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Obama’s Top Adviser Admits: Obama Faces ‘Titanic Struggle’ for Re-Election

David Axelrod Says Obama Faces Titanic Struggle

David Axelrod (Photo: AP)

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Obama‘s chief political adviser is calling President Barack Obama’s road to re-election a “Titanic struggle.”

And David Axelrod also concedes that the Democratic president doesn’t have the wind at his back.

Axelrod shared his stark assessment on the next election with a crowd of New Hampshire politicians and business leaders Tuesday morning. Despite the challenge, he jabbed the field of Republicans jockeying for the chance to face Obama in 2012.

Axelrod notes that not one of the candidates defended a gay soldier when he was booed during the last presidential debate. And he says the Republicans have clung closely to the tea party line.

Their plans to fix the economy, he says, are the same plans that led to the economic downturn.

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:34am

    - IMPORTANT -
    PLEASE VIEW THIS VIDEO IN IT’S ENTIRETY.
    It was recorded YESTERDAY.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UYTEIn8tE

     
  • tobywil2
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:34am

    On February 24, 2011 President Obama informed Congress that he would not enforce the “Defense of Marriage Act”. Thus, Mr. Obama declared himself a Dictator? Is this our new form of government? A Dictator does not require the approval of Congress! Dictators don’t resign and dictators don’t allow free elections! http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • Koz469
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:12pm

      I couldn’t agree more, we no longer have rule of law. Now we have rule of man. This is what separated us from other countries for more than 200 years.

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  • momprayn
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:33am

    Interesting that he used the word “titanic” — I immediately thought of the famous ship that the makers boasted loudly about to be “unsinkable”, etc. — and guess what…….it sunk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Great prophetic analogy!!!
    I’m sure the left has been busy trying to figure out what to do about him since the writing is on the wall abnout his unelectablity. What to do??? They want Hillary. Pray….for all concerned.

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    • wisehiney
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:49am

      And the weasel engineer/designer of the ship who proclaimed it unsinkable cheated women and children out of one of the seats in a lifeboat and escaped with his life. Sounds familiar. Our bastarooni in charge will slink back to Chicago with a fortune for him and his sorry cronys.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:55pm

      I wonder what happened..not enough uniformed college kids, or people on the streets to bribe, or dead people, or car trunks? What on earth is the world coming to?

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    • kneedeepinit
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 6:00pm

      The Titanic was sunk by a big object, an iceberg, 9/10ths of which was invisible underwater. Obama will also be sunk by a big object, the Tea Party, 9/10ths of which isn’t visible to the “snob” media. (Don’t call them elite or mainstream, they’re neither) The imagery is very appropriate. The only question is whether Obama will go down with his ship, or sneak aboard a lifeboat dressed as a woman, all the while blaming the lookout in the crows nest.

      The captain of the Titanic tried to set a speed record for the crossing, so he steered a straight course even though he had been warned of icebergs in the area. Damn the consequences! Full speed ahead! New York or Bust! Obamacare for everyone! Whoops, how did that slip in?

      It’s his policies that will sink him, not the color of his skin. Sorry Morgan Freeman, you sound a lot smarter when you recite lines written for you by someone else. On your own, you sound as coherent as Obama without his teleprompter.

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:32am

    “Titanic struggle” confirms “Sinking Ship”

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  • Mort
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:32am

    We should pray for our president, his safety, and that somehow he would come into the wisdom and understanding needed to lead this country to a Godly, Righteous, and Just conclusion.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:08pm

      we can pray all we want, and that keeps us on the right track, on a path… but we MUST walk that path to fulfill the prayer…

      if you sell to a muslim and you are christian, you are perpetuating hate in our country. if they can’t buy or sell anything here, they can’t live here. it’s THAT simple. it’s why the Jewish people do what they do (keep it in the faith)… it’s up to you to take action, God will give you the strength.

       
    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:47pm

      I’m praying all right: Psalm 109:8

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:53pm

      Mort,
      Pray for out president. Psalm 109:8

      OMG -

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  • Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:32am

    @ JESSIAH: you are an idiot for posting that. Seriously, you need to hope that the Blaze removes it. I am going to report it and for your sake hope it gets removed. Not a fan of Barrack Hussein but would never say or think anything like that.

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  • ThankBabyJesus
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:27am

    Get him and about 1000 others out of office please.

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  • kevinthewriter
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:27am

    The Tea Party‘s plan to fix the economy is to elect politicians who will stop spending money we don’t have, take the tax and regulatory handcuffs off job creators, and shrink the size and intrusiveness of government. That’s the road to economic meltdown? Obama’s road to re-election IS a Titanic struggle, but the iceburg that sinks it is his destructive progressive policies….not the Tea Party. We will be the ones in the rescue boats!

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:27am

    BO Faces ‘Titanic Struggle’ for Re-Election!!!!! YES HE DOSE and I’m going to do everything I can to make it even harder for him…..BO YOUR FIRED!!!!

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  • Diego Roswell
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:26am

    Bye bye.

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  • Whistleblower
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:25am

    This is a must read,

    Patrick Fitzgerald: Intrepid Crime Fighter? Or, Politically-Driven Leaker? Saving Jesse Jr.

    http://illinoispaytoplay.com/

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:22am

    That comment has no place on a public thread. People have been visited by the Secret Service for less.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:43am

      Looks like The Blaze agrees with you Ghost. Good job Blaze.

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:21am

    Who cares about his re-election besides Obama himself, liberal progressives, union thugs, useless idiots, freeloaders, morons, lazy young people living in their parents basements smoking pot and the liberal establishment mass media. He has put himself in this impossible position due to his complete lack of leadership, his complete incompetence and his disregard for our Constitution. The people listed above though he would bring them “hope and change” along with lolly pops and rainbows. Now that the shine has worn off, they are all starting to realize just what a One Big A$$ Mistake America this empty suit really is.

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    • Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:27am

      @ colorado: the problem with the list you post of ppl that support Barrack Hussein is that it adds up to about 50% of Americans…God help us all….

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    • wisehiney
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:35am

      Rick Perry will stomp a Texas sized mudhole in obummers arse and then fill it in with the losers that you list. They will die of a broken heart.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:20am

    Good! Here’s to hoping he hits that iceberg and sinks, never to be seen or heard from again!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:19am

    If it does, it will be from his leftist handlers who realize he has no chance of winning and he’s more useful as a symbol to spark the insurrection. Pray for his safety.

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  • geonj
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:19am

    lower obama’s expectations in an attempt to garner sympathy support.

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  • glennrocks
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:16am

    Republicans please help elect anyone but Obama. Some conservatives refused to vote for McCain and so we got Obama. Please support whomever the Republican candidate ends up being. We can not be too picky this time around.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:25am

      The fact that we were “not too picky” in past elections is precisely what allows people like Obama to be elected to the highest office in the land. While nobody is perfect, simply saying “anybody but Obama” means that we may well end up with an Obama with an R after his name, and resistance to government over extending its reach will cease.

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    • Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:30am

      if there are just 2 names on the ballot this time around, the Republicans will vote for the R. I held nose and voted for Mccain and would do the same this time around if it is Paul, Perry, or Romney. We have to hope we get a great candidate but we will vote for that person.

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    • obama-mecca-me-sick
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:21pm

      Herman Cain/ Marco Rubio

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:38pm

      GLENNROCKS,

      Yesterday I posted that I was voting for Mr. Abo(pronounced Aboo). Hence…,an acronym for ANYBODY BUT OBAMA!)
      So yes…,I hear you. I’m with you.
      This is not the time in our naton’s history to have a hissy fit because your guy Ron Paul, or your guy Ossie Schnick did not get nominated.

      Blazers, embrace the “Mr. Abo” mantra. If it’s Republican..,if it’s freaking BREATHING, vote for it!
      The worst part…., even if we do get rid of President Dunham in 2012, we’re still in deep Doo Doo!
      This nation is being attacked on so many fronts!
      Even after November 2012 we cannot relax. Hypervigilance is necessary! And fingers crossed…,hope it works!

      The bottom line of this whole mess is …, we are losing this great nation because WE let it happen!
      Themantra for 2012 should be…,more C-SPAN, less Dancing With The Stars and ESPN, yadda,yadda.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:14am

    Yes indeed…a titanic struggle. I‘m quite sure you’re willing to bring the whole country down with you too, aren’t you Axelrod?

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    • Obama Snake Oil Co
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:18am

      He struck that ice berg when the oild spill occured in the gulf. Rather than man the pumps, he went on vacation….

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  • hauschild
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:14am

    This is BS.

    We are all – hopefully – well aware at this point in time about the high number of bottom-feeders and Marxists we have living amongst us. Don’t ever underestimate their numbers and willingness to pull the lever for anybody that helps keep them on the bottom. These people not only accept their position, they embrace it. That is a tough mentality to counter, no doubt.

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  • MiCurmudgeon
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:13am

    If only true and he sinks to the bottom to never surface again. He is so like the Titanic, poorly thought out, major design faults, over promised as to qualifications and as he sinks he’s taking a lot of good people with him.

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  • Cymry
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:10am

    barry soetoro faces the real possibility of being the first potus to be removed from office. the effort to bring charges of social security fraud (and the accompanying charges) has been ratcheted up several notches.

    I remember watching the watergate hearings…….the barry hearings will make those pale in comparison. I just hope he doesn’t quit like nixon did before they can convict.

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:15am

      And we need to bring back the House Committee on Un-American Affairs.

      Obama has an army (5th column) spread everywhere in the gov’t.

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    • Mort
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:35am

      Well I hope you are right, but I thought we lost the battle on the SSN already in the courts. Can you provide a link or more info on this ssn topic?

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    • sister1_rm
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:31pm

      That’s sounds great, but then we’d be stuck with Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. I’m not sure seeing their chief fired would get the point across to them. I think they want BO impeached and removed from office too, but not for any exactly honorable reasons…

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:08am

    I have an idea: DON’T run…. or, rather, run for those Kenyan hills!!!!!

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  • Mandors
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:07am

    We can only hope it ends like the Titanic.

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  • Rick300
    Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:02am

    The only wind at his back is if the president is lactose intolerant!

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