Obama eyes Presidential bid

[TheresNoMoney]

None of the candidates in either party have come out with specific proposals yet.  People should quit  asking what Obama "stands for" unless they want to ask the same thing about McCain, Romney, Brownback, Thompson, etc.

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[quote author=TheresNoMoney You bet people should ask him what he stands for because all we have seen was him going on trips, campaigning and hearing him say stuff like, "America can hope! Audacity of Hope - buy it online or stop in your local Barnes and Noble..."

Or you could go to your local library and get it for free. There are long chapters in there about many of the major issues facing our country today.

My guess, you'll just continue to whine......

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Except those people have actually been involved in certain areas.

John "Weathervane" McCain has been in the Senate for 22 years and I don't know here he stands on barely anything. He seems to go whichever way the wind is blowing.

What does John McCain stand for??

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Hmm, the president is at 30% approval and the Democrats just swept the Republicans out of Congress last month.........and you don't think the country is in the mood for change???

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Or I'll just sit back and enjoy Hillary owning him.

Sounds good to me.

McCain doesn't have accomplishments? McCain didn't pass one of the most notable campaign finance laws in this country's history?

Republicans hate the McCain-Feingold Law.

At least Santorum worked while he was in the Senate. Obama's accomplishments: book and a trip to Kenya.

Yeah, let's see how much the Republicans accomplish while in the minority. Let's see what freshman Republican Senator Bob Corker accomplishes his first two years in the Senate as a member of the minority party.

Phil, you're smarter than that.

[TheresNoMoney]

I love how you concede that Obama has only been in the Senate for two years with no accomplishments...yet you are going crazy about how great he'll be as President.

In my opinion, there is very little link between a politician's time in the Senate and his potential as a President. Abraham Lincoln had the same amount of experience that Barack Obama has, and JFK only had slightly more.

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Listening to Republicans make predictions about Democratic primaries is hilarious.

You can take comfort in how good their predictions were for the 2006 elections.

People laughed at me in 2005 when I said that Jon Tester would win. I said that Jim Webb had a chance to win before macacca happened. I said that anything less than 3 pickups would be a big disappointment.

 

[TheresNoMoney]

It is hilarious that Hillary will be able to beat someone in a Presidential race.

I will agree with you there! I feel confident that Obama can beat her in the Democratic primary.

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Before that, Webb wasn't going to win so don't pat yourself on the back too hard there.

Maybe not, but my political instincts regarding the 2006 elections were as good or better than anybody else's on this board.

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Haha, Phil's anti-Obama rage has convinced me that he's the right choice. Republicans are terrified of this guy.

Yes, they are. They can't stop talking about him. All the right-wing talk shows and Fox News are talking about him nonstop as well.

[TheresNoMoney]

Basically, I like Obama but his lack of experience may go against him.

I don't think it will.  People are looking for a fresh start and a new face.

[TheresNoMoney]

I look for intelligence and judgement ahead of experience in a presidential candidate.

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ON my way home from work tonight, both Michael Reagon on Channel 144 and John Gibson on Channel 145 were terrified of Obama. They were both pleading with Republicans to nominate a "moderate" Republican like John McCain or Rudy Guiliani if they wanted a chance to beat Obama.

No bullsh*t.

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Damn, everything I wrote on this thread back in 2006 was spot on.