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Obama keeps a low public profile in Wisconsin recall fight
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/153373445.html#!page=11&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirstEver since the recall wars erupted in this battleground state, the Obama campaign has been faced with a dilemma: how involved does the President get in a polarizing fight with huge national overtones?
Less than two weeks to go before the June 5 election, the answer seems pretty clear.
The Obama forces are pitching in with voter turnout and fund-raising appeals. But the President has avoided taking a vocal role in the conflict, and there is little expectation of an Obama visit to Wisconsin in the homestretch of the campaign.
Whether Obama will be speaking out about the race in the coming days or sending top surrogates here is still unknown.
The President has made it very clear where he stands in this election, said Obama campaign spokesman Tom Reynolds. He offered his clear support for (Mayor Barrett) the night of his primary victory. Obama for America has been working hand-in-glove with the mayors campaign ever since then. Were going to continue to work with the campaign to figure out how we can be most helpful in the closing days.
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Obama keeps a low public profile in Wisconsin recall fight (Original Post)
IamK
Jun 2012
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MindMover
(5,016 posts)1. This might be a reason why he is not heard as loudly as some want....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101630490
2 + 2 sometimes equals 4 today....not necessarily in our financial world but it still applies in the classroom and politics...
and a duck doesn't always quack either.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
2 + 2 sometimes equals 4 today....not necessarily in our financial world but it still applies in the classroom and politics...
and a duck doesn't always quack either.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)2. he must need a new pair of shoes.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)3. Probably not union made.....
SlimJimmy
(3,180 posts)4. I have a thought, Mr. President. Show up and offer your support in person.
"Were going to continue to work with the campaign to figure out how we can be most helpful in the closing days.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)5. If Wisconsin is not already bought and paid for, then our only
way out of this mess is to get up off the couch and vote on Tuesday.....
because it looks like we have to find our own way out....
SlimJimmy
(3,180 posts)7. Unfortunately, I don't live in WI, or I'd do just that.
Peregrine Took
(7,415 posts)6. I hope Wisconsin doesn't keep a low profile in November. n/t
NS2012
(74 posts)8. Obama has consistently spoken out against
the issues behind the Scott Walker recall. Saying he hasn't is myopic. It's very clear to me that Obama was against Citizens' United. This Wisconsin issue is just a sampling of that and what's to come.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)9. Yea well, the forest is on fire and the trees are exploding.....
Against Citizens Fucking United.....who in their right mind would not be against this wholesale trashing of American politics....
So Wisconsin is not the watershed, which state is...?....Washington, DC....