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Obama Being Used by GOP Against Down-Ticket Dem

April 22, 2008 8:13 PM

Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, used to brag about how the GOP used to try to tar downticket Democrats by associating them with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.

The implication -- Clinton is toxic, Obama is magic.

Apparently no longer.

In two different TV ads for a Louisiana special election for a U.S. House seat, Republican groups are assailing Louisiana Democratic state Rep. Don Cazayoux by tying him to Obama.

The National Republican Congressional Committee tries to tie Cazayoux by tying him to Obama's "radical agenda on health care." Watch HERE.

The relatively new conservative group Freedom's Watch tries the same thing HERE.

Obama was an apparent help to Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, in his special election. But there's a difference between Illinois and Louisiana. And there's a difference between then and now.

h/t Politico's "The Crypt"

- jpt

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the supers know that barack can win without most of Hillary supporters with the numbers as they are shaping up ...but I can tell you Hillary absolutely by the numbers can't win without Baracks...
and you see those numbers of who will support which caniddate change with whomever is on top.

The supers know this...but we will keep fighting for this woman to have her rightful dight for the coronation she had groomed for 15 years....

Posted by: dl | Apr 23, 2008 12:13:44 AM

you all don't realize big state wins in primaries absolutely and uiunequivically don't matter unless they are HUGE margins...Hillary almost never has HUGE margins... even after she pulls out every thing she can.

and this is a woman who has not one of her scandals brought up besides the ones she and her husband presently keep making.

Posted by: dl | Apr 23, 2008 12:09:47 AM

PGHPAVOTER,
High Five! Pennsylvania is awesome! You would not let the man with the clever putdowns of Pennsylvania intimidate you! Pennsylvania can be proud of turning the tide in this new positive direction.
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Hats Off to Pennsylvanians!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 23, 2008 12:09:21 AM

and yes westcoast messenger for the first time as of tonight because of her statements on Iran and how dirty I think she is I realized tonight that as much as I think financially we will get hurt and that McCain is pro-life... we need to make a serious change in people who think these kind of politics are okay. We as a country have lost our moral center when these tactics and old school politics can be used like this because they think it is their right.

I will campaign for Mccain... it's not about being bitter but my issues are close enough (I lean on the independent side of the dem aisle)that I much rather have a person like mcCain that has some character rather than Hillary...hands down.

Posted by: dl | Apr 23, 2008 12:05:26 AM

As a Californian who proudly voted for Hillary in her landslide win in our state, I want to welcome PA to the major states of CA, NY, TX, AZ, FL, MI, and Ohio who have all voiced their support for Hillary. Obama can have his wins like Idaho and Iowa and North Dakota and Mississippi. He can't fool us voters in the largest states who are far from bitter and do not agree with Obama and Wright that God should Da*n America. God Bless America!

Posted by: Political Realist | Apr 23, 2008 12:02:08 AM

PA democratic white male voter....very happy with tonight's outcome....PA is a smart state...lots of top tier univerities, medical centers, and blue collar workers. We, with Ohio, Massachusettes, New York, and other democratic states have spoken tonight. I don't want to hear any more whining from Howard Dean or Nancy Pelosi. They've lost a lot of their consituency.

Posted by: PGHPAVOTER | Apr 23, 2008 12:01:32 AM

Alison,
Nice try in an attempt to reverse this outcome. Every pundit I heard leading up to this said she's got to win by 10 points to validate her continuing campaign. Guess what, she won by 10 points! Obama claims he closed the gap. At what cost? And still no close? I'm willing to bet he finally caved in and even paid the street money to try to close this and still got stomped.
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Obama, crushed in Pennsylvania! He's a real rabbit, I tell you!
Hillary, still standing strong and moving ahead! She's the energizer turtle!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:54:27 PM

and obviously Sam would say that ... Her campaign has only made it here from FOB's. They were even telling stories about all the campaigns where Hillary won in the past tonight...only they were talking about Bill...they forgot ...he actually isn't the one people are voting for.

if anyone thinks they are entitled without reason (lol) outside their royal status it is obvious to the impartial it is hillary who does anything and says anything and so does her buddies Terry and Lanny because "it is her turn GD IT!" (stomp your feet a little with that) .

No one buys the Obama thinks he is entitled for no reason...obama supporters may ...because he has risen above and done the impossible...he has taken down (although still fighting) this crooked old pair who think they own the party.

It is about them not the party is why eventually someone will take them out of the political scene. You are blind if you can't see she is a whack job playing fighter with her bullet dodging stories and obliterating and massive retaliation stories...

If she is ready to lead on day one she might want an instruction book of the things she has portrayed herself as to keep them straight...I don't thinnk people in NH are happy at all with her aggressive and fiscally unsound statements about Iran.

Posted by: dl | Apr 22, 2008 11:53:39 PM

Republicans are whooping it up tonight. What a victory for Rush and Limbaugh. Congrats to Hillary's supporters for her home state victory. On to Indiana and North Carolina. Should be a lot more fun for Obama, in states that favor him! I wonder what Hillary will do now?

Posted by: rco | Apr 22, 2008 11:51:41 PM

West Coast Messenger:

You got it backwards--
Ask your "girl" - why is she
(a) Behind in states won
(b) No mathematical way to win the pledged delegates
(c) No mathematical way to win popular votes (forget Florida - I live in Florida)

If Hillary was the "inevitable" - why is the only available way for her to win nuclear? (and not just Iran)

Nice try -- but send the Message - it's over Hillary - and in 2012 your party will not forget the "low road" you took in the name of your own ambition

For what they are doing to the democratic party, for their feeling they "own" the party, for her inherent belief that Barack Obama cannot win and the way she is transmitting this---She disgusts me

Posted by: alison | Apr 22, 2008 11:50:05 PM

Kid Oakland,
Obama may have said something smart about Iraq, before he had any accountability. On the other hand he said something fairly stupid out in San Francisco, about bitter small town people. I guess its a wash.
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Obama, bitter, bitter, Obama!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:48:40 PM

Doug,
I do know what you want - you want to be able to whine like an Obama zombie who is coming to realize that the elite Obama is a mere mortal.
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No wimps in the White House!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:46:46 PM

Funny, I was talking about Clinton.

But if you want to address the Republican party.

I'd say Iraq, Katrina, the skyrocketing national debt, stagnant wages, the mortgage crisis, and a failure to create jobs is a good way to define the Republican Party in the Bush years.

Fact is, Barack Obama opposed the war in Iraq and said something pretty smart asbout it:

"I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.

I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars."

Sounds prescient and smart.

Clinton said nothing of the sort in 2002.

Posted by: kid oakland | Apr 22, 2008 11:46:22 PM

westcoastmessenger

"obama is an elitist" you love that line

This from someone supporting a woman who hasn't driven herself anywhere in 30 years.

but keep saying it the PA people bought it. Yeah you and your candidate are definitely the people we want running the country. lol

Yeah that is what change is all about.

Posted by: dl | Apr 22, 2008 11:43:18 PM

Doug,
Nice try. PA voters were those bitter small-town people that Obama insulted. You can call them rascist if you like, makes no sense. Apparently they don't like to be insulted by an elitist wimp that doesn't even know how to bowl.
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Obama and BitterGate, we'll never forget!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:39:20 PM

Kid Oakland,
Let's examine the Obama record on Iraq. He SPOKE against the war before he started to vote and vote and vote, always to fund it and fund it and fund it. So did Hillary. Their records are identical. If you want someone that is not contaminated by the war vote, I guess you can throw away your vote with Nader. No matter what, nobody wants a spineless wimp in charge, so your choices are Hillary, if you are a Democrat or Independent or a Clinton Republican, or McCain if you are an extremist Republican. Good luck Kid.
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Obama, bitter, bitter, Obama!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:37:12 PM

Tina, Doug, and Rick,
Apparently PENNSYVANIA VOTERS did not buy the coolaid. Obama spent millions and millions in Pennsylvania, and still could not close the deal. His message has become nasty and cynical, he's flipping Hillary off, like a juvenile delinguent, and he's basically shown himself to be a wimp. It's all over but the cryin'.
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Poor, poor Obama zombies, their zombie-in-chief cannot close the deal!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:33:57 PM

Clinton voted for the war in Iraq, the AUMF, and against the Levin Amendment which would have given Congress a hand brake to use against the President.

The war in Iraq has cost us in lives and dollars lost. Our economy is in tough shape and the price of oil has gone through the roof.

If Clinton is so competent, why did she vote for the war in Iraq w/o even putting a "hand brake" on the President?

Posted by: kid oakland | Apr 22, 2008 11:33:23 PM

Mr. Obama has received overwhelming support from a single source. It has been sufficient to keep him in the lead and the likely winner in the primary. It will be more difficult to win in the GE without support from other groups. It's hard to believe, but the Democrat Party may have squandered the opportunity to win back the WH. It should have been easy given the dismal performance of the current administration.

Posted by: texasdemocrat | Apr 22, 2008 11:30:03 PM

Doug,
You are the spinmeister of the evening, definitely. It's a REALLY BIG WIN for Obama, in your eyes, because he didn't lose by 20. This is the guy you want to put in charge of the nuclear trigger. Hillary wins huge despite being viewed with high unfavorables. What does that say about Obama? It says he's relatively pathetic when it comes to a key state like Pennsylvania.
========================================The Obama balloon has popped, it was filled with elite air!
Obama and BitterGate, lest we forget!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 22, 2008 11:29:40 PM

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