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MattB
Oct 24, 2012, 10:05:25 PM10/24/12
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Once Obama country, Colorado now razor-close
MORRISON, Colo. — Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
Republican presidential candidates.
Now Colorado has become an example of how hard it has been for him to
maintain that coalition against the headwinds of a sour economy and
his own disastrous first debate performance in Denver.
Republicans and Democrats alike agree that Colorado is a toss-up in
this election. Like other battleground states, a slight Obama polling
edge before October here has been transformed into a deadlock. That’s
because independent suburban women — the key demographic in this
closely divided state — are taking a second look at Romney. Some
analysts see an enthusiasm gap between Obama’s supporters and his
rival’s. And the president’s attacks on Romney’s wealth may resonate
less here than in blue-collar Midwestern battlegrounds like Ohio.
"He should be doing better and he isn’t," said independent pollster
Floyd Ciruli, a former chairman of the state Democratic Party. "It’s
the worst (swing) state of the bunch for him; isn’t that amazing? It’s
the place we thought he could use as a model."
Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential
candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in
2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as
nationally.
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MORRISON, Colo. — Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
Republican presidential candidates.
Now Colorado has become an example of how hard it has been for him to
maintain that coalition against the headwinds of a sour economy and
his own disastrous first debate performance in Denver.
Republicans and Democrats alike agree that Colorado is a toss-up in
this election. Like other battleground states, a slight Obama polling
edge before October here has been transformed into a deadlock. That’s
because independent suburban women — the key demographic in this
closely divided state — are taking a second look at Romney. Some
analysts see an enthusiasm gap between Obama’s supporters and his
rival’s. And the president’s attacks on Romney’s wealth may resonate
less here than in blue-collar Midwestern battlegrounds like Ohio.
"He should be doing better and he isn’t," said independent pollster
Floyd Ciruli, a former chairman of the state Democratic Party. "It’s
the worst (swing) state of the bunch for him; isn’t that amazing? It’s
the place we thought he could use as a model."
Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential
candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in
2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as
nationally.
More
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1061169959&position=recent
Phlip
Oct 24, 2012, 10:07:18 PM10/24/12
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> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
> a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
> Republican presidential candidates.
WikiPedia:
> a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
> Republican presidential candidates.
"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five
and over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
they hang up.
Your boy is toast.
MattB
Oct 24, 2012, 10:21:54 PM10/24/12
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Well Illegals can't vote. Then latinos like everyone else do not vote
as a block. So we will see. BTW those same people were there last
time.
""Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential
candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in
2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as
nationally.""
Seems something has changed. Maybe they have seen the real Obama and
don't like it.
wrote:
as a block. So we will see. BTW those same people were there last
time.
""Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential
candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in
2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as
nationally.""
don't like it.
wy
Oct 24, 2012, 10:29:47 PM10/24/12
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On Oct 24, 10:13 pm, MattB <trdell1234N...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com>
Or maybe Coloradians are easy prey for a flim-flam man like Romney.
Sometimes he can almost fool me, he's that slick, but then when you
actually stop and think about what he says, you realize he's conning
you big time. Coloradians probably find stopping to think too hard to
do.
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com>
Sometimes he can almost fool me, he's that slick, but then when you
actually stop and think about what he says, you realize he's conning
you big time. Coloradians probably find stopping to think too hard to
do.
3206 Dead
Oct 24, 2012, 10:36:10 PM10/24/12
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:21:54 -0700, MattB wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a
>>> stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>
>>WikiPedia:
>>
>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five and
>>over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>
>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>they hang up.
>>
>>Your boy is toast.
>
>
> Well Illegals can't vote.
Yo! Bigot! The vast majority of Spanish speakers in this country are not
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a
>>> stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>
>>WikiPedia:
>>
>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five and
>>over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>
>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>they hang up.
>>
>>Your boy is toast.
>
>
> Well Illegals can't vote.
"illegals".
Phlip
Oct 24, 2012, 10:37:41 PM10/24/12
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On Oct 24, 7:13 pm, MattB <trdell1234N...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com>
They are doubtless crawling over the extensive, unguarded border
between Mexico and Colorado...
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
> >> a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
> >> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
> >> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
> >> Republican presidential candidates.
>
> >WikiPedia:
>
> >"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five
> >and over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>
> >When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
> >they hang up.
>
> >Your boy is toast.
>
> Well Illegals can't vote.
Ah, I say "Spanish" and you hear "undocumented immigrants".
>
> >> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
> >> a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
> >> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
> >> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
> >> Republican presidential candidates.
>
> >WikiPedia:
>
> >"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five
> >and over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>
> >When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
> >they hang up.
>
> >Your boy is toast.
>
> Well Illegals can't vote.
They are doubtless crawling over the extensive, unguarded border
between Mexico and Colorado...
3206 Dead
Oct 24, 2012, 11:09:28 PM10/24/12
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bayonets to ensure that Mexico will never have access to the sea.
MattB
Oct 25, 2012, 12:21:17 AM10/25/12
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:36:10 +0000 (UTC), 3206 Dead <de...@gone.com>
Then again during the Martin killing discussions liberals said Latinos
were just another white man. Well except for election time I guess.
All American citizens of all races should vote when they some of age.
Foreign nationals NO.
wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:21:54 -0700, MattB wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a
>>>> stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
>>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>>
>>>WikiPedia:
>>>
>>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five and
>>>over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>>
>>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>>they hang up.
>>>
>>>Your boy is toast.
>>
>>
>> Well Illegals can't vote.
>
>Yo! Bigot! The vast majority of Spanish speakers in this country are not
>"illegals".
Well most I know can speak english and sometime 3 languages.
>On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:21:54 -0700, MattB wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a
>>>> stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
>>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>>
>>>WikiPedia:
>>>
>>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five and
>>>over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>>
>>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>>they hang up.
>>>
>>>Your boy is toast.
>>
>>
>> Well Illegals can't vote.
>
>Yo! Bigot! The vast majority of Spanish speakers in this country are not
>"illegals".
Then again during the Martin killing discussions liberals said Latinos
were just another white man. Well except for election time I guess.
All American citizens of all races should vote when they some of age.
Foreign nationals NO.
MattB
Oct 25, 2012, 12:24:30 AM10/25/12
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:37:41 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
wrote:
We have illegal aliens here in Washington State. Strange how much
liberals want them to vote. Obama didn't keep his word to them last
time and I have a feeling he won't this time either. Then that is
Obama for you.
Personally I don't care what race you are if you are here illegally
you don't get to vote.
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liberals want them to vote. Obama didn't keep his word to them last
time and I have a feeling he won't this time either. Then that is
Obama for you.
Personally I don't care what race you are if you are here illegally
you don't get to vote.
Matt
Oct 25, 2012, 9:39:28 AM10/25/12
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MattB <trdell1...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:dc8h88dun6kjqfmeh...@4ax.com:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
>>> a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his
new
>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>
>>WikiPedia:
>>
>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five
>>and over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>
>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>they hang up.
>>
>>Your boy is toast.
>
>
> Well Illegals can't vote. Then latinos like everyone else do not vote
> as a block. So we will see. BTW those same people were there last
> time.
Ahem. What makes you think that people here are illegal because they
speak Spanish? It is a very common language here, mostly due to all the
folk in the farming communities that have Hispanic heritage. They are
quite legal, thank you.
>
> ""Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential
> candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in
> 2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as
> nationally.""
>
> Seems something has changed. Maybe they have seen the real Obama and
> don't like it.
Actually, the polls here are worthless. Most of us hang up on them,
leaving only the diehards on either side to answer. Since the state
consists of two very seriously conservative bands, and one liberal one
that has twice the population, it isn't a surprise the polling is messed
up. As I recall, we polled highly for Bush last time around.
Matt
news:dc8h88dun6kjqfmeh...@4ax.com:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both
>>> a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his
new
>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>
>>WikiPedia:
>>
>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five
>>and over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>
>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>they hang up.
>>
>>Your boy is toast.
>
>
> Well Illegals can't vote. Then latinos like everyone else do not vote
> as a block. So we will see. BTW those same people were there last
> time.
speak Spanish? It is a very common language here, mostly due to all the
folk in the farming communities that have Hispanic heritage. They are
quite legal, thank you.
>
> ""Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential
> candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in
> 2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as
> nationally.""
>
> Seems something has changed. Maybe they have seen the real Obama and
> don't like it.
leaving only the diehards on either side to answer. Since the state
consists of two very seriously conservative bands, and one liberal one
that has twice the population, it isn't a surprise the polling is messed
up. As I recall, we polled highly for Bush last time around.
Matt
Eddie Haskell
Oct 25, 2012, 11:33:12 AM10/25/12
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over the top. That says everything we all need to know.
-Eddie Haskell
Eddie Haskell
Oct 25, 2012, 11:43:31 AM10/25/12
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Hussein is a pathological serial liar, it's Romney that's the flim flam man.
Post one true relevant statement Hussein has made right..
..here ->
-Eddie Haskell
Eddie Haskell
Oct 25, 2012, 11:44:39 AM10/25/12
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"3206 Dead" <de...@gone.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:21:54 -0700, MattB wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a
>>>> stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
>>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>>
>>>WikiPedia:
>>>
>>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five and
>>>over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>>
>>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>>they hang up.
>>>
>>>Your boy is toast.
>>
>>
>> Well Illegals can't vote.
>
> Yo! Bigot! The vast majority of Spanish speakers in this country are not
> "illegals".
If they can't speak English they should be, and they damned sure shouldn't
>
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Phlip <phli...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> MORRISON, Colo. Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a
>>>> stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new
>>>> brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to
>>>> create a winning coalition even in places that normally back
>>>> Republican presidential candidates.
>>>
>>>WikiPedia:
>>>
>>>"The 2000 United States Census found that 10.5% of people aged five and
>>>over in Colorado speak only Spanish at home."
>>>
>>>When your precious pollsters call and hear someone speaking Spanish,
>>>they hang up.
>>>
>>>Your boy is toast.
>>
>>
>> Well Illegals can't vote.
>
> Yo! Bigot! The vast majority of Spanish speakers in this country are not
> "illegals".
be voting.
-Eddie Haskell
Eddie Haskell
Oct 25, 2012, 4:13:27 PM10/25/12
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"MattB" <trdell1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Once Obama country, Colorado now razor-close
Nobody gives a damn.
Now, why do you say that Rush Limbaugh is senile when you don't even listen
to him?
Are you crazy?
A crazy, sniveling fence riding coward?
-Eddie Haskell
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