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March 15, 2008 at 4:13 PM #170686March 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM #170375LA_RenterParticipant
I think Obama’s candidacy looks to me like a third party candidate within the system. He’s strongest among those that would be open to a third party, independents, the young, and some cross over republicans. The exception of course would be African Americans which are a traditional democratic block. If he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself. All we have seen is the Democratic Primary race which has to lean left to shore up the vote. Paul Volcker whom many on this board respect as an actual Fed chairman came out in support of Obama. Volcker is not exactly an orthodox liberal in fact you could say he is the antithesis of that. So what is gong there? Regarding the first black president, in my mind that should have been Colin Powell. Just my two cents.
March 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM #170709LA_RenterParticipantI think Obama’s candidacy looks to me like a third party candidate within the system. He’s strongest among those that would be open to a third party, independents, the young, and some cross over republicans. The exception of course would be African Americans which are a traditional democratic block. If he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself. All we have seen is the Democratic Primary race which has to lean left to shore up the vote. Paul Volcker whom many on this board respect as an actual Fed chairman came out in support of Obama. Volcker is not exactly an orthodox liberal in fact you could say he is the antithesis of that. So what is gong there? Regarding the first black president, in my mind that should have been Colin Powell. Just my two cents.
March 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM #170711LA_RenterParticipantI think Obama’s candidacy looks to me like a third party candidate within the system. He’s strongest among those that would be open to a third party, independents, the young, and some cross over republicans. The exception of course would be African Americans which are a traditional democratic block. If he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself. All we have seen is the Democratic Primary race which has to lean left to shore up the vote. Paul Volcker whom many on this board respect as an actual Fed chairman came out in support of Obama. Volcker is not exactly an orthodox liberal in fact you could say he is the antithesis of that. So what is gong there? Regarding the first black president, in my mind that should have been Colin Powell. Just my two cents.
March 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM #170735LA_RenterParticipantI think Obama’s candidacy looks to me like a third party candidate within the system. He’s strongest among those that would be open to a third party, independents, the young, and some cross over republicans. The exception of course would be African Americans which are a traditional democratic block. If he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself. All we have seen is the Democratic Primary race which has to lean left to shore up the vote. Paul Volcker whom many on this board respect as an actual Fed chairman came out in support of Obama. Volcker is not exactly an orthodox liberal in fact you could say he is the antithesis of that. So what is gong there? Regarding the first black president, in my mind that should have been Colin Powell. Just my two cents.
March 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM #170812LA_RenterParticipantI think Obama’s candidacy looks to me like a third party candidate within the system. He’s strongest among those that would be open to a third party, independents, the young, and some cross over republicans. The exception of course would be African Americans which are a traditional democratic block. If he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself. All we have seen is the Democratic Primary race which has to lean left to shore up the vote. Paul Volcker whom many on this board respect as an actual Fed chairman came out in support of Obama. Volcker is not exactly an orthodox liberal in fact you could say he is the antithesis of that. So what is gong there? Regarding the first black president, in my mind that should have been Colin Powell. Just my two cents.
March 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM #170385AnonymousGuestIf he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself.
There was truth in those comments, his delivery was just imflammatory. At any rate, Obama is NOT to be blamed for what comes out of someone else’s mouth.
March 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM #170719AnonymousGuestIf he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself.
There was truth in those comments, his delivery was just imflammatory. At any rate, Obama is NOT to be blamed for what comes out of someone else’s mouth.
March 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM #170721AnonymousGuestIf he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself.
There was truth in those comments, his delivery was just imflammatory. At any rate, Obama is NOT to be blamed for what comes out of someone else’s mouth.
March 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM #170745AnonymousGuestIf he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself.
There was truth in those comments, his delivery was just imflammatory. At any rate, Obama is NOT to be blamed for what comes out of someone else’s mouth.
March 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM #170822AnonymousGuestIf he makes it to the General…after hearing his pastors vile comments those chances are now slimmer IMHO….it would be interesting to see how he would position himself.
There was truth in those comments, his delivery was just imflammatory. At any rate, Obama is NOT to be blamed for what comes out of someone else’s mouth.
March 15, 2008 at 6:57 PM #170400jficquetteParticipantYes, I was hoping Colin Powell would run too and disappointed that he didn’t.
I think Obama is a nice guy but he is so far left and has so little experience that it would be a terrible mistake to put him in the white house.
Kennedy was the last young charismatic “emperor without clothes” who we elected president and we are still paying the price to this day of his time in office. Had Kennedy not been elected we would not have had the bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, or Vietnam or LBJ for that matter.
John
March 15, 2008 at 6:57 PM #170734jficquetteParticipantYes, I was hoping Colin Powell would run too and disappointed that he didn’t.
I think Obama is a nice guy but he is so far left and has so little experience that it would be a terrible mistake to put him in the white house.
Kennedy was the last young charismatic “emperor without clothes” who we elected president and we are still paying the price to this day of his time in office. Had Kennedy not been elected we would not have had the bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, or Vietnam or LBJ for that matter.
John
March 15, 2008 at 6:57 PM #170736jficquetteParticipantYes, I was hoping Colin Powell would run too and disappointed that he didn’t.
I think Obama is a nice guy but he is so far left and has so little experience that it would be a terrible mistake to put him in the white house.
Kennedy was the last young charismatic “emperor without clothes” who we elected president and we are still paying the price to this day of his time in office. Had Kennedy not been elected we would not have had the bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, or Vietnam or LBJ for that matter.
John
March 15, 2008 at 6:57 PM #170760jficquetteParticipantYes, I was hoping Colin Powell would run too and disappointed that he didn’t.
I think Obama is a nice guy but he is so far left and has so little experience that it would be a terrible mistake to put him in the white house.
Kennedy was the last young charismatic “emperor without clothes” who we elected president and we are still paying the price to this day of his time in office. Had Kennedy not been elected we would not have had the bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, or Vietnam or LBJ for that matter.
John
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