posted August 10, 2011 11:18 AM            

But wait, haven't we heard from O'Bomber that he represented a new brand of politics?

Out with the old, in with the new?

Let's just say that O'Bomber has fully lived up to my expectations.

Obama plan: Destroy Romney
By BEN SMITH & JONATHAN MARTIN
8/9/11

Barack Obama’s aides and advisers are preparing to center the president’s reelection campaign on a ferocious personal assault on Mitt Romney’s character and business background, a strategy grounded in the early-stage expectation that the former Massachusetts governor is the likely GOP nominee..........

“Unless things change and Obama can run on accomplishments, he will have to kill Romney,” said a prominent Democratic strategist aligned with the White House....

The onslaught would have two aspects. The first is personal: Obama’s reelection campaign will portray the public Romney as inauthentic, unprincipled and, in a word used repeatedly by Obama’s advisers in about a dozen interviews, “weird.”....

The second aspect of the campaign to define Romney is his record as CEO of Bain Capital, a venture capital firm that was responsible for both creating and eliminating jobs. Obama officials intend to frame Romney as the very picture of greed in the great recession — a sort of political Gordon Gekko.....

posted August 10, 2011 11:22 AM            

Obama's reelection team is desperate, and
"planning a ferocious personal assault on Romney's character and business background...."

With their man reaching new lows in approval ratings, President Obama's reelection team appears ready to pull out all the stops on negative campaigning. From Politico:

Barack Obama's aides and advisers are preparing to center the president's reelection campaign on a ferocious personal assault on Mitt Romney's character and business background, a strategy grounded in the early-stage expectation that the former Massachusetts governor is the likely GOP nominee.

With just a touch of irony, Obama's campaign handlers hope to emulate George W. Bush's "takedown" of Sen. John Kerry in 2004, according to Politico. And with nary a touch of civility, a Democratic strategist says of candidate Obama:

Unless things change and Obama can run on accomplishments, he will have to kill Romney.

Jonathan Tobin, writing in Commentary, points out, however, that the change in tone from hope and change to a campaign run in the gutter "undermines the president's credibility at a time when he is already perceived as lacking this quality."

Politico further reports that Obama's campaign advisors plan to portray Romney as "weird," a word "used repeatedly by Obama's advisers in about a dozen interviews," including this from one senior advisor:

There's a weirdness factor with Romney, and it remains to be seen how he wears with the public.

But in Tobin's view, the "weirdness factor" may be problematic for the Obama campaign:

The leaking of the idea they intend to prove Romney is "weird" speaks to something more sinister than pointing out inconsistencies in his record. When people say "weird" about Romney, a man whose personal and professional life has been a picture of upright conformity, it can't be a comment about his stances on abortion. It can only mean one thing: his religion.

Trying to tell voters to be wary of electing a Mormon without actually venturing into direct incitement of religious bigotry is a tricky business.

...Unleashing the demons of prejudice is bad for the country under any circumstances. But for a president-whose historic status is based on the triumph over bias-to play this game would be political suicide.

In the wake of Obama's unfolding economic destruction, his campaign team will be hard-pressed to promote their man as the solution for the next four years.

posted August 10, 2011 03:31 PM            

And really, what else does O'Bomber have to run on to get reelected?

posted August 10, 2011 11:31 PM            

Roemer is (probably) more conservative than Huntsman or Romney.

posted August 11, 2011 05:35 PM            

well the shortness of your memory is almost as endearing as it is frustrating...and comes in very convenient too, doesn't it?

posted August 11, 2011 06:07 PM            

Massachusetts politicians don't do well in the national arena if Kerry's any example. The fact that Romney's a Conservative from that thought-to-be-liberal state doesn't bode well either. The fact that he passed healthcare legislation similar to Obama's shouldn't endear him to any Conservatives. He'd have to have a stunning campaign to get anywhere in my estimation.

posted August 11, 2011 06:50 PM            

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i am pretty sure romney will shoot his own foot and save obama the trouble of having to do anything about him at all.

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I doubt it kat. Romney is too savvy and to ruin his own chances isn`t an option for him.

Obama truely needs all the help he can muster; be it slurs and slanders or an open honest run for it. The odds for him arn`t looking so good ey!

Let the games begin

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posted August 12, 2011 07:00 AM            

Hilarious. I thought Boehner got 98% of what HE wanted.

posted August 12, 2011 11:00 AM            

and if the tumbles are obama's fault the RISES surely must be, especially since they are tied to things like positive JOBS REPORTS and RETAIL FIGURES as they have been this week...

but let's face it, the stock market is about EMOTION and SPECULATION and all it indicates is people trying to figure out where the game is going next. some may claim that the market is not a casino, but for the majority of players, it is just that, even those who consider themselves "savvy". surprises have abounded in the past few years and left many scratching their heads as to the best next move.

posted August 12, 2011 11:39 AM            

you can't make him responsible for everything "but leave out the good stuff", now can you?

posted August 12, 2011 08:11 PM            

and since the market ended on the UP today i doubt anyone will be blaming obama for the loss of the farm just yet. that is what i mean by, if you blame him for everything you also have to give him credit.

posted August 13, 2011 09:42 AM            

"Got any examples of Republican Presidential candidates...or anyone on their staffs calling O'Bomber a Muslim??"...jwhop

well the shortness of your memory is almost as endearing as it is frustrating...and comes in very convenient too, doesn't it?...katatonic"

So katatonic, do the world a service and remind me...and everyone else which Republican Presidential candidates or anyone on their staffs...or, for that matter any Republican member of Congress who is calling O'Bomber a Muslim!

In fact, it was O'Bomber himself who spoke about "my Muslim faith" and had to be corrected by George Stephanopoulos that he really meant "my Christian faith".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw

Now katatonic, should I sit right here, holding my breath until you get around to finding a Republican presidential candidate, a member of their staffs or a Republican member of Congress who says...O'Bomber is a Muslim?

One further thing katatonic.

Pulling money out of the private sector to spend on public binges dries up capital in the private sector. That's economic insanity when a nation is in a recession spiraling into economic depression.

posted August 13, 2011 09:57 AM            

CBO: Obama stimulus harmful over long haul

President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

CBO, the official scorekeepers for legislation, said the House and Senate bills will help in the short term but result in so much government debt that within a few years they would crowd out private investment, actually leading to a lower Gross Domestic Product over the next 10 years than if the government had done nothing.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/04/cbo-obama-stimulus-harmful-over-long-haul/

posted August 13, 2011 12:11 PM            

Big business is alive and well.... now , where`s his tax statement?

Presidential hopeful Romney reveals wealth

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, the Republican frontrunner to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, reported a net worth up to $264 million Friday.

Romney's office said his financial disclosure report showed assets valued at between $85 million to $264 million, but added "a more accurate range is between $190 (million) to $250 million."

Romney, a former head of private equity firm Bain Capital and an ex-governor of Massachusetts, contributed tens of millions of dollars to his failed 2008 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

His financial disclosure form was filed Friday, a day before Republicans in Iowa hold a straw poll, a nonbinding mock election that tests the strength of campaigns and traditionally winnows out some losers from the presidential field.
http://news.yahoo.com/presidential-hopeful-romney-reveals-wealth-010729998.html

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