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Republican Staffer emails "spook" photo GOP Activist Compares Michelle Obama to escaped Gorilla Racist Obama Witchdoctor email that went around State Rep compares Obama to 9/11 hijackers Tennessee Mayor Says "muslim Obama" keeping him from seeing A Charlie Brown Christmas There's tons more examples.

Not even close. Obama has had 3x's the number of negative books written about him than Bush. With Bush (besides the jabbing at his perceived lack of intellect) there wasn't anything consistent to what Obama endures. The whole 'outsider he's not one of us memes' that vilify him as some sort of Muslim/socialist/Kenyan/terrorist is the main stream of the Republican Party, not the fringes. Just look at the House Rep that commented about Michelle Obama's figure, find me an example of something similar a Dem house rep said about Laura Bush.

Please. The vitriol for Obama from the right has been 10x's what Bush ever got. And Bush had to start a war to get that hate, Obama gets blamed for stuff he didn't even do - like TARP.

Dunno about Catholics, but the majority of Americans seem to support this decision.

Special elections are tricky, they're hard to accurately predict. But he went 35 for 35 in 2008 on the Senate, as well as getting 49 out of 50 states in the presidency. I'm not arguing that people won't vote with their wallets in November, I simply argue that a poorer candidate stands a tougher chance at beating Obama. You can't just throw up anybody and expect people to trust that he/she would do a better job with the economy.

I see you're not familiar with Nate Silver's work.

Predictions model on chances of election. Adjust for GDP, forecasted GDP, & Obama approval rating. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/15/magazine/what-are-the-chances-for-republicans.html?ref=magazine

Doubtful. FSU does home and homes with schools like Oklahoma, they're far too noble for us. If we want to improve our standing we need to get home and homes with Kansas, NC State, Cincinnati, Colorado, ect.

When is this on? I watch Jeopardy just about every day at 6pm and it's been all 'regular' Jeopardy.

Or maybe I "get it", but I just have a different view on things. CRAZY I KNOW!

Judging by the 90 in your name, you sure are hitting your cranky old man years a little early.

You guys are crazy with all your guns. I just use a machete when slaughtering children protecting my property....

I feel the same way, which is one reason you saw Clinton wait until 2008 to run. She knew there was a much better chance then than in 2004. 2016 will actually have some big-time Republicans probably enter the race: Rubio, Jeb Bush, Jon Thune.

As mentioned previously, Carter was neck-in-neck with Reagan in 1980 in November. Adjusted for inflation, gas was about $5.50 a gallon. They don't play as big of a role as you conservatives would like to think. I'd start putting my hope eggs in a different basket.

Sounds a lot like what's happening now. We've actually been in recovery for 2 years now. Very very slow recovery, but a recovery. The broken bone hasn't healed, but the cast(e?) has been set. Not to mention, the early 80's recession and the late 00's recession are two different animals. They weren't the results of the same problems, and you couldn't address them the same way either. And what's the Republicans strategy, "I'm not Obama"? Technically speaking, there's 2 choices in this year's election. People won't just vote against Obama in November, they'll need someone else to vote for. That candidate isn't out there for the Republicans. Maybe Romney comes away much more polished by August/September, but for now people aren't really interested in running out and voting Obama out of office if the other guy doesn't seem like he's any better.

Completely ignores everything I said and continue to focus on a few words that are so harmful to virgin ears.

And what does it say about someone so self-righteous as yourself? That you have some sort of authority to try and judge me based on a silly alumni message board? How "grown-up" are you to cast judgement on someone you've never met, someone you barely know anything about, and someone sits behind a computer? You know nothing about my maturity or the sense of humor my grandfather would have over something as nonsensical as a slap fight between myself and another message board poster. You have consistently tried to take every one of my posts out-of-context and then lecture me on what I do or don't think, or in many cases, what you want to believe I think. What kind of person attempts at every opportunity to speak down to me like a child because they were put on the earth before I was? Who the hell are you to think you know what's best for me? Please, find someone else to mold or lecture with the great wealth of worldly knowledge you think you possess. I've been around the block a time or two, I can make decisions all on my own without help. If I do need it, I'll find someone who treats me as an equal and not look to a message board where I can be constantly patronized.

I don't get it Kram. My 83 year-old grandfather has a better sense of humor than you.

Good job quoting the new testament there, Rick.

And you don't see a problem with talking to a grown man this way?

And yet, even with over 8% unemployment Obama still beats any R candidate head-to-head. The economy will most likely get better, or least not any worse, and the best candidates the Republicans can muster up still can't get any momentum. A year ago you guys were thinking it would be 1980 all over again, yet it's look more and more like 1996 for Obama.

And if the middle comes out to vote for Romney, the conservatives will stay home. Just look at the turnout in states that he wins.

This constant belittlement is on the verge of harassment. I'd suggest you'd find another hobby. But to answer that accusation: why on earth would you think that? There's so much dirt on Santorum that doesn't even need to be uncovered - it's all out in the open. Even Trump brought up a decent point: he lost his re-election in 2006 by 16 points. 16 points in his own state. A Santorum nomination would guarantee an Obama re-election. Yeah, I'm really scared.