red states rule
06-18-2012, 03:00 AM
I suspect the Panic Button has been pushed in the Oval Office
<!-- For AP News Registry --><!-- /For AP News Registry --><!-- /byline --><article> Officials from both parties are already focusing on roughly a dozen key states in preparation for next year’s presidential election, as Republicans view a group of states won by President George W. Bush in 2004 but Barack Obama four years later as fertile territory for a GOP comeback because of public concern about the economy.
The emerging electoral map illustrates a dynamic even Democrats privately concede: Obama’s path to victory will be narrower than it was in 2008 when he scored a 365-electoral vote victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) thanks to a massive fundraising edge, Bush fatigue and a struggling economy. There are many states, such as Indiana, that Obama could lose that he won in 2008, but few he could shift the other way.
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During a speech at a Northern Virginia Community College campus, President Barack Obama said the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training new workers for jobs in the manufacturing industry.
Panetta faces no major hurdles in confirmation hearing (http://www.debatepolicy.com/national/national-security/panetta-faces-no-major-hurdles-to-confirmation-as-pentagon-chief/2011/06/09/AGE6ZHNH_story.html)
Obama plays defense on 2012 map (http://www.debatepolicy.com/politics/obama-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him-on-the-political-map/2011/06/08/AGXbjYMH_story.html)
FEC allegations dog House Republican (http://www.debatepolicy.com/politics/the-influence-industry-buchanan-dogged-by-allegations-in-fec-contributions-case/2011/06/07/AG88mUMH_story.html)
<!-- /article-related --><!--INLINE_BB AD BEGIN-->“The (Obama) map is going to be smaller than 2008,” said one Democratic fundraiser who has been briefed by 2012 Obama campaign officials.
<article>Taken collectively, the battleground states represent the cross pressures facing the two parties as they look forward to the 2012 election. In Florida, Nevada, and Ohio, the economy continues to lag badly, presenting the Obama political team with a major challenge.
In Virginia, liberal-leaning transplants from the northeast and young voters fuel Democratic optimism. In New Mexico and Colorado, burgeoning Hispanic populations will force Republicans to grapple with their continued struggles in the Latino community.
Republican National Committee political director Rick Wiley argued in a recent memo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/republicans-lay-out-2012-electoral-map/2011/06/07/AGTp0rLH_blog.html) that those six states, as well as three others — Indiana, Iowa and North Carolina — that both Obama and previously Bush carried in 2008 and 2004, respectively, have moved away from the president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him-on-the-political-map/2011/06/08/AGXbjYMH_story.html#
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<!-- For AP News Registry --><!-- /For AP News Registry --><!-- /byline --><article> Officials from both parties are already focusing on roughly a dozen key states in preparation for next year’s presidential election, as Republicans view a group of states won by President George W. Bush in 2004 but Barack Obama four years later as fertile territory for a GOP comeback because of public concern about the economy.
The emerging electoral map illustrates a dynamic even Democrats privately concede: Obama’s path to victory will be narrower than it was in 2008 when he scored a 365-electoral vote victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) thanks to a massive fundraising edge, Bush fatigue and a struggling economy. There are many states, such as Indiana, that Obama could lose that he won in 2008, but few he could shift the other way.
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During a speech at a Northern Virginia Community College campus, President Barack Obama said the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training new workers for jobs in the manufacturing industry.
Panetta faces no major hurdles in confirmation hearing (http://www.debatepolicy.com/national/national-security/panetta-faces-no-major-hurdles-to-confirmation-as-pentagon-chief/2011/06/09/AGE6ZHNH_story.html)
Obama plays defense on 2012 map (http://www.debatepolicy.com/politics/obama-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him-on-the-political-map/2011/06/08/AGXbjYMH_story.html)
FEC allegations dog House Republican (http://www.debatepolicy.com/politics/the-influence-industry-buchanan-dogged-by-allegations-in-fec-contributions-case/2011/06/07/AG88mUMH_story.html)
<!-- /article-related --><!--INLINE_BB AD BEGIN-->“The (Obama) map is going to be smaller than 2008,” said one Democratic fundraiser who has been briefed by 2012 Obama campaign officials.
<article>Taken collectively, the battleground states represent the cross pressures facing the two parties as they look forward to the 2012 election. In Florida, Nevada, and Ohio, the economy continues to lag badly, presenting the Obama political team with a major challenge.
In Virginia, liberal-leaning transplants from the northeast and young voters fuel Democratic optimism. In New Mexico and Colorado, burgeoning Hispanic populations will force Republicans to grapple with their continued struggles in the Latino community.
Republican National Committee political director Rick Wiley argued in a recent memo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/republicans-lay-out-2012-electoral-map/2011/06/07/AGTp0rLH_blog.html) that those six states, as well as three others — Indiana, Iowa and North Carolina — that both Obama and previously Bush carried in 2008 and 2004, respectively, have moved away from the president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him-on-the-political-map/2011/06/08/AGXbjYMH_story.html#
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