Obama says it: There’s a chance he won’t run in 2012 | KansasCity.com Prime Buzz

In an interview with CNN in China, President Obama opened the possibility to not running for re-election in 2012 — something that no president has done since Lyndon Johnson.
Here’s what he said:
“You know, if – if I feel like I’ve made the very best decisions for the American people and three years from now I [...]

My Way News – Fla. gov’s Obama hug lingers in US Senate primary

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn’t worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate campaign.
Sure, the hardcore party base wasn’t happy, but the appearance was an opportunity to win over Democrats, independents and [...]

2008 voting rate down as older whites stayed home

By HOPE YEN
Associated Press Writer:
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Census figures released Monday show about 63.6 percent of eligible voters, or 131.1 million people, cast ballots last November. Although that represented an increase of 5 million voters, the turnout was a decrease when taking into account population growth. In 2004, the voting rate was 63.8 percent.
According to the data, more [...]

Why a big Barack Obama win is likely to damage America

by Michael Goodwin
Democrats finally have found a surge they like. It’s a surge of liberal ideas, and if they descend on Washington with the force the polls suggest, America is about to take a leftward lurch.
As the campaign enters the final stretch at the same time the economic collapse is spreading, Election Day is shaping [...]

He’s Kerry; she’s Reagan

by John Brummett
Barack Obama has turned into Michael Dukakis, John Kerry and Al Gore. Sarah Palin has turned into Ronald Reagan.
Thus the electoral map looks fairly typically red where it counts and blue where it doesn’t.
Ohio and Florida show up red, which, unless Colorado and Nevada and New Mexico flip en masse from red to [...]

Independents swing toward McCain

By JOHN P. AVLON
Independent voters — the largest and fastest-growing segment of the American electorate — were always going to determine the winner of this election.
And in contrast to past contests like 2004, where independents viewed the choice between President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry as a vote for the candidate they disliked least, [...]

Obama Losing Traction Among Younger Voters

by Matt Towery
The hidden story of the last week has been the shift in many states and nationwide among the youngest of voters, those ages 18-to-29, from a solid entrenchment in the Obama camp to a significant drift toward a newly revived John McCain effort, all courtesy of Gov. Sarah Palin.
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WSJ.com: Democrats Need to Shake the ‘Elitist’ Tag

by Lynn Forrester De Rothschild
If Barack Obama loses the presidential election, it may well be the result of a public perception that he is detached and elitist — a politician whose expressions of empathy for hard-working Americans stem more from abstract solidarity than a real connection to the lives of millions of citizens.
Suggestions that Sen. [...]

Pop! Why the Obama Bubble Has Collapsed

The Obama campaign seems to have experienced a “Minsky Moment.” That, as any financial bubblologist worth his weight in tulips knows, is the particular point in time when no more “greater fools” can be found to support a bubble and a Great Deflation finally begins. Sssssss. (The financial phenomenon is named after economist Hyman Minksy.)
Now [...]

Obama On His Heels

This campaign has taken a surprising turn since the Democratic convention. Everybody is still talking about the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
Who would have predicted this just two weeks ago?
When I say everybody is talking about Governor Palin, I mean everybody. It’s not just that Palin has excited the Republican base and intrigued the press corps. She’s [...]