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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:11 PM Original message |
Now that the Newsweek poll has Obama beating all the Republicans |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am in your camp. Edwards then Obama but both can win. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Say it with me: Charisma charisma charisma |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Obama remind me of the guy in High School that EVERYONE liked |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Geez, I hate when you said "have a beer with him." That's what everybody said about George W. Bush. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. But it did help in getting Bush elected |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. It's a trite phrase, but you don't lose 7 of the last 10 presidential elections |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. hah! i LOVE the "have a beer with him" thing! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Oh no, not the beer thing again. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I don't need a beer buddy. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Exactly. We all have beer buddies. We need a president |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Chimp is an idiot, Obama is brilliant |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. I don't want to have a beer with him |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. I doubt the "have a beer with him" metric enters into it. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think the republicans know that Obama can't win, so they are pushing him |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So you are saying they want to pick the guy who beats their guys in the polls |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I hadn't noticed the switch. It still seems to me that they are |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. You think he can't win |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Why couldn't Obama win? |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. That only works when the rhetoric is aimed at Hillary |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't have a primary choice yet -- don't intend to for a while |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I actually think his lack of experience is a positive |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. But do we *know* he's got that common sense, or are we so |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I just gave you the example of his position on the war |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's true. And I'd hope to see more of that. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Being against the war may well prove to be even more palatable as the quagmire |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Obama says he is a small step conservative - useful for staying out of wars, not useful for |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Right now my dog could beat any Republican |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Heh, well put. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Last week Edwards was beating all of them.... |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. I would be very happy with an Obama presidency |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think it would be VERY difficult. Polls are meaningless. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Not in my case |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You wouldn't lie. But a lot of people would, and do. I lived in Tampa for 17 |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Odd that Bill Kristol didn't mention this |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. I continue to think he has exactly 0 chance of winning. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I often don't agree with you but I do here. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yup. |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Obama won't be the Dem nominee. He's third in NH, IA, and NV |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. John Kerry was third of fourth in those states at this stage. |
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Sick_of_Rethuggery (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Perhaps you should realize that... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. About like it was when I left Peoria. Thanks for the update. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. That's one poll ... I wish I believed this country would vote in a black man |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Not surprising that republicans are going to him.. We know that they just want to "win" |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. If not now....WHEN? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. He CAN win! You are so right |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. (shrug) It's just like hiring practices. Keep the negro around until the final round... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It worked in the NFL and MLB for years! |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. Beware of the David Duke Effect |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Hey, Gore did not win Tennessee... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. But did Gore and Kerry do worse there that polls indicated? |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. I have tried to stay on the sidelines during the primary |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 07:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That is happening all over the country. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
49. I think Edwards and Obama could win, it is Hillary I am worried about |
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skyblue (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. Not a Sure Enough Bet to PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN 1 BASKET |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. I had been holding out for Clark, but since that's not likely to happen.. |
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