busy With ‘A Lot Of Responsibilities’ (Video)
Mediaite ^ | June 11,2012 | Andrew Kirell
Posted on June 11, 2012 7:41:57 PM EDT by Hojczyk
In an interview Monday with WBAY Green Bay (CBS), President Barack Obama explained his lack of appearances in Wisconsin in the months leading up to last week’s recall election, saying that he is busy with “a lot of responsibilities” and “would have loved to see a different result.”
Obama has been criticized by Democrats for doing little more than tweeting his support for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett‘s failed attempt to unseat Republican Governor Scott Walker in the recall election.
I was supportive of Tom and have been supportive of Tom. Obviously, I would have loved to see a different result, but the broader principle is that we want an economy that is not focused on a few at the top, but is a broad-based economy that invests in our future, that makes sure we’ve got a strong education system that is thinking about workers and their ability to pay their bills. Something in everything I do shows those are values I care about deeply. And we’re gonna be fighting very hard in Wisconsin, just like we have in the past, to make sure that’s the kind of government people get.
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Obamadashian was too busy raising cash to put on his marching shoes for the Wisconsin mayor.
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Obama: I couldn’t go to Wisconsin to campaign against Scott Walker because I was busy with stuff
Hot Air.com ^ | June 11, 2012 | ALLAHPUNDIT
Via Mediaite, actual quote: “As president of the United States, I’ve got a lot of responsibilities.” Responsibilities? Wasn’t he golfing on Saturday, May 26, ten days before the election? In fact, wasn’t he right next door to Wisconsin in Minnesota and Illinois the Friday before the polls opened? I do believe he was. Let’s see what important presidential responsibilities he was tending to that day:
On Friday, he visited Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a midday speech and three fundraisers. He departed late afternoon for Chicago and three more fundraisers that evening. The president stayed overnight in his hometown and spent Saturday morning at his old home before flying back to Washington, D.C., for a brief stop before heading to Camp David for some downtime.
So just four days before the recall elections in Wisconsin that the state’s Democrats have worked 16 months to win, with potential implications for November 2012, the leader of their party did six fundraisers for himself in surrounding states but couldn’t find time for even a quick stop? Think about it: As Wisconsin Democrats were busy getting voters to cast early ballots Friday and organizing for Tuesday, Air Force One flew overhead twice — from Washington to Minnesota and Minnesota to Chicago.
According to BuzzFeed, he held 13 fundraisers during the two weeks before the election. And even so, having had six days to come up with an excuse for why he refused to fly into Madison and risk a loser-by-association narrative in the aftermath, the best he and Axelrod could come up with is “I was busy” — when we know for a fact that he wasn’t. I can’t believe this guy’s still leading on InTrade.
Silver lining: The 15-paragraph PolitiFact apologia for why this statement is “mostly true” should be epic. (“Obama is correct that presidents have many responsibilities.”)
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President Obama, who Monday suggested he was too busy to campaign for losing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett, spent a third of the 66-day special election period on the golf course and raising reelection money or campaigning in all four states that border Wisconsin, according to a review of his schedule.
Obama, asked about his absence in Wisconsin where Barrett lost to Gov. Scott Walker last week, said that he has “ a lot of responsibilities.” The Washington Post headline was: “Obama says he was too busy to campaign in Wisconsin recall election.”
In the 66 days between when Barrett, Milwaukee’s mayor, decided on March 30 to challenge Walker and the June 5th election, Obama travelled heavily to attend official and political events. CBS White House reporter Mark Knoller, who keeps the best diary of presidential activity, tweeted that “during the two months before the Wisconsin vote, Pres Obama made 15 trips to 14 states - but steered clear of Wisconsin.”
Knoller also said that the president played seven rounds of golf during the period. He also attended 39 fundraisers in 11 states. In total, Obama golfed and raised money on 22 days, exactly a third of the 66-day election. He also went on two foreign trips and made two visits to Camp David, one for a NATO summit.
What’s more, his fundraising tour took him to Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan, three of the four states that border Wisconsin. As for the fourth the state, Iowa, he made three campaign stops on May 24.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/06/golf-fundraisers-kept-obama-wisconsin/721566
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President Obama, who Monday suggested he was too busy to campaign for losing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett, spent a third of the 66-day special election period on the golf course and raising reelection money or campaigning in all four states that border Wisconsin, according to a review of his schedule.
Obama, asked about his absence in Wisconsin where Barrett lost to Gov. Scott Walker last week, said that he has “ a lot of responsibilities.” The Washington Post headline was: “Obama says he was too busy to campaign in Wisconsin recall election.”
Knoller also said that the president played seven rounds of golf during the period. He also attended 39 fundraisers in 11 states. In total, Obama golfed and raised money on 22 days, exactly a third of the 66-day election. He also went on two foreign trips and made two visits to Camp David, one for a NATO summit.
I wonder what his handicap is these days?
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I wonder what his handicap is these days?
His record.
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Obama: I couldn’t go to Wisconsin to campaign against Scott Walker because I was busy with stuff
Hot Air.com ^ | June 11, 2012 | ALLAHPUNDIT
Via Mediaite, actual quote: “As president of the United States, I’ve got a lot of responsibilities.” Responsibilities? Wasn’t he golfing on Saturday, May 26, ten days before the election? In fact, wasn’t he right next door to Wisconsin in Minnesota and Illinois the Friday before the polls opened? I do believe he was. Let’s see what important presidential responsibilities he was tending to that day:
On Friday, he visited Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a midday speech and three fundraisers. He departed late afternoon for Chicago and three more fundraisers that evening. The president stayed overnight in his hometown and spent Saturday morning at his old home before flying back to Washington, D.C., for a brief stop before heading to Camp David for some downtime.
So just four days before the recall elections in Wisconsin that the state’s Democrats have worked 16 months to win, with potential implications for November 2012, the leader of their party did six fundraisers for himself in surrounding states but couldn’t find time for even a quick stop? Think about it: As Wisconsin Democrats were busy getting voters to cast early ballots Friday and organizing for Tuesday, Air Force One flew overhead twice — from Washington to Minnesota and Minnesota to Chicago.
According to BuzzFeed, he held 13 fundraisers during the two weeks before the election. And even so, having had six days to come up with an excuse for why he refused to fly into Madison and risk a loser-by-association narrative in the aftermath, the best he and Axelrod could come up with is “I was busy” — when we know for a fact that he wasn’t. I can’t believe this guy’s still leading on InTrade.
Silver lining: The 15-paragraph PolitiFact apologia for why this statement is “mostly true” should be epic. (“Obama is correct that presidents have many responsibilities.”)
Good grief. Just completely abandoned them. And they're probably still going to vote for him.
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Now, Rasmussen has Romney up by three in Wisconsin.
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Now, Rasmussen has Romney up by three in Wisconsin.
Union members are now flocking to Romney after seeing how obama is all talk no walk, literally.
President Kardashian is going to get landslided.
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And, as posted elsewhere, guess who else is off the "Hope-and-Change" bandwagon.