2016 Postmortem

rumdude

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5. Didn't Obama pretty much dissapear into the tower of the presidency

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 05:17 PM

Dec 2016

after his election in 08?

He ran an insurgent, populist campaign - and he won big. It was a great victory, far greater than Trump's; O won everything, by big margins.

He was getting huge crowds at his rallies. Remember those?

Then he won; and populist Obama vanished and boring professor Obama came out. He quit reaching out to the American people in a visceral way. He should have spent some time barnstorming for his policies, for Obamacare; he should have barnstormed in the run up to the 2010 election.

He should have never stopped fighting. But he did, and now look where we are.

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Democrats are losing the post election too IMO !!! Stockholm syndrome IMO !!! RKP5637 Dec 2016 #1

His appointees scare me more than Trump NeoConsSuck Dec 2016 #8

Definitely! Even if he does nothing, we are totally screwed. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #9

Let's see I've heard 'victory tour' and 'thank you tour' how about YOHABLO Dec 2016 #2

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Didn't Obama pretty much dissapear into the tower of the presidency rumdude Dec 2016 #5

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It's nothing more than him continuing to play the antagonist. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #7