Why isn't Obama campaigning in Wisconsin?

[Dos Equis]

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? 

[240 is Back]

Cheese summit of peace

[Soul Crusher]

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 

[Dos Equis]

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. 

[Soul Crusher]

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.   

[Dos Equis]

There's Bill.  Where's Obama??


President Bill Clinton campaigned in Wisconsin on Friday with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

Lt. Gov: Obama skipping Wisconsin recall 'speaks volumes'
Posted by
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/

[Fury]

All signs point to the far-leftist alliance losing on Tuesday so President Foodstamp has been doing everything in his power to avoid it.

[MCWAY]

Obama needs to worry about his own losing campaign.

[MM2K]

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.

[Dos Equis]

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. 

[Soul Crusher]

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 ...

[MCWAY]

So much for Obama putting on his marching shoes and joining the union bubbas.

[Dos Equis]

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. 

[Dos Equis]

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. 

[Soul Crusher]

 

[Soul Crusher]

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.

[OzmO]

Maybe he doesn't need to?



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.

[Soul Crusher]

Maybe he doesn't need to?



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. 

[OzmO]

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. 

[Soul Crusher]

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? 

[Dos Equis]

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. 

[chadstallion]

why should he?
he's ahead of Mitt in polls.

[Soul Crusher]

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. 

[Dos Equis]

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

[Soul Crusher]

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.