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Michelle Obama, who has largely avoided political events this midterm cycle, is slated to hold rallies and fundraisers for Democratic Senate candidates in seven states over the next two weeks, including stops in Illinois, Colorado, and Wisconsin.
Obama campaigned extensively for her husband during the 2008 presidential race, although her individual appearances were generally low-key, featuring intimate roundtable events and discussions about specific policy issues like support for military families. The upcoming tour of midterm battleground states -- Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin, New York, Washington, Connecticut, and California -- will be her most extensive foray into campaign politics for more than two years.
The first lady remains much more popular than her husband nationwide. An NBC/WSJ poll in August showed less than one in five respondents saying they have a negative view of Mrs. Obama.
She is particularly popular with women, African Americans and other core Democratic voters – constituencies that could be crucial in tight Senate races nationwide. According to the NBC/WSJ poll, 57 percent of female respondents have a positive impression of Michelle Obama, compared to just 43 percent of men. Comparatively, just 48 percent of women view Barack Obama in a positive light.
Michelle Obama also performs better than her husband now with suburban voters and retirees.
But a downside for Obama could be that her fans – not unlike 2008 Obama voters as a whole – simply aren’t all that motivated to vote in November. Almost 60 percent of Michelle Obama supporters expressed relatively low interest in the midterm elections when they were surveyed in August.
Democrats are hoping that the first lady can turn those numbers around.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama will appear on behalf of Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, who is vying to win the seat that the first lady’s husband occupied for four years. Giannoulias was bullish on Sunday about the energy that the first lady’s upcoming appearance in her own home state could inject into the race, telling reporters that his campaign office had been flooded with calls from supporters since the news of her visit was announced.
Giannoulias trailed GOP Rep. Mark Kirk by just one point in a Suffolk University poll earlier this month. In that poll, women favored Giannoulias by about 43 percent to 36 percent, with about 12 percent undecided.
Pam Monetti, the co-president of a group called Illinois Democratic Women, said that the first lady’s visit will help to elevate Giannoulias’s stance on women’s issues as well as economic policies that would help struggling families.
“She’s a mom,” said Monetti. “A lot of women voters see that she faces the same things that we face.”
On Thursday, the first lady will appear in Denver, Colorado, at an event for incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet. Bennet is in a difficult race against Tea Party-backed candidate Ken Buck, who defeated establishment GOP favorite Lt. Gov. Jane Norton in the Aug. 10 primary. The incumbent Democrat himself overcame a tough primary challenge from Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.
Bennet has been consistently behind in polling since late summer, although recent automated telephone surveys have shown the race tightening slightly to about a five point margin.
A former superintendent of Denver public schools, Bennet was mostly unknown in the state when he was appointed to replace Sen. Ken Salazar – who became Obama’s Secretary of the Interior – in 2009. In ads, Buck has portrayed Bennet as a “rubber stamp for his friends in Washington.”
Democrats hope that Obama’s appearance could serve to inject some publicity into the campaign just a few days after early voting began in the state. “Our mail-in ballots dropped today, and this starts our get out the vote effort,” said Pat Waak, the chair of the Colorado Democratic Party. “Having Michelle come into a state where she’s extremely popular will energize voters to get them to fill out their ballots.”
Waak says that female voters in the state are particularly wary of Buck’s policy proposals. “They are very concerned about health care reform, which [Buck] wants to repeal,” she said. “They’re looking for very specific economic policies – Buck doesn’t have any.”
But the presence of any national Democratic surrogate could be risky in a state where the president’s approval rating among likely voters was just 39 percent in a McClatchy/Marist poll last month.
Professor Kenneth Bickers, who heads the political science department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, says that the presence of any figure associated with unpopular Washington D.C. could backfire for the Democratic candidate.
“Bennet has been trying to not nationalize the Senate race,” Bickers said, noting that the appointed senator has been trying to focus on state-specific issues. “But having Michelle Obama, or the president, or any another national figure out here serves to nationalize the race. To the extent that’s happening, it’s helping Buck, not Bennet.”
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Michelle hit Sharon Angle?
What??
One could only hope...
One could only hope...
Come on now... comparing Michelle to Sharon is like comparing a Maserati to a Gremlin with four flat tires... lol
The First Lady is such an inspiration for ALL women!
I really didn't have anything against Laura Bush other than the fact she climbed into bed every night with the Clown in Chief!
The only thing she inspired was that it was acceptable to enable stupidity!
I meant Sharon is a stump. As in, dead remains of a dead tree. "first lady hits stump" - get it? Acutally, I didn't mind most first ladies. With the strong exception of Nancy Regan. Uppity old gal, she was.
See its these generalized overstated stupid comments like "The first lady is an inspiration to ALL women" that lose the credibility of your readers.
I'm a woman and I'm not inspired by her? Why should I be? What has she done that's inspiring? Become the first black skinned presidents wife? Wow ...
I'm inspired by great people - not the color of their skin, nor who they're married to.
I seem to remember that Jefferson had a black common-law wife in the White House bedroom ... does that mean I'm to be inspired by her too, because I'm a woman?
Carole - you don't know very much about the first lady, do you?
Carole - you don't know very much about the first lady, do you?
So, all taxpayers should pay for all women to have 40+ personal assistants?
You are so out of touch with reality red-head it isn't funny.
Funny, I when I read the headlines, I thought it referred to something Mr Obama might be showing.
The first lady is a joke.
To back her husband's partial birth abortion policy, in my view will never make her a mother at all, much less human.
Sucking the brains out of babies as they are being delivered (and if they survive, they just leave them to die on a table or in a closet) isn't my idea of an inspiration to anyone.
If this is YOUR inspiration Feisty Red Head, you need some serious help. It's murder, plain and simple.
The Obama's are resposible for over 50,000 children murdered legally in the US.
WOOT, what roll models.....
Carole -
No one - except you - brought up anything about race. Michelle Obama was a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law and a successful career woman before she ever met Barack Obama. She's raising two beautiful children and managing to give them as close to a normal childhood as possible within the glare of the Washington spotlight. She's gracious, funny, well-spoken, and unlike a number of female candidates this year, is not afraid to do interviews and answer tough questions.
If you choose not to find anything in that to admire, that's your privilege. But do yourself a favor and leave your blatant racism out of it.
Joanne, you do realize the point that Carol was making was that she hasn't performed any act that inspires and she was questioning the underlying reason of the author of this article.
Jesus! They're not even attempting to hide their racism any more... what's with the 'black skinned'?
Everyone has skin... no matter what color... which is why I find you bringing up that hers happens to be black as not even a thinly veiled attempt to hide your racism!
Where did anyone mention anything about race EXCEPT you Carole?
Your cleaners called and your white sheets are ready for pick up!
There is nothing to admire about someone who was never proud of their country until there was a chance that she would become First Lady.
There is nothing to admire about someone who was never proud of their country until there was a chance that she would become First Lady.
TJM07 - I think I understood the point Carole was trying to make just fine, thanks. My response stands.
Actually Fiesty, if looking from behind, Michelle would be the Gremlin.
Michelle needs to do a lot more for the people of this country before I would consider her an inspiration. So far she's planted a garden, taken quite a few friends on vacation, wants to put veggies in kids school lunches, helped her husband spend a lot of taxpayer dollars for gatherings in our White House, not real inspiring to me, what am I missing?
Oh, and Just My Thoughts? Read through some of the ignorant, hate-filled comments below - and then tell me how proud YOU are of your country.
Have any of you bothered to read Michelle's thesis from college? ... if you do, or have... it'll be easy to understand a bit of her perspective and place some logic around her not being "proud" of America till two years ago. The lady is pretty on the surface... but that's the extent of it. It's "whatever" at this point though.
I am not proud of this woman! She is an embarrassment as First Lady (of course her husband is an embarrassment as President)
And why is my comment ignorant or hate filled? I consider yours to be very hate filled! So we agree to disagree
Black is not a racist term.
If it is, you need to call the Congressional BLACK Caucus and tell them they are offending the very people they are not offending.
Black Entertainment Network, Black History Month....
Oh dear, the list goes on.
Time to enter the 21st century Feisty Red Head.
Well THAT is very telling! Somehow, I don’t think this is what Michelle had in mind when they asked her to travel. The campaign trail is certainly not the lavish trip to Spain she is used to. They probably promised her another vacation after she is done trying to drum up support for their failing party, but I don’t think SHE is the one that can pull it off.
dan405104 : "joann,you do know she was disbarred and lost her license to practice law."
Dan - You do know that's just another one of those idiotic e-mails that people keep insisting on circulating even though they've long since been debunked by every reputable fact-checking organization, don't you?
Nancy - Did I mention you - or anyone else - by name? Methinks you doth protest a bit too much!
carole...you are not alone in your thoughts...i agree 100%
Gee, Thanks Michelle!
Mr. & Mrs. Liar in chief. They think nothing of lying and don't apologize for it. Very sad. This school of thought has become commonplace...so sad. Well, Michelle, I am not proud of my country with you and B representing it because you despise what we have.
I wonder if she is gonna bring her laptop from the East Wing to keep in touch with other White House community organizers, or is that to use the laptop to bark instructions to the West Wing.
Strange....we see quite a bit of "green thumb" and "obesity" articles, but nothing about her cloaked involvement in White House decisions.
Yep, Washington State is getting them all (Mr. Obama, Mr. Biden, Mr. Clinton, and now Mrs. Obama) in support of a LOSER Career Politician Congresswoman Murray who cannot let go of all their shirt tails. The more high profiles Senator Murray brings into the State, the more her approval ratings go down the drain.
Michelle is as uneeded as every other first lady. All a first lady did, was be married to someone who became president.
Michelle is not any more special than any other. She, like her husband, and that last president are bad for the country.
I am curious Fiesty - are you also like the liberal media pundit that gets a thrill up his (Fiesty) leg whenever Obama speaks? What is the First Lady known for, besides poor dress?
No I'm not at all biased nor am I prejudiced. See what bringing up FACTS can do to radical, even "feisty" hotheads? The whole point was that in all of my thorough research of the Presidential candidates, including Obama's book, I found nothing noteworthy about Michelle. So what if she's a mom, or even a good mom. there are millions of us who are. That's nothing noteworthy, that's just being normal.
So what if she has college degrees? Millions and millions of people do. For me to be inspired, someone needs to STAND OUT. Be exceptional. Since I've already achieved the exact stats as Michelle, what is there about her to inspire me? (other than. I'm not married to the President, nor am I the first black First Lady. (neither of those are inspiring to me).
So you've chosen to 'jump' all over and try and make an issue about a non-issue.
Rather than address what I was commenting on - the gross generalizations and the endless chants of "If I think it, its got to be true. And if you disagree, there's something wrong with you." mantra of some narrow minded liberals.
Your error was in lumping me in with your "ALL" women comment.
Of all the women that responded to the poll, only 57% found her acceptable. Of those women, 60% said they were not inspired by her to bother voting this time around. In other words, just over half think positively of her and of those nearly two-thirds don't think positively enough of her to vote. The actual number is 34%. The bottom line is that approximately 1 in three may vote. Not very effective use of taxpayer money especially considering how debt ridden the country is already.
But I guess letting her go on the Stump for the Chump trail is better than paying for another boondoggle trip abroad.
Michelle Obama is a fine example of what affirmative action, taken to the extreme, can produce. She is very good at having her hair done, at planning her next vacation, at playing in the garden for the cameras. Certainly as soon as the cameras stopped rolling she ordered the gardeners to take over. Is she attractive...??? Well...no. But she does the best with what money she has available. Millions I'm sure.
Please tell me that my tax dollars aren't going to this.
I got it Drive By.
"The first lady hits the stump."
Yeah. Apparently with her face.
Yikes! That is one ugly mug.
Carole...
Thanks for your logical post...I also fail to see what exactly Ms. Obama has done to be called "inspirational"...I don't get it at all.
Maybe she could hit these campaign events and show the vacation photo album she's put together from the numerous trips she taken to all the hot spots on the globe. That photo album might inspire folks to try to travel to more vacation spots.
I also fail to see what exactly Ms. Obama has done to be called "inspirational"...I don't get it at all.
Tony. So right. I still don't understand how the libs can find quotes like her "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country" an "inspiration."
Says a lot about Michelle Obama and the libs that worship her.
Carole Crouch: Excellent post!
peace :)
The opriginal question was - Is it smart or risky that the First Lady is campaign stumping across seven states?
The answer to that could go either way depending on whom you're asking. However... most would agree that it is costing the taxpayers plenty of what they have little of. The flipside of the flop is that it is extremely comforting to know that the state of this union is in such fine shape that both Obama's can stepout and do what they've shown numerous times in the past, and that is what they seem to be best at - Traveling off on minimal tasks... courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.
That's a good question! Why are the American taxpayer getting stuck for the cost of all this campaigning by the President and his wife? Seems the Democrat party and the unions should foot that bill. If you see Mr. Obama remember to ask him if the CHICOMs are paying his salary. Since they own a trillion of the nations debt. Ask him to prove they are not doing so...
Check out the 10/2 rally it shows what is planned for our country! True inspiration here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkw7n9Qagu8&feature=related
Did she hurt the stump?
Michelle Obama is certainly a much bigger target of vituperation, slander, libel, and hatred than almost any other First Lady of memory. Certainly Andrew Jackson's wife was smeared and taunted, while some took pleasure in nasty remarks about Mary Todd Lincoln's overspending, and the ultra-right devoted four decades to dumping dirt on Eleanor Roosevelt - but none were targeted so quickly and viciously as Michelle Obama has been. This cesspool of blog posts certainly makes that point.
The First Lady's role in this nation was really established by two great women, Abigail Adams and Dolly Madison. Eleanor Roosevelt, who often vexed her husband with controversial public positions, was also FDR's "eyes and ears" when out among the public - and she was a powerful, positive advocate for equal rights and equal justice. Jackie Kennedy brought to the White House an air of elegance hardly ever surpassed. Although I had little regard for Bumbler Bush, I found admiration for Laura Bush.
These women, in whose footsteps Michelle Obama travels with her own brand of elegance, were more than helpmeets for their husbands - they were unofficial abassadors for the nation with foreign dignitaries, spokespersons for important causes, and examples to mothers. Michelle Obama well fills that role. Like Laura Bush before her, Mrs. Obama is a strong advocate of literacy. She has served admirably, before going to the White House, in ledership of charitable foundations.
Her participation in the election campaign is to be expected. And she will be received in many places with admiration and respect. That the die-hard regressives, haters, and perhaps simply jealous indulge in the kind of screed above is no surprise, it has happened before. And what a pity.
Right on John - well said. (But you forgot to mention what the Republi-can'ts won't even allow themselvers to say out loud yet -- she's very likely our next president!!!)
Several different professors that had both Barack and Michelle as students at Harvard have said they are amazed that he ran first!
Michelle 2016 !!! (and yes - we'll STILL be using Bush against the Republi-can'ts then, and it will still work!)
John A and JonboGreen - Very well said. And thanks to both of you for hanging in here on this particular thread. The insults about the First Lady on here say a lot about the people who wrote them.
I have seen a lot of extremely ugly racism in this thread.
After Mrs Obama's recent, exorbinant trip with her entourage costing taxpayers millions, I feel she is a NEGATIVE for the Admin & the country! Dan
That trip was paid for from the personal finances of the Obama family. Please check your "facts". Too much "Faux" News????
And of course, Dan, you've been an Obama voter from the start, right? Yeah, right!
Better our role model should be Sarah Palin - I mean, she never used her official transport to get herself and her family to and from private functions or anything while she was governor, did she? Oops...wait a sec...
If you're as worried about ordinary (as opposed to filthy rich) taxpayers as you pretend to be, there's a simple way to save them: vote Democratic.
Did they recently change their slogans? Wasn't it just a week or 2 ago people were saying it was Tax & spend (D) vs Borrow & spend (R)? When did the Democrats lower taxes? And extending Bush taxes isn't lowering, it's leaving them the same.
Allen - Yeah, that would be 9 days after the inauguration...Obama did more good for this country in his first 100 days, than Reagan, George I and George II did in 20 years combined.
Jonbo...wake up Jonbo...wake up...
IF by claiming Obama "did more good...in his first 100 days than Reagan, George I or George II," you intended to say he put the country further in debt in that amount of time than most presidents did in four years then you're right.
If not...hope you're in California or one of those states where the whacky weed isn't a felony!
Lloyd, only part of the trip was paid out of personal expenses. You need to check your facts, please. Your response made it appear as if the entire trip was paid out of Obama's pocket.
President Obama lowered taxes for the middle class.
I see that you are eager and ready to pay for the koch brothers tax cuts.
When did Obama lower my taxes? I do know I have a whole new group of taxes being implemented over the next few years though... for example, starting in 2013 as a part of the health (insurance) bill, there will be a 3.8% tax applied to home sales as well as other realestate sales to help pay for health care. I don't know about the rest of you in the middle class... but that's not helping me a damn bit.
"That trip was paid for from the personal finances of the Obama family." Lloyd: I don't believe the entire trip was paid for by the Obamas. I believe she paid for her friends' hotel stay. During the trip she visited the King & Queen of Spain so the trip was considered an official visit. I believe WE paid for the airline(s), cars, security, etc.
RatPoison
When did Obama lower my taxes? I do know I have a whole new group of taxes being implemented over the next few years though... for example, starting in 2013 as a part of the health (insurance) bill, there will be a 3.8% tax applied to home sales as well as other realestate sales to help pay for health care. I don't know about the rest of you in the middle class... but that's not helping me a damn bit.
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/04/a-38-percent-sales-tax-on-your-home/
Q: Does the new health care law impose a 3.8 percent tax on profits from selling your home?
A: No, with very few exceptions. The first $250,000 in profit from the sale of a personal residence won’t be taxed, or the first $500,000 in the case of a married couple. The tax falls on relatively few — those with high incomes from other sources.
Why are you going around promoting or spreading these lies???? Did you believe this lie without checking it????
Did you know that it was a lie and decided to spread it anyway???
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/28/barack-oba
ma/tax-cut-95-percent-stimulus-made-it-so/
"We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in a State of the Union
speech
Tax cut for 95 percent? The stimulus made it so
Share this story:
President Barack Obama talked a lot about economic recovery during his
State of the Union address on Jan. 27, 2010, including the benefits of
the economic stimulus bill passed last year.
The stimulus, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, included tax cuts for many Americans, Obama said.
"We cut taxes. We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families. We cut
taxes for small businesses," Obama said. "We cut taxes for first-time
homebuyers. We cut taxes for parents trying to care for their children.
We cut taxes for 8 million Americans paying for college."
You could have stopped right there.
I'd rather see Michelle on the campaign trail than Laura the murderer.
Nice....you see the mess this country is in...yet things always boil down to George Bush...and now his wife.
Pretty lame.
Laura the murderer.
You've got to be kidding.
So let's see. George Bush has been out of office almost TWO YEARS now and we have a story about Michelle Obama campaigning for her husband and somehow that brings us around to a car accident Laura Bush had when she was a teenager.
?????
I'm sure if you try you can link Kevin Bacon to all this. LOL!
Just more proof that liberals are totally insane!
Alex...
It doesn't matter if this peresident lowers taxes by a few dollars for use in his campaign speeches if he drives the cost of everything else up...like he did with health insurance and plans to do with his penalizing energy plans. His tax increases on businesses large and small are simply passed along to paying customers.
If this president signed a bill that instantly added fifty cents to every gallon of gas bought in this country...his defenders would insist that he did not increase taxes at all....the "greedy' oil companies, they'd insist, were ripping off the consumers once more.
The president's 'plan' is to force businesses to be his tax collectors...and he can once again claim that he did not increase taxes on anyone.
Money gone because of government policy is money gone all the same.
Last night and all day today I have watched the Chilean miners being rescued and the pride and unity expressed by the country. And what a heart wrenching and heart warming event it has been to watch.
Whenever I see Michelle Obama, I am reminded of her comment, "I have never been proud of this country".
I feel sad for the USA and jealous of Chile.
That's cool y'all, whatever...If you can't handle the truth, COLLAPSE IT! (Now that I think about it, that's in perfect keeping with Rove, Beck, Limbaugh, FoxNews, etc.!)
Jobo
Unfortunately you would/could not understand the truth if michee kicked u in the butt w/ size 13
Here's the truth "Dude" - We keep both majorities this time around; we get back over 60+ senators in 2012 (and increase our majority in the House, and keep the White House), and then...
Michelle for America 2016 !!! (and we'll STILL be winning using Bush against you then!)
 the first lady hits the stump if that does not help to get out the vote.then we have problems .i wish she would come to ohio to help steve driehause. the d.n.c. took there money and ran from steve chabot big mistake. go mr driehause. u the mam.
Michelle Who?
That's "November 2016 President-Elect Michelle Who" to you...
"Michelle Who?" You know, the MEchelle Antoinette that took a spendy vacation to Spain; the same MEchelle that was never proud of her country until her husband was elected. You know, that one - that one that scowls most of the time!
Wow, Bev hun slow down you dont want to have a stroke before you watch the tragicomedy about to unfold in the next few weeks. Calm down have a prozac cocktail. Its all going to be ok. We wont stop the gravy train too fast.
Bev - you need to relax a little. I'm sorry your community organizer left you behind when she went East.
Seems as though everybody is a dumb arse to you. From your bold type you seem to be a big-mouth or at least a loud mouth that can't see herself calling the kettle black. Other opinions may be just as valid as yours.
For being dumb a$$e$, the others seem to be able to use the spell check feature. You might give it a try sometime - after you take a 'lude and can see straight.
Look at it this way Little Joe Peep,
It's a given that the Dems are going to lose many seats this election. So I look at this "sending Michelle out to do some campaigning" as a face saving move on Barrack's part. When they lose, as they surely will, the pundits can claim that they would have won if The great one had been there instead of just his wife. Sour Grapes rationalization.
WOW! This "Beverly" person is really passionate.
About what I have no idea.
sjsMeMe: Brilliant statement! You hit her just right! Isn't it interesting that now they're even sending "Mrs. MARXIST" to replace her TOXIC Marxist spouse? She is so irrelevant and very, very LATE to the party.
They send Bill Clinton (but not Hillary?)
They send Moo Moo Mooch-elle... but Not her Marxist spouse?
Moo Moo Moo-chelle and her TOXIC spouse ONLY go to "very safe Democrat strongholds" too?
Nov 2nd, 2010: Judgment Day = Massive Democrat & RINO Republican defeat... a political "bloodbath" for the status quo socialists in Washington, when MARXIST Obama becomes a seriously wounded Lame Duck for his last 24 months in office.
Nov 6th, 2012: Judgment Day, Phase 2, when MARXIST Obama gets FIRED!
Jan20th, 2013: New American Independence Day, when millions of Americans laugh, Cheer and Jeer as Marxist Obama departs Washington DC for good. On that day, millions and millions of Americans will chant and sing words from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
FREE at Last!
FREE at Last!
Thank GOD Almighty!
America is FREE of Marxist Obama at last!
followed by:
Glory, Glory Hallelujah!
followed by:
Oh Happy Day!
Oh Happy Day!
When Obama leaves!
When Obama leaves!
Oh Happy Day!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/us/politics/03campaign.html
House Majority Still Uncertain, Republicans Say
By JEFF ZELENY and CARL HULSE
Published: October 2, 2010
WASHINGTON — Republicans carry substantial advantages as they move into the final month of the fall campaign, but the resilience of vulnerable Democrats is complicating Republican efforts to lock down enough seats to capture the House and take control of the unsettled electoral battleground.
Pool photo by Jason Reed/Getty Images
Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, in a radio debate last week with her Republican opponent, Carly Fiorina.
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By now, Republicans had hoped to put away a first layer of Democrats and set their sights on a second tier of incumbents. But the fight for control of Congress is more fluid than it seemed at Labor Day, with Democrats mounting strong resistance in some parts of the country as they try to hold off a potential Republican wave in November.
The chances of a Republican takeover in the House remain far greater than in the Senate, according to a race-by-race analysis by The New York Times. But enough contests remain in flux that both parties head into the final four weeks of the campaign with the ability to change the dynamic before Election Day.
Her pitch: Vote democratic and be part of the gay movement, support those living off government by voting for more government and support your local unions that are bankrupting your state!
"Gay Movement"?
What the hell is that even supposed to mean?
Red states are welfare , parasite states living off blue states.
Your Uncle Sammy
Her pitch: Vote democratic and be part of the gay movement, support those living off government by voting for more government and support your local unions that are bankrupting your state!
You ought try it; punk. I hope the day comes you'll have to choose between eating out the garbage can or choosing government stamps designed for you by the Republican Master Plan. You know the one the says starve the Beast [Americans] and block every peace of the President's agenda. Then we [Republicans] swoop in; take the White House back and start all over. We [republicans] can send jobs all our overseas and richer. It shouldn't matter; we got enough money to last for several lifetimes why should we [republicans] care about honest hard working Americans we ripped of.
Unions have accountability as Pac groups they must divulge their donor. The Chamber of Horror and Karl Rove billionaires don't.So go ahead vote for the GOP/TP that will send your jobs over seas to pay back their secret global partners for foriegners who work lower wages; It'll make us richer .
FYI: the country was bankrupt long before President Obama took over; but, being a righty you can disagree all you want. You'd better hope you greedy dishonest GOP/TP doesn't get in then you'll sign. Oh wait, that's right you want the elephant to slap you in the face.
Bev, Im telling you your already on your second roll or papertowels. You really need to calm down.
Bev, darlin' - Even if the country was already bankrupt, that doesn't mean that the prez needs to drive it many times farther into the hole. He has tried to spend his way out of debt to no avail.
Aren't you hard working American republicans tired of supporting the entitled democrats?
Beverly in Chicago
You're just spouting more of the "Bush did it so Obama can too" crap.
Didn't hold water last year and doesn't hold water this year either.
Give it up babe.
Our country needs to ban the use of taxpayers money to pay for these kinds of trips. If any elected official wants to endorse the candidates of their choices, that's fine. But to use my hard earned tax dollars to pay for their jaunts is totally unethical, unreasonable, and must be stopped. Republican, Democrat, etc. need to keep their campaigning AWAY from the jobs they're hired to do!
What this reporter is implying and perhaps accurately reporting is that women don't vote for the best candidate ... they vote because Michelle Obama tells them to vote and who to vote for ... is this what you're hearing too? Shame on you women, if this is correct. Use your own brains! Think for yourselves! Make your own decisions! Quit being weak, dramatic, easily influenced, and ethnically challenged!!
Honestly, after her comment made on television answering the poor little hispanic kids concern that the cops were going to come & haul her Mommy & Daddy away with "we're trying to change that" probably scared that poor kid half to death. At no time did illegal search & seizure come into play in AZ and she should know that.
She should have said they're fine as long as they don't break the law and get investigated just like any other American caught speeding, running red lights, etc or that they could just apply for citizenship.
I still can't get over White House officials overturning that town in TN or wherever that voted to remove party labels from the ballots. The reason given was that the black voters needed to know which one's were Democrat so they knew who to vote for. That has to be the most racist and demeaning things I've ever heard.
Allen,
Please – Facts are important. What you implied what the First Lady said is what the young girl told Mrs. Obama and the girl was not from Arizona.
"I still can't get over White House officials overturning that town in TN or wherever that voted to remove party labels from the ballots." Got anything to back that up, like a link?
No! I didn't think so.
LOL, enjoy the article there Dennis.
http://newsrealblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/doj-partisan-voting/
The Justice Department’s decision is blatant in its racist, condescending assumptions that:
Thanks Paul
Hey Paul,
While your over at the word press did you see all the sold out Blacks who write for word press? There's spineless Uncle Tom Sowell and not very many others. There is something that is known as Black on Black crime. In this case I'm speaking metaphorically.
If republican didn't/don't practice racism why do they employ the Southern Strategy? Even hip hop Michael Steele admitted it.
Word press people are stupidly racist. They want to impeach the President because they haven't seen his birth certificate or DNA amongst other stupid reasons. Duhh, take any African American's DNA; you'll see African linage . Take Caucasian DNA and you might find some african linage there too.
Dwight D. Eisenhower for one.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08036/854713-51.stm
Bev, Please hun, really WHO cares. I dont almost everyone I know doesnt. And HELLO.....I live in Detroit. Come on calm down its not going to hurt that bad.
Our country needs to ban the use of taxpayers money to pay for these kinds of trips. If any elected official wants to endorse the candidates of their choices, that's fine. But to use my hard earned tax dollars to pay for their jaunts is totally unethical, unreasonable, and must be stopped. Republican, Democrat, etc. need to keep their campaigning AWAY from the jobs they're hired to do!
What this reporter is implying and perhaps accurately reporting is that women don't vote for the best candidate ... they vote because Michelle Obama tells them to vote and who to vote for ... is this what you're hearing too? Shame on you women, if this is correct. Use your own brains! Think for yourselves! Make your own decisions! Quit being weak, dramatic, easily influenced, and ethnically challenged!!
"Ethnically challenged"??? What on earth is that supposed to mean?
Carole Couch
All the costs, except the Secret Service, for any campaign trip by President, VP or First Lady are paid for by political campaign donations. It is the law for all our elected officials.
Dennis, did any of that money come from foreign donations?
I know, how about this, if you don't pay taxes you're not allowed to vote. Heck I pay basically to live here, people that pay their taxes should make the decisions when it comes to voting.
Paul,
How about if you take it one step farther – One vote for every $100k in earnings?
I feel that a very ugly racist atmosphere has been started here.
Sorry, Dennis, but you are only fractionally correct.
Presidents and their families have to pay the equivalent of first class airfare while campaigning or vacationing on air force one. It is the merest fraction of the actual cost.
Personally, I think that rule should be changed. Presidents should be allowed two fractional vacations, and all other trips should be FULLY reimbursed by the president or his party. The rules should also be tightened so that a quick stop for a speech does not allow them to piggyback a campaign or Fu draining stop. The taxpayers should ONLY be on the hook for the speech part, All of the rest should be the responsibility of the party or president.
After all, we are not supposed to be supporting a temporary monarch, and his or her entourage.
JoAnne in Pa
"Ethnically challenged"??? What on earth is that supposed to mean?
I would take it to mean she is a racist.... ya know if it looks like, sounds like,
it would just seem to follow she is a racist.. ya know Bigot IMO
Paul...the nation's founders felt that all voters should be 'property owners'.
"recent automated polls have shown the race tightening..."
Yeah, that would be because we Colorado Dems JUST STARTED! (We were busy...you know...governing...actually doing stuff...)
Governing? It's 3:30 p.m. Colorado time...are you on the Internet governing again?
Communicating with voters is a very important part of leadership and of governing.
Alex...
Like all the "communicating" we voters received on the mess of a health care reform plan we had stuffed up our noses ???
Behr Facts.
Excellent post! You nailed it!
she is a joke and she should keep her and her alligator teeth home.
she is going to need them if she is going to swim around in the "swamp" with her husband, pelois and reid.
Do you people teach your children to talk like this as well? You do not like the First Lady, that is fine, but your crass talk shows a distinct lack of character.
Red neck parents usually raise red neck children.
And stuck up liberals raise plan fools.
Robert Embry -- Grow up.
ramboet, your probable one of the morons who voted for the trash.
Mr. Embry - seriously. You belong in a schoolyard with your childishness. But then again, children on a playground have better manners.
Trash is one of the new code words for N*gg*r. I wish the tea party would publish a list.
It's SMART! They already tried sending her to Spain to keep her out of trouble and that back-fired...so put her to work. Hey...why not put a pretty face on an ugly situation that's leading to national bankruptcy?
Too bad it's not pretty. But that's just me. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Actually, she reminds me of a beholder...
Behr,
What pretty face????
Edward-1075991: Hey! No fair... you stole my line!
Why does she always have her nose "puckered up" like she's smells bad?
Or she just has her face twisted up looking angry?
Hmm... maybe she realizes she's "stuck" with that pathetic, depressing little Marxist for a spouse? He's about as popular as a LEPER? More and more unpopular every single day? More and more disliked and rejected... every single day!
I guess anyone who was married to that Marxist would make ugly faces too?
peace :)
I just can't wait till Obie and her are out of the White House in 2012, actually I hope for a iracle and hope he is out even sooner, I mean he has failed at every thing, kept no promises he made.. it's time for him to go
What I remember most is "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of America."
What a ringing endorsement from the The First Lady.
Not really inspirational stuff unless you are on the other side.
There should be laws against her using our tax dollars to support her personal agenda. This is getting more pathetic by the day.
We'll have to wait until they pass a law prohibiting Presidents and their spouses to campaign.
At least she is trying to do something. I would think that citizens participation in the political process is a positive thing to do,
Nancy, your side of the political spectrum is willing to spend my tax dollars to support their personal agenda, i.e. banning abortions, why shouldn't both sides be restricted from doing that?
What I remember most is "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of America."
What a ringing endorsement from the The First Lady.
Not really inspirational stuff unless you are on the other side.
...a quotation for the ages...
I still like "first we must pass the bill to see what is in it." said by the person 2nd in the line of succession.
WOW!
You reminded me of another reason I spend my days lurking in the political waters. Thank you.
She should stay out of the fray if possible. It will dilute any other meaningful things she may attempt to accomplish later as "politically motivated."
All the democrats need all the help they can get.
Alex,
Too bad it's more likely to hurt their chances.
My bad. It's great that it will hurt their chances!
I agree Michelle Obama doesn't inspire me, Mrs. Bush didn't inspire me. My mother inspired me, my grandmothers inspired me. My father especially inspired me. All of these people loved me, and encouraged me to do the best I could in any situation. Because of them, I am the woman I am today. A female with a Masters Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, with a wonderful family and 4 fantastic grandchildren.
The dumb leading the dumber. What a match made in kenya.
A birther. You lose all credibility with statements like that.
I's really proud that the democrats think so much of woman that just because she tells us to we are going to rush right out vote for who she tells us to. And she is not a "mom" just like you and I, she is so far removed from reality that she is blinded by her own commitment to herself. Like her nitwit other half their every word is started with Me, I or Mine.
allanna I am not sure but, you do not sound like a Democrat.
So big(i mean big, she must eating high on the hog with taxpayers money ) Ms. Obama hits the trail. Just remember people, this is the lady that said:
1) she was never proud to be an American. (she changed her mind when she found out the all the free meals and trips she could take being Ms.president)
2) that all our children needed to be re-educated and re-taught history. (of course she meant the socialist view point of history)
3) this is the lady that took 30 of her BFF's on an all expenses paid( by the taxpayers) trip to Spain
So when you she her or here her remember she is a socialist, has the same re-distribution of wealth ideas as he loser husband and lies.
I do not admire Michelle Obama ....your first statement ..she was never proud to be an American...her values are not my values...
But I do believe that she is a good Mother you can't fake the happiness in those 2 little girls faces
She did not take 30 of her friends to Spain on the taxpayers dime, her friends paid for their own way. We did not pay for her room's at the hotel in Spain. The Obama's paid for that, now I do think she should have stayed here in the US and spent that money, that would really have been the smartest move that the Obama's could have made.
let's not make stuff up, you don't need to they have done so many stupid things!!
Nancy -
Who paid for the Secret Service and all of the support staff?
The American taxpayer. And she decided to stop in and pay a call to the Spanish royalty just so that the American taxpayer would have to pick up part of the tab for her stay. You might want to check your facts.
Tammy your correct the taxpayer picked up the tab for the Secret Service and her staff but we would pick up the tab for this no matter where she went.
Don't get me wrong...what she did was really wrong and dumb!! With our economy in the dumpster she should have stayed in the states and stimulated the economy here!
I have no use for her!
Neither do I, Nancy. I'll just be glad when they're out of the White House.
The mid term elections matter more than the presidential elections, in terms of how things are done in Washington. I hope she is able to get that message across, but in a favorable way for the Democrats. The Tea Party movement and the Republicans have gotten too radical, and I don't think they will do any better for any of us who make less than $50K a year; including the unemployed.
i agree about this election being more important than most elections,but i wouldn`t be too afraid about radicalsin the repub party.when the election is over reality sets in,just ask obama,he probably thinks four years is too long and would like to quitnow.
osama bin obama wants her gone. zipperhead introduced him to monica lewenski!!!!! lmao
The hatred, bigotry, misogyny and vitriol in these postings is just unbelievable and makes me sick to my stomach! I don't care who you voted for this type of rant serves no good...consider:
Sometimes, when we are discouraged by a difficult situation, anger does seem helpful, appearing to bring more energy, confidence and determination. And while it is true that anger brings extra energy, it eclipses the best part of our brain: its rationality. So the energy of anger is almost always unreliable. It can cause an immense amount of destructive, unfortunate behavior. Dalai Lama
Well hello Dalai, its so nice to have you back where you belong............Hope that didn't come across as angry..................something? anything? Does a pack of free incense come with that post?
Dan-405104 you miss my point entirely. Whether you find Ms. Obama's words or actions inspiring or not, is up to you, but to resort to the name calling and nastiness that is displayed in this page only lowers all of us by the lowest common denominator. Maybe Jon Stewart is really on to something with his Rally to Restore Sanity. It's like this country is having a mental breakdown and is in sore need of being committed!
Yes we all know that Jon Stewart would not stoop to such tactics as name calling and nastiness. When you start listening to a comdedian for your politcal guidance you are lowering yourself to tlhe lowest common denominator. Don't talk to loud about being committed. You don't know the difference between an organ grinders monkey and a politician. Going from a spirtitual leader to a comedian is quite a mood swing. Want to say anything else?
@dan, you're an idiot.
robert embry...Your comment is an example of everything that is wrong with this country..Complete lack of civility,Ditto Head.
It may not be popularity but fear that puts Michelle Obama higher on the list than her husband. If you don't agree with her, those horse teeth could take a big junk out of you.