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Obama takes the big leap

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by spnited, Jan 16, 2007.

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  1. Cousin Jeffrey

    Cousin Jeffrey Active Member

    Well, not really, wonk. I'm sure if you ask Bayh, the two reasons he didn't run are Obama and Clinton. Everyone else is just flotsam. Obama will raise $100 million quite easily.
     
    Cousin Jeffrey, Jan 16, 2007
    #13
  2. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    That's nothing. Only two men have ever stepped from the Senate to the White House -- Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy.
     
    Double J, Jan 16, 2007
    #14
  3. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I knew there weren't many. Didn't realize the number was that small.
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 16, 2007
    #15
  4. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    I hope he wins.

    I don't know if he will...
     
    zeke12, Jan 16, 2007
    #16
  5. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Then that doesn't bode well for McCain or Hillary, either
     
    spnited, Jan 16, 2007
    #17
  6. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Interesting, the track record for governors versus senators. I too never knew that number was so low.
     
    alleyallen, Jan 16, 2007
    #18
  7. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    The guy's really . . . really . . . REALLY liberal.

    I take McCain over Obama.

    I take Obama over, say, Brownback.

    Other matchups are open to discussion.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Jan 16, 2007
    #19
  8. Cousin Jeffrey

    Cousin Jeffrey Active Member

    That stat only means anything, if it does at all, if you consider who's actually running in 08. Who's the top gov. candidate, Mitt Romney? A black guy with a name that sounds like Osama has a better chance than a Mormon from Mass. Bill Richardson is prob the top Dem guy, but how's the New Mexico gov going to upend Hill and Barack in fundraising among Dem supporters? That stat, Govs over Sens, will be amended in 08.
     
    Cousin Jeffrey, Jan 16, 2007
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  9. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Good for Barack. I wish him well.
     
    Point of Order, Jan 16, 2007
    #21
  10. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    I like Obama, but I would support Bill Richardson too.
     
    Double J, Jan 16, 2007
    #22
  11. Chuck~Taylor

    Chuck~Taylor Active Member

    He's our only hope. That is all.
     
    Chuck~Taylor, Jan 16, 2007
    #23
  12. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Can everyone just give it up with his fucking name already? Who cares what his name is? It doesn't say anything about what kind of politician or person he is, or what kind of job he would do. Hell a patriarchal political name has our country all fucked up. But all every blabbering conservative quarter-wit ever says is Barrack HUSSEIN!!!! Obama this and that. He's the only politician now who goes by his full name, and he's not even the one who uses it, it's the pants-pissing conservatives truly troubled by a charismatic breath of fresh air they don't know much about yet.

    Hell one idiot got on the air just last night and asked how relevant it was that he lived in Indonesia for a few years, and even went to a Muslim school there for two of them. Is he a Muslim, or a non-practicing one he wanted to know? Of course, after two years at a Muslim school he then went to a Catholic school, so it was obvious this guy was desperate for anything on Barrack HUSSEIN!!!!! Obama.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Jan 16, 2007
    #24
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