2008 USP(G)ET pt. II: counting the days to 2012 primary thread 1

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/politics/24groups.html

Linking Obama to Kwame Kilpatrick is such an obvious race play, especially in suburban Detroit. Yet:

Todd Zirkle, the executive director of Freedom’s Defense Fund, said race had “zero” to do with the spots. “That’s the standard retort when you want to say ‘Don’t listen to these people,’ ” Mr. Zirkle said.

He said the group’s intention was to show Mr. Obama’s affiliations — although Mr. Obama and Mr. Kilpatrick were never known to be close.

Who are these people and what are they trying to do to my home state?!

http://www.newseum.org/images/news/MER070924_md.jpg

This is Ole Miss, and the debate starts here.

todd zirkle? wonder if that's tony zirkle's brother

Kilpatrick is a criminal, and a poor mayor to boot. Suburban whiteys despise him. He even traded shots w/ Obama previously:

http://teamowens313.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/detroit-mayor-kilpatrick-squares-off-with-sen-barack-obama/

Here is the spot btw

Calling them "friends" is pretty pathetic.

goole, we have debates and october surprises to go

debates don't move anything more than a point, we've already seen maliki agree with obama and raids into pakistan + a major financial meltdown...

well if yr looking for some instant palin metrics mccain polled worse after both conventions and their bounces than before

aaaand palin has the worse favorability rating of the four candidates

debates never move things very much - they're just media fodder for a couple cycles, maybe source of a couple good zingers that will last as comedic punchlines for a bit longer ("you're no Jack Kennedy", "there you go again", "LOCKBOX" etc.)

"SIGH"

debates don't move anything more than a point

uh, ok, if you say so. in a year when 2/3 of the country watched one or more conventions i think all bets are off.

we've already seen maliki agree with obama and raids into pakistan + a major financial meltdown...

there's lots of stuff that could happen in the next month. like this, for instance - http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/24/mccain-suspends-campaign-wants-debate-postponed/

i guess mccain's afraid of the election moving a point

Fox/Opinion Dynamics: Obama 45, McCain 39

haha

McCain really fucked up going after the press so viciously, this whole boondoggle with Palin has definitely contributed to her ratings dropping.

Shakey, you cite one example though where a debate destroyed a candidate (Carter) though.

there's lots of stuff that could happen in the next month. like this, for instance - http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/24/mccain-suspends-campaign-wants-debate-postponed/

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFff

i think everyones going to see it as really transparent--when youre on top in the campaign its a good move to "suspend" it id think, but when youre losing it seems like youre calling a time out to nurse your wounds

You gotta be kidding me.

mccain, flailing

John McCain suspends campaigning to work on economy, requests postponing Friday debate; asks Obama do the same.

!!

xxxp

of course if the Friday debate is postponed, then we may have to push back Palin's debate next Thursday. to, say, Friday? when fewer people will watch? counter-argument: McCain wants to push his debate back to get a bigger audience? real story: McCain knows that he's dead in the water with the economic situation and desperately needs to do something - anything - to gain some credibility on the issue?

of course, John McCain, who called his wife a 'cunt' when she joked affectionately about his thinning hair, could not possible be afraid of this

oh I think Carter lost to Reagan for a lot of other reasons besides the debate

x-post

if im obama i release a statement that says "hey, i can campaign and fix the economy at the same time, but maybe thats because im only 47 and im a genius"

big thing here is congress will not pass the bailout w/o bipartisan (and both pres candidates) support for fear of having their votes used against them in the election

max ftw

First Lady Laura Bush told CNN Wednesday Sarah Palin lacks experience in foreign policy, but quickly added the Alaska governor is "a very quick study."

Asked by CNN's Zain Verjee if she thought Palin's resume included sufficient foreign policy experience, Bush said, "Of course she doesn't have that."

"You know, that's not been her role," she continued, "But I think she is a very quick study, and fortunately John McCain does have that sort of experience."

btw

of course, John McCain, who called his wife a 'cunt' when she joked affectionately about his thinning hair, could not possible be afraid of this

― gabbneb, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:13 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yah sure helped kerry

"oh I think Carter lost to Reagan for a lot of other reasons besides the debate"

The debate was big swing IIRC.

"yah sure helped kerry"

It did.

bush is not short. kerry was perhaps too tall and has a 'weird' face

hes not even on the joint economic committee, wtf is he pretending he's going to do about the economy, which btw he doesn't actually think is broken anyway

holy fucking shit

The Obama campaign said Obama had called McCain around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to propose that they issue a joint statement in support of a package to help fix the economy as soon as possible. McCain called back six hours later and agreed to the idea of the statement, the Obama campaign said. McCain's statement was issued to the media a few minutes later.

he's going to stand atop wall street wearing a flightsuit and give a speech through a bullhorn

Deeply slimy slimy shit.

lol is this the funniest thing mccain has done yet

haha, xxp

seriously

I can't believe I've now seen the words "Campaign Suspended" in the headline about a major party presidential candidate in September.

Funny how Lincoln managed to run for election during the Civil War, FDR during WWII, Bush in 2004, etc...

wow I was not expecting this McCain flameout to be quite so ... abrupt?

major major lols

is this a flameout? Or is this the sort of thing that will convince people that he's Serious about the economy? I have no fucking idea.

will it look like a flameout to Americans? Won't it be, "See? McCain puts politics before America," etc?

haha xpost

this looks pathetic, I don't see anybody giving McCain points for this. What, old man can't run a campaign and cast a vote at the same time? Its not like he's got a committee he should be chairing.

I think dodging the debates is going to look cheap, esp. when he's down.

i dunno maybe to the 30% of hardcore republican voters shoring up bush's approval ratings this is another awesome play from the original maverick but i feel like undecideds will see this as desperate flailing like everything else jsm has done in the last 3 months

i think everyones going to see it as really transparent--when youre on top in the campaign its a good move to "suspend" it id think, but when youre losing it seems like youre calling a time out to nurse your wounds

― Mohammed Butt (max), Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:11 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Love the Washington Post photo:

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp9-24-08g.jpg

of course this gives an excuse to hide palin for another week so it's win-win there

ethan OTM

this is like ben roethlisburger on sunday