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A liberal who actually gets it: if things don’t get better Obama won’t win in spite of Romney

By Coach Collins, on August 2nd, 2012%

By Derrick Hollenbeck, staff writer

Jeff Greenfield is a good media liberal. His credentials are in order. He is also a “political reporter” so he has to write positive things about Barack Obama’s chances for reelection, but he can’t quite get there. Greenfield’s latest column is about the dismal numbers Obama faces at every turn and it is also about how who Obama is running against might not mean anything on Election Day.

Undoubtedly with a great deal of pain Greenfield notes that the numbers staring Obama in the face are such that no incumbent president has ever/could ever overcome them. He cites the unemployment rate being stuck at 8 per cent “for months” – he couldn’t bring himself to tell the truth and say “for years” (42 straight months); he says a 1.5% GDP means a “very close” election.

Next he goes to the right track/ wrong track sentiment voters have which is 32.7/60.7 … Continue Reading:A liberal who actually gets it: if things don’t get better Obama won’t win in spite of Romney

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“Obama’s White Support Is Too Low to Win” a headline that needs no explanation

By Coach Collins, on June 27th, 2012%

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

Last Friday Rush read from a Real Clear Politics article called “Obama’s White Support Is Too Low to Win.” The message of the piece should have been clear enough, but some choose to nuance its message.

Saying Barack Obama doesn’t have enough White support to win doesn’t need a “Yeah but” attached to it, but of course it did. In this case unfortunately the “Yeah but” was, “electoral data indicates Mitt Romney has not yet attracted enough of these white voters to capitalize on Obama’s weakness.” Although this line was probably necessary to gain approval from a cautious editor, there isn’t much “there” there. It deliberately overlooks a huge White rhino in Mitt Romney’s campaign war room: of those who intend to pull a lever for Romney probably more than half will be voting AGAINST Barack Obama not FOR Mitt Romney.

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