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Our President got on his comfortable shoes and tweeted about the recall (Original Post) AngryAmish Jun 2012 OP
To be fair, that's not all that Obama did. Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #1
If there were a "like" feature here TBMASE Jun 2012 #3
Kudos for showing up on election day and bashing the President. FSogol Jun 2012 #2
Yes, Obama has been a great leader. NYC Liberal Jun 2012 #4
Yeah, that is the same meme the GOP has been pushing since yesterday NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #5
This is a very wrongheaded view. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #6
Fuck Ron Paul...nt SidDithers Jun 2012 #7
Lol NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #8
LOL. n/t FSogol Jun 2012 #9
Actually Scott Walker Recall: Obama Campaign Gets Involved SunsetDreams Jun 2012 #10
But why interrupt a good outrage with facts? NYC Liberal Jun 2012 #11
Classy as always n/t sharp_stick Jun 2012 #12

NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
5. Yeah, that is the same meme the GOP has been pushing since yesterday
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:07 AM
Jun 2012

How many times did Romney stop in WI to campaign with Walker?

Don

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
6. This is a very wrongheaded view.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:08 AM
Jun 2012

First, OFA did a LOT to quietly back the recall, with both money and loans of infrastructure.

Second, with Walker in the sights of a Federal John Doe investigation, Obama's presence would have made the investigation look political.

I see no reason to think that any high-profile involvement from Obama at any time since February 2011 would have helped the cause in Wisconsin. Instead, it would have become framed as some sort of Democratic publicity stunt rather than as the citizen uprising that it was.

SunsetDreams

(8,571 posts)
10. Actually Scott Walker Recall: Obama Campaign Gets Involved
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:16 AM
Jun 2012
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is jumping into the Wisconsin recall, focusing on educating and registering voters in advance of the June 5 election.

Tripp Wellde, the Wisconsin state director for the Obama campaign, sent an email to supporters on Thursday night to get them fired up to support Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic nominee looking to unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R)...

On Saturday, the Obama campaign will be hosting "Own Your Vote" events around the state, described as "organizing phone banks and knocking on doors to make sure Wisconsinites are registered and ready to own their vote on Election Day."

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In February 2011, Organizing for America (which became Obama for America in the presidential election) also jumped into Wisconsin, helping promote rallies and protests against Walker's attempts to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees. The group helped get out the vote in the state senate recalls last summer.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/scott-walker-recall-obama-campaign_n_1508209.html?1337121704
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