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NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV -- The Secret Service requires people attending events with a president or first lady to be in place hours before the main attraction arrives. So organizers are forced to cope with the question of keeping people engaged for that time.
Senate Majority Harry Reid's campaign came up a solution today for the large crowd that jammed a high school gymnasium here to wait nearly two hours for First Lady Michelle Obama -- they turned it into a campaign phone bank.
Speakers, including Congresswoman Dina Titus (D), who faces an uphill battle for re-election, and Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D), who doesn't, asked people to pull out their cell phones and call friends, neighbors, and co-workers to remind them to vote. To show them how it's done, Titus and Berkley made calls themselves, even holding their phones up so the recipients of the calls could hear the crowd, and holding the earpiece to the microphone so the crowd could hear them.
When Michelle Obama -- whom Reid introduced as "the closer" -- spoke, she received the most enthusiastic and energetic responses of the three speeches I've seen her give this fall. And Mrs. Obama seemed energized by the crown. Using a prompter to deliver essentially the same speech she's given since for more than two weeks now, she spoke with more feeling and emotion than those earlier stops.
A big reason why Nevada -- where one-quarter of the population is Hispanic -- is on her Election Eve itinerary can be found in the results of the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll: While only 45% of registered voters say they have a favorable opinion of President Obama, his approval rating among Hispanics is 55%.
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It may not happen..but..it would do my heart to see that crook Reid get his ass kicked...
Who next will come help him, Charlie Rangle..!!! ha
Birds of a fether no doubt..
Some are writing off demos on Tuesday, but they can still pull it off if their supportors get out to vote early and often.
Bleeding heart liberal nut case Dem. Rep. Chris Van Hollon stated on "softball" with Chris Mathews that without doubt demos will stay in control of the senate and house. Really? Someone should tap that boy and wake him up. The earthquate will hit about 8pm Tuesday evening whether he is prepared or not.
TOOLBOY...
You are Right... YOU are a TOOLBOY for the RIGHT!!! LOL LOL LOL
Why don't you Right-Wing-Tea Party-Bigots just admit that you abhor the fact that a Black President and a Black First Lady have succeeded in occupying the White House? But none of you have the courage (like most GOPers) to admit ir.
Judge the man by his actions and his performance. Obama is a failure. There is no racism when you take that approach.
Obama could be green, purple or white....it doesn't matter. His policies are wrong for America, maybe he should have run for President of France. I read that he would have won that election. Anytime someone brings racism into the argument, you know they are losing.
You just hated Bush because he was white?
Yeah, I hated BUSH because he was WHITE and STUPID!!
And I am WHITE!! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!
tuort,
Not because he was white...........but because he and Cheney ruined this country.
Just for the record, I am a WHITE Caucasian!
Give it up mindless libetards... your racist race-card is getting OLD. Obviously, you have an IQ as high as your shoe size which much prohibit you from coming up with any other valid reasoning why someone of INTELLIGENCE couldn't possibly like "the man."
...yawn... It is getting quite tiring. Please get over it already. It is so like, 1960's and believe it or not, we've moved on so maybe you should too.
More mindless chatter crying racism. Screw you mindless beest. You're just another self loathing white person that thinks you'll gain acceptance somewhere with your racials claims....
The hatred and vitriole is coming from the left:
Obama said Republicans drove us in the ditch (even when he knows both parties participated in the financial meltdown), Joy Behar called Sharon Angle a B*tch and told her to go to hell, Reid say's Republicans are evil, Pelosi said the Tea Partiers were a bunch of Nazi's, Obama said just last week that Republicans were "the enemy", Sarah Palin has taken more abuse than all of the Democratic candidates combined, the Tea Party is referred to as tea baggers (a sexual slang) and the list goes on and on. Liberals can't discuss issues because everyday Americans would figure out that their goal is a powerful Federal Government, more rules and regulations and income redistribution. Martin Luther King once said "all we have to fear is fear itself", well, fear is the only thing the Democrat party is selling.
Psss... SteveO
You mean Republicans have been Innocent of SLANDER??? They have been playing NICE NICE since DAY 1... LOL LOL LOL!!!
I have a Bridge to NOWHERE to Sell you... And it AINT in ALASKA
Ron- Where are your examples? That's what I thought.
She sure will be the "Closer". Shes gonna close the casket lid on this clown.
When are they ever going to do some work? All they do is travel around! Maybe that is part of the problem---never home to watch the hen house, and the wolves in congress et al are just running amuck.
I am quite sure that they just have a White House set that they carry in Air Force One. I would LOVE to know how much time they have ACTUALLY spent in the White House versus previous Presidents.
I think coming from Community Organizer to 6 months experience as Senator to President of the United States was a bit much for BO. He only know how to campaign. That is all he knows. That is all he does. Campaign and Vacation. Life is a B*tch isn't it? People are losing their jobs and homes and poor BO and his family have to go on vacations every couple weeks. Dang it!
It's a hard knock life...
He knows he's in way over his head and his progressive cronies are trying their best to keep him afloat, unfortunately their secret is out. At least by tomorrow night we'll apply the brakes that were needed long ago on this runaway truck.
My daughter lost her job for a while. So she had to try go get food stamps. She was told by spanish people who ran the office, that she couldn't get food stamps because they were reserved for spanish and black people. My daughter had a spanish room mate in college. Her room mate said if spanish people didn't have insurance , they went to the ER in a hospital and had the taxpayers pick up the tab. This is what the liberals who have controlled Congress in the past have foster off on the public. This is the reason you need to get out and vote All liberals out and demand no free ride for anyone/
Exactly! On the mark. Why are we subsidizing Illegal Aliens? These food stamp services are paid for by US Citizens and are intended for US Citizens when they need them.
Why are priviate institutions paying medical costs for people who do not pay for their own healthcare and use the hospital as if it was a free United Nations clinic?
I can't believe the dems can say Reid is honest. Hes, the guy that tried to attach The Dream Act to a military bill and include 35 year olds for amnesty. The Dream Act was for children up to 15 years old. Why the 35 year olds? To cover the age of the illegal husband his aid married to keep him in our country. Reid has to depend on illegals to win. Unless there is a miracle Sharon Angle would be a one termer, until we get someone decent in. But Harry, who is a lifer and barely wins each election, and probably for all the wrong reason, has to retire.
Too bad BOZO the CLOWN passed away would have been a great lead in to nothing.
Several authors before me have asked you to "THINK." Think about what the opposition has to offer, so far nothing except slogans about reducing debt and keeping takes low. Well you need to examine the difference in the average worker's pay versus the pay of a CEO. I n the 70s the difference was less than 10 to 1, today its about 300 to 1. What that means is that about thirty (30) more workers could be employed and the rich could still be rich and our debt would not be so high. Harry reid has done more in actual works for nevada whereas Angle has promised to do nothing constructive. What is her platform. read and think and then go vote. I hope Harry wins as I was one of those who made calls today, all favorable,I might add. But if Reid loses do not come crying on this website when your jobs continue to disappear, war continues, and the cost of health care becomes astronomical.
Chester-Harry Reid has been the Speaker and Democrats have controlled both houses of Congress since January 2007. Unemployment when they took over was around 5% and now it's almost 10%. Our National Debt has soared with Harry and Nancy leading Congress. Americans are making less under Democrat rule. We don't need to "THINK" about this any longer, Democrats have had their chance and they squandered it.
Yeah let's keep Harry in there so I can get a piece of your pension Chester, and if not retired yet, then a chunk of your income, because as long as these clowns are ruinning things I won't ever need to work again!
Are there no attire protocols for a first lady?
Jack = Are you still looking atthe Paladino Photoshopped Pictures???
LOL LOL LOL LOL!!! No RACISM THERE !! LOL LOL LOL!!!
What style do you prefer, Mamie Eisenhower? Michelle Obama dresses beautifully. The bleached out babes at FOX (Carlson, Kelly, and ilk) like Mrs. Obama's sleeveless look so much that they're copying it every day. It doesn't make up for their big yaps and teensy intellect, though.
RandyW, I lived in Nevada, Las Vegas to be exact, for 21 years. I can say that Harry Reid is a pompus windbag pile of human excrement. I would have to debate seriously if he was placed in a paper bag and set fire on my front step, if I would stop him out to keep my house from catching on fire. He has no ones interest at heart but his own.
It is time that we send every darn last politician packing! Start fresh and start new. Obviously there is not ONE that is doing the job that WE THE PEOPLE WANT THEM TO DO. No more judges appointed for life. No more judges appointed period. Make the judges be elected. Let the PEOPLE elect judges to the Supreme Court.
I currently reside in Iowa and am looking forward to the fun with Grassley and Culver. I wasn't a resident during Grassley's prior term so I will hang on and enjoy this ride. I believe he will pull this one out again.
RandyW, I lived in Nevada, Las Vegas to be exact, for 21 years. I can say that Harry Reid is a pompus windbag pile of human excrement. I would have to debate seriously if he was placed in a paper bag and set fire on my front step, if I would stop him out to keep my house from catching on fire. He has no ones interest at heart but his own.
It is time that we send every darn last politician packing! Start fresh and start new. Obviously there is not ONE that is doing the job that WE THE PEOPLE WANT THEM TO DO. No more judges appointed for life. No more judges appointed period. Make the judges be elected. Let the PEOPLE elect judges to the Supreme Court.
I currently reside in Iowa and am looking forward to the fun with Grassley and Culver. I wasn't a resident during Grassley's prior term so I will hang on and enjoy this ride. I believe he will pull this one out again.
Closer? OMG! What is Reid smoking? She is another government abuser, recall Spain Posh Hotel, treating friends and family to a lush vacation on our nickel? The only thing she can close is a bar on our tab! Movin'on up!
She is another "Enabler" addicted to power
Have you seen the latest? Obama is taking his family to India, they are taking 40 aircraft, 500 people and renting out the entire Taj Mahal. That's no joke, "google" it.
Oh please, someone get this jive teenager with a credit card out of the White House before we go completely bankrupt. I wish there was a way to put the kabosh on his vacations and the entourages.
"this jive teenager'? Take your racist crap and shove it.
If you listen to Reid closely you can hear him say............humm....loser.......not closer!
After Mrs Obama stumps for Reid and he looses then she is going to look like a clown .What i do not understand the Democrats said the tea party candidate was no problem but now they stump in Nevada all the time .That is who ried wonted to run against.
Please Nevada get rid of Harry Reid. Your state has the highest unemployment in the country. The guy has done enough damage.
How is it Harry Reid's fault that Nevada has high unemployment?
So-called family values evangelical Republican/Tea Partiers don't mind Nevadans having to work in low paying jobs, i.e. chambermaids, waitresses, casino dealers. When it comes to prostitutes, those same family-values evangelical Republican/Tea Partiers are a tad more generous.
Interesting how the Tea Party and the ultra right-winged were silent when Bush spent money like crazy, gave corp. welfare to their friends, made their friends wealthy with no-bid contracts and tax breaks for shipping jobs over seas. NO march on the mall when they allowed your sons and daughters to be killed over a false war. What about the federal debt then??? Dead silence from you then. Now, all of a sudden, the country is going to hell BECAUSE Obama is in office. PLEASE!!! It's NOT about the federal debt by a long shot. It's about WHO is in the White House...Oh, yeah, the Contitution right? Where was the marches and rightous indignation when Bush wire tapped your phones without authority??? Maybe after the election, Sharron Angle, Ron Paul, and others will come to your neighborhood and thank you for your votes. But I doubt it. From their body language, they look like they don't even want to shake your hand.
Well, the truth hurts. Bush left America in a financial mess and Americans are now having to face the consequences. Did Obama blow billions in Iraq? Did Obama give free reign to Wall Street, or to credit card companies? Did Obama ship American jobs to India and China?
Wake up.
It is nice to have problem around you..those are very small......it does not matter whether you are democrat or republican! ....but Deficit is going to be lower in near future! and no one is dying of hunger!! we need an idea or solution not comedy or joke or piggybacking or harassing or cheating or irrelevant idea to lure ppl.
OMG! JUst saw Michelle on TV, is she setting an example for families and children to eat healthier and better? How much weight has she gained? Great example, just like the rest of the White House and Dems.....
Not the Bush bashers again!
Question - What is the difference between a liberal and a puppy?
Answer - A puppy stops whining after it grows up.
I feel real sad now. I'm actually crying. I don't know what is going to happen to the U.S. in the next 10 years. Everyone is dogging our president but who got us here? It sure as hell wasn't President OBAMA. I nevered disrespected President Bush even though I know he is Racist. Instead of everyone giving PRESIDENT Obama a chance. I hear all of our nations racism. When u are dead there will still be BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, HISPANICS, JEWS, CATHOLICS, and ETC. So please help my kids and yours stop the cycle of hatred in America. I see it is still all about RACE. President OBAM did a great job as senator. Think about it this is all the Americans country, so let's HELP our President make it a BETTER ONE.
Damn Minor you r real!...it does not matter whether you r democrat or republican! (I am none) but i love this country and I hate deficit(it is like your family burden or debt problem). someone is improving (not increasing) and i will appreciate that for now, and i saw the ppl with words carrying itself "inept","lying",""quasi", "don know what is socialist??". if you negative follow me down!!!
Dawn, you need to get some serious counseling and soon. NObama has caused the divisiveness, racism and hatred this country is undergoing. He is the most arrogant and condescending person I have ever seen in public office, and I go back to the days of Eisenhower.
Well stated. We need to help our President. It shouldn't matter that he is black, he is our President. It's time to grow up America. Just what does America mean to you?
And as his flash in the pan senatorship goes....take a look at his voting record (when he was even there to vote...) This is another example of the Gen X's brainwashing by our Countrys colleges and universitys.
Glad to see all of the attention and interest. Seems as if "the fix" is in for Harry Reid. Following the election and his defeat the president and first lady will be welcoming him to the white house as chief of staff. I am sure they have a similiar bail out for Nancy P. too, like "the greeter" at the front door.
I think her new career is already set, and you can bet your last Obamabuck that she WONT leave any stains on her dress.
Michelle O. - a closer? hahahahahahaha Funniest thing I've heard in days. What a joke. The prez can't close the deal for ole Dirty Harry, so they have to bring in the head monkey's wife??? hahahaha - can't stop laughing.
Harry calls her his "Closer". Me thinks a better label would be "The kiss of death" for Harry