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Subscribe to RSSIn the battle for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton crushed Barack Obama in West Virginia. And in the general election, Obama received just 43% of the vote in the state.
So it shouldn't be surprising that Republicans are trying to tie Democratic Senate nominee (and Gov.) Joe Manchin to Obama.
A new National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee TV ad features three men -- wearing flannel and baseball caps -- having a conversation about how "Obama's messin' things up."
Says one man: "Joe’s not bad as governor, but when he’s with Obama…
Another interjects: "… he turns into 'Washington Joe'"
The one man replies: "And 'Washington Joe' does whatever Obama wants."
The ad's kicker: "A vote for Manchin is a vote for Obama."
As we've written before, popular governors have often struggled in Senate races, because what voters want from their senators and governors is often different.
*** UPDATE *** The Manchin campaign responds: "National special interests have joined Raese in lying about what Joe Manchin’s priorities will be when he goes to the US Senate. The only thing that Gov. Manchin has been a rubber stamp for is West Virginia and he will always put our state first by standing up to the Obama administration on cap and trade, out of control spending and the over-reaching regulations imposed by healthcare legislation."
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This is so silly, like you know a rich repugnant who actually owns and wears a flannel shirt! Haha, maybe if it came from Bloomingdales but for sure not if it came from Wallyworld or K-Mart cause those are the stores where folks who actually work for a living and need to wear those flannel shirts actually shop. Bet those fellas don't even know what kind of work a person does in a flannel shirt, unless they are able to view their employees from their lofty gilded tower.
UB,
You've hit the nail right on the head. Pretty sad!!!!
Plus they wouldn't be caught dead in a Wallyworld or Kmart....just not their style. Places like that are beneath them!
Actually they fly to Maine and shop.
Scott Brown comes to mind, flannel shirt driving around in a pick up to make voters think he was one of them; a bit like Bush chopping wood and clearing brush. Some people will believe just about anything.
Great! L.L.Bean, Freeport Maine open 24/7 for all your flannel shirt needs. C'mon up!
Union Baby, TN. I agree, this is just silly. Is "Washington Joe" supposed to scare people. Voters in West Virginia elected him Governor so they know who he is, they know he is a democrat and they know his ideology; these voters sent Robert Byrd, a passionate democrat, back to the Senate for decades.
The way things are going, the only candidates to have a chance at running our government will be those with just a high school diploma and no experience at all except sitting around and complaining about things.
That would be seen as a "regular person." We don't need no elitists with degrees and all, people who read books and everything. We need just regular people to keep govment away - let people take care of themselves. Like that dude whose house burnt down. Too bad.
We are a joke as a country if we elect some of the bozos who are running.
@Chandler W.
I could not agree more!! Given a choice between the candidate I'd most like to share a beer with, and the smart candidate, I'll vote for the smart candidate every time!!
When will we understand that a campaign is a job interview, we are the hiring managers, and we have no one to blame but ourselves if we put someone in office that is grossly underqualified.
Shame on us if we screw up the interview and put the candidate in office who is beholden to national and international special interests, instead of the candidate who is beholden to the actual voters!
I love republicans... underneath my truck!
Before casting your vote Nov 2 or voting early please keep these facts in mind:
Most Tea party candidates are for removing:
Why do you think the biggest majority of the tea bag candidates do not talk to the news or have debates? They know their true beliefs will be revealed.
Most of the republicans want to go back to the Bush era and give control back to the top 5% that brought this great country of our to its knees.
Most independences running are changing sides as fast as they change shoes and using issues from both sides hoping to hit on one that works.
And next the influent of 40% of the billions of dollars in this election, from the GOP; are from unknown sources, they do not need to disclose where it came from domestic and/or foreign. Then think of the ones we do know where the big money is coming from, these people are just trying to buy the votes, but do they really have the best interest of America and it people in mind.
The Democrats are running on issues that will benefit everyone in this country and a large majority of everyone in America wants, but their candidates are not running on. Are for moving forward not back to the 1800’s or the Bush Era.
Just some of the Beliefs of the Democrat party:
Feel free to repost this.
Also before voting think of this:
Why do you really think there are no jobs in America, right it is so easy to blame President Obama, The house and senate, but the top 5% of this countries riches people are controlling everything and until President Obama bows down and says OK I'll extend your tax cuts and give you back everything we passed in the last 2 years, Financial reform, etc. There will be no jobs.
You can not tell me that with all the money these top 5% have made in the 10 years of the Bush's tax cuts that they couldn't have build clothing factories, shoe factories, furniture factories, manufacturing plants etc, to get Americans back to work, come on, get real, no they send these jobs overseas.
One of the biggest reason why these top 5% of the most powerful corporations are flooding the airways with billions of dollar of advertisement is they know if the Democrats pick up many more seats in the election they will not be able to undo the financial reforms and then other major countries around the world will follow suit and they will begin to come apart. There is a reason for this madness; they do not want to lose the hold they have on the entire world.
The 5% making billions, that are considered a small business, pay no taxes, collect tax refunds and then send our jobs overseas. and the biggest and perhaps the most shameful of all is the chamber of commence that is suppose to do the best they can for Small business, jobs and the economy, is placing 75 millions dollars into ads from foreign companies, to help the GOP stop the Democrats from helping the American people and taking the power back from companies overseas, with 90% filibustering and with 430 bills collecting dust on the senate floor, just so as DeMint said this will be Obama waterloo.
Did not or are not creating jobs and now turning this around on the democrats by saying that they do not know what it will cost for hiring. Their argument is the tax cut will add to their cost and insurance cost will add to their cost, they claim because of the health care reform their insurance costs have gone up, yes they have because the insurance companies are raising everything as much as they can before the biggest part of the health reform begins. They are turning them not creating jobs, back on us, when it really is plain and simple greed.
Instead of condemning President Obama we should be standing by him for trying to give control back to US the American people that our ancestors has build up from the ground and not letting domestic and foreign corporations control us anymore.
Remember this video against democrats and the bills they wanted to get passed.
No you can’t (featuring John Boehner)
http://www.coussouleforcongress.com/index.php?page=videos&vid=14