mic check goes Presidential

[Paul Mackin]

Hope you're right, Alice.

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On 11/26/2011 10:03 AM, alice wellintown wrote:
>> Karl Rove, if he's laughing, is laughing at the Democratic
>> establishment throwing away its best chance of capturing the interest
>> of the public by disowning its base so it can fruitlessly placate the
>> Republicans while they cater to *their* wild dreamers!!!
>>
>> these are the people that turned out for the big O in 2008, as I keep saying
>
> You keep saying it but that don't make your point. Sure, the base and
> the young, first time voters, they were important, not essential to
> O's victory. They will vote for him again. In larger numbers this go
> round. O needs to keep white men and women, keep the latino vote up.
> He'll get the black vote. The key is white men and white women. He
> should do well with the females again, but the white men won't and
> don't abide this OWS movement. The Christian vote won't matter as
> much, as once again, it's the stupid economy that will motivate
> voters. And, we should never discount O's skill as a speaker and
> motivator; he will move people to vote for him.
>
> The Reps have no chance. Karl Rove is dead in the water.
>
> To keep the white males and motivate them, and white women, O needs to
> play it cool. Barry Cool is not something Rove can shake. It's deeper
> and wider than you suspect.
>
> The kids will be OK; the OWS folk will come to terms with the reality
> of the current world. They will be poorer, but others, far away, will
> live better for it.
>
> The banks will still bank, the politicians will still see thier souls
> to the PACs and lobbies, the wars will go on and one, but things wiull
> settle down and Maxwell's Deamon will do his "work"
>