Obama: Too busy to help Wisconsin Democrats in recall election

[Lions_fan]

By Olivier Knox | The Ticket –

President Barack Obama explained in a radio interview Monday why he didn't do more to help Wisconsin Democrats in their battle to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker: He was too busy.

"The truth of the matter is that, as president of the United States, I've got a lot of responsibilities," he told WBAY of Green Bay, Wisconsin. WBAY was one of eight TV stations given an exclusive interview with the president — six from battleground states Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin and two from California and South Carolina.

Obama said he was "supportive" of Walker's Democratic challenger, Tom Barrett, whom Walker thumped in last week's vote. "Obviously, I would have loved to see a different result," Obama told WBAY.

The White House played down the ramifications of the recall vote last week. But Obama did little to help Barrett beyond endorsing him after he won the Democratic primary, though the president's campaign urged supporters to go to the polls on election day.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-too-busy-help-wisconsin-democrats-223240389.html

[blogslut]

1. meh

[liberal N proud]

2. If he had gone to Wisconsin and Walker still won...

The GOP and their media minions would made the whole election about Obama. That is what this hit piece article is trying to do anyway.

Now we will have people jumping all over this taging him, some will even be here on DU.

[Zalatix]

3. Yup, he can't win either way.

[Luminous Animal]

4. Help! I can't do anything because the big bad GOP will say mean things about me!

[notadmblnd]

5. This is so fricking last Tuesday

What's your point?

[stlsaxman]

6. as it is- he stayed the f*@# out of the way and that prolly got him...

that 58% to 42% over Romney in the exit polls. Remember that?

2/3rds of the folks in WI didn't want the recall and half of them were GOP. If Obama had worked FOR the recall he'd have gotten the numbers Romney did.

[dionysus]

7. i'm outraged. just outraged.

[GarroHorus]

8. Crock of shit article.

Why the fuck should Obama have wasted any effort on the unions of Wisconsin when the fucking unions of Wisconsin couldn't even get their own house in order to support themselves?

[Frustratedlady]

9. I thought this argument was settled long before...it's a state issue. Am I wrong? eom

[Poll_Blind]

10. He's saving up all his strength to fight extension of the Bush Tax Cuts...AGAIN.

Better luck this time, Mr. President!



PB