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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:56 PM Original message |
'Gibbs insists Obama not backing off public option' |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sebelious is taking the hit. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't buy the "well orchestrated floating a trial balloon" conspiracy theory. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Maybe it was to see how much energy there was against dropping it? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I guess, but that presumes a few things that I question: |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It depends on how fired up Dem organizations get - are they willing to put staff and money to work? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Paradoxically, we're holding back due to the relative silence and lack of strong leadership |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I think they are collecting information at this point and will move after Congress retruns to DC |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "It's all drama at this point." Fuckin' A! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. So you believe Obama is not in control of his administration and message? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Me -- I think she went way off message and expressed her own "opinion". EOM |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama is not well served by his cabinet in this debate |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. True. Howard Dean is doing a better job presenting Obama's position... |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You do not really know that |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I'm referring to the position he recited in every stump speech... |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. We need to keep the heat on the administration.... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And Congress. n/t |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh my, how could I have forgotten Congress?......... |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's what Gibbs didn't say. He did not say the President would VETO |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. By saying Obama's position is unchanged, he could be saying it was never a hard line. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. It is unchanged but he is considering co-ops |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obama himself is going to have to make an assertive statement |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. that's good to know |
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nmunderground (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. If you believe that, Ive got a bridge Id like to sell you |
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