Matthews: Is Obama Worried That If Dems Lose NJ, VA Gov. Races, "He Will Be Seen As A Lame Duck"?

[TheSoSoAgnostic]

I'm a fairly hardcore Dem, but I have to say that NJ republicans are not the far right - even that is an understatement. We had Rep. Jim Saxton, Govs. Christie Whitman and Tom Kean. Whitman was dumped by the Bush administration for actually trying to do her job. They wouldn't take her advice regarding the workers at ground zero. Tom Kean was not parroting the party line as head of the 911 commission.

[titans797979]

if hes a lame duck then lets impeach his ass out and get someone new. how about someone who knows what the fk they are doing on the economy, jobs, debt, taxes, and spending. "no such thing as a free lunch" dont think the white house has ever heard that phrase.

[SPIRITOF76goeson]

Game77: Damn right bro! Like Granny always said: "...but you can't fool all of the people, all of the time". Braack is cooked meat.

[Gameplayer77]

Obama lost NJ and WV and NY hahaha the bastard that will teach him to fuck our country up.

[independentview1]

Trillions more in debt since he became president. Almost 10% unemployment. Government controlled car industry, Government controlled banks and now he wants to control Health Care. On the right track? In six months he's on track to replace Bush as Worst President Ever.

[sensi1985]

why is this a media matters issue?

chuck todd is right.

[buffloriders]

This is the worst pres we have ever had, he is going to give blacks a reputaion for being liers and thiefs, get rid of him before he does more damage

[nickd4818]

I'm from NJ and I wouldn't vote for Corzine if Christ himself came down from the cross and told me to. What a terrible, terrible person. Yeah, the former Goldman Sachs CEO knows soooooo much about all the unemployed in this state. Fuck him, and fuck Obama for crying about change then endorsing this cretin.

[Smartassawhip]

Many people were on the verge of being laid off that were not as a result of the stimulus. Those people were fire fighters, police officers and teachers. I seriously don't think you have researched this subject enough as it is clear you do not have enough information.. or your information is unreliable.

[ClassicFIHD]

Same here. Spongebob would be a better choice. Did Corzine sign the one-gun-a-month bill yet? I know it's on it's way to his desk. You know we have to make sure criminals one buy one gun a month legally.

[Smartassawhip]

Obama has the potential of being the best president this country has ever seen. I am glad we finally have a president who is willing to invest in us for a change.

[nickd4818]

invest in us? more like bankrupt us. you are utterly delusional. the president i really feel bad for is whoever comes after Obama and Bush and the spending sprees those two idiots went/ are going through.

[Smartassawhip]

So in your opinion Obama should just sit back and not do a damn thing? Can you explain to me how that would be beneficial when all of the top economist have made it clear that doing nothing would lead to a disaster unlike anything we have ever seen before?

[ClassicFIHD]

What "top economist", Obama's? Would that be the same ones that are saying we are in deep trouble right now?

[Smartassawhip]

Obama doesn't own any economists first of all.. and yes they almost all agree that we are in deep trouble... that is why they all agree we need to do something.. and most of them feel as though Obama is on the right track.

[Detbasketball13]

Republicans wins: humanity,peace,science,Thought­,Earth loses

[CrazyLocalGuy]

Obama is already a lame duck, getting lamer will only help us all!

[cvciii333]

the left is a lame duck and they are making the USA sitting ducks with all of the dune they are doing. tea party anyone.

[mistergarth]

"...all of the dune they are doing"

WTF? The left is doing dune? Are you trying to communicate something?

[Longfellow89]

get over it YOU LOST !

Fuck hussein obama! and...

DON'T TREAD ON ME

[Epitome63]

So, as being a person in the U.S., what are my entitlements. Since my opportunities are going away, I'm seeing entitlements. Now, with the Dems providing low cost housing, free insurance, food, clothing, welfare, why in the world would I work. If I do, The Dems take it away. We are moving from opportunity to entitlement. It won't work.

[ziops1423]

I guess he wants everyone to have those things? Why not just donate to charities that are already trying to do that and have been trying for hundreds of years?

[ThisCanadian]

nobody donates as much to a charity as they should.

evidence how many people try bizarre convoluted schemes to evade paying the taxes to which they're already obligated with some strong enforcement penalty

ask people to be generous & they sound like ziops1423 or the other 'let them die in the streets! fuck them!!' comments we've heard & seen demonstrated here...

let's just stop letting the fire department come to your house, if you don't like TAXES & social interdependence!

[ziops1423]

No I know that taxes are necessary. I know that taxes need to be made enable to fix the economy. I'm basically saying that Obama is spending too much money at once. Some of the things he's spending it on aren't even that important. Like the digital tv switch... It's on the stimulus bill. So I'm not against taxes if that's what you think.

[MarioCyrascoII]

Somehow, I agree. I do have two negatives on Obama: Abortion and Spending. Going fast is not good enough. That's my only worry, Ziops. I'm not against taxes. Hell, I don't mind a mild raise of taxes to pay stuff up.

[ziops1423]

Same here. I usually wouldn't mind spending and taxes, but Obama has spent over $2 trillion in his first 8 months of presidency! That's ridiculous!

[thebluemaggot]

Fire department is payed for by STATE Taxes Dumbass not Federal taxes.

[ThisCanadian]

only in the US, where the xenophobes run free & wild, too.

enjoy those crime rates, cowboys. you create it yourselves.

[thebluemaggot]

thats a laugh considering that Crime in Canada is following a trend of rampant acceleration right now

[ThisCanadian]

jesus, if Americans think Canada has crime, then you must be living in the lowest circle of Hell... just wishing you had the balls to move to Canada...

I suggest you get a passport & an education, redneck

[thebluemaggot]

Since when does one need a passport to enter Canada? Your borders are more loose than a $10 whore. US Murder rate per Capita .04 per 1,000, Murder rate of Canada .01 per 1,000. Population of USA 300 million, population of Canada 34 million.

USA Population density of 31 per sq Km, Canada Population density 3 per Km. with only 1 tenth the population Canada only has 2/3rds fewer murders per mile and with over and with over 100 thousand miles more to boot and without the % of demographics.

[ThisCanadian]

considering all our crime comes from the US & US smuggled guns... I'd say we might need a wall to keep the fucking criminal gringos out.

as for crime rates? fuck off... you're an ignorant twat who shouldn't look to the low rates of crime in other countries to feel good about your corrupt nation's horrifying crime rates.

execute any children or mentally handicapped minorities lately?

& yes, you need a passport: we're finally putting a clamp on Americans sneaking over the Border for healthcare

[thebluemaggot]

HAHA Have I struck a nerve I thought Canadians were A bunch of laid back pot smokin pacifists. Im A statistics Major and the statistics dont lie. Since the early 1980's the US crime rate has dropped by 50% while Canadas has doubled in the same amount of time. Now exactly WHY would criminals from the US Migrate to Canada to steal anything. Especially when all you have to steal is trees rocks ham and hockey pucks. over 70% of crime in the US is caused by a single Demographic.

[thebluemaggot]

"& yes, you need a passport: we're finally putting a clamp on Americans sneaking over the Border for healthcare "

HAHA The Only Americans sneaking over Canadian borders are underage Highschoolers looking to get cheap crappy beer. As well as cheap Canadian whores such as your wife.

[ThisCanadian]

*GOTCHYA*

congratulations, LoserBoy.

damn you're easy!: it only took 2 posts for this woman to turn you into a dithering hate-filled idiot.

FYI:

If you're a "statistics major", maybe you've heard of that classic textbook that calls you either an idiot or a liar, "How To Lie With Statistics" by Huff.

I wash my hands of you: you're a child & a fuckwit.

[thebluemaggot]

HAHA typical loser tactic don't have anything factual to come back with so you just result to raving insults, but then again that has been every single one of your comments so far have been nothing but empty raving insults. You're just jealous because Canada has never been anything more than Americas' hat.

[7jerryv7]

Typical dialogue when you want to conclude something and then grab for evidence or an argument. Obama will be a lame duck. When? Well, we just watched an idiotic explanation.

Fact is Bush lost the first election of 2000 and was still able to start a war. Even a president that looses an election is not a lame duck. So, the conversation was totally worthless.

[cvciii333]

Gore and is lies about the earth melt down lost and now you have Obama and the mind dead left zombies bowing to their chosen one

[7jerryv7]

Science: global climate change.

Right-wing: echo chamber, which is zombiesque

[cvciii333]

the comme left are done. Palin will replace Obamanation.

[justintempler]

Good luck with that. Palin is the reason I didn't vote for McCain.

[cvciii333]

Obamanation and his commies are why I did not vote for him. How is the pain he told you when he gave his talk after he won. Is it hurting yet? If not I am sure it will get worse before the 2010 take back the USA is done.

[MarioCyrascoII]

Me too, I did not buy for their hatred and propaganda, oh, and their so called Christian Ethics. I bought that before, now I am a Independent, Holiday Catholic, and a proud American. Obama will not be a lame duck. People are already predicting his doom? Bullshit! That won't work on me!

[Wolffanator]

I don't understand what they are talking about.

[BlackX068]

Tweety was real batty today.  Pat B. put something in his drinking water; my guess?!!

[ScottyUrb]

In 2001, Republicans went 0-2 in races for governor. Was Bush seen as a lame duck?

[terrence0258]

How about this, if the people of New Jersey and Virginia elect Republicans then that means there are two more Republican governors. There is this thing that real people throughout the country use called face value, two governors races don't have anything to do with a presidential race in four years. Just take things for what they are, everything doesn't have to carry some underlined meaning.

[Krazybob]

Am I missing what the conservative misinformation is in this clip?

[Ender1zero1]

Why would you think it needs to be conservative misinformation? It's MediaMatters not conservativemediamatters, k

[Krazybob]

From the description on their channel.

[Ender1zero1]

and you are absolutely right, I'd never read the posting on their channel and always assumed they were a media watchdog group. My apologies

[cvciii333]

the left is still in the bash bush stage and can not bring them to seeing Obama owns the crash

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Chuck Todd is right.  Corzine has big problems, and he will be the only one to blame if he goes down.

Also, I agree with mistergarth

[mistergarth]

I've got a radical idea:

maybe, just maybe, the governor's races in VA and NJ will be decided by local voters considering options between individual candidates and issues of concern in their states.

Maybe, just maybe, everything isn't a referendum on Obama.

[EntBlog90210]

If they loose in NJ it is because the hard headed Gov want to add in illegal immigrant workers to a state where people are already in need of work and Va. can be lost due to the simple fact of all of this talk about amnesty of illegals while folks r unemployed and all of these bail outs

[ClassicFIHD]

Well moving state sales tax from 6% to 7%, and the fact he is about (or has just) sign a one-gun-a-month bill are more nails in his coffin.

[ELowkey7]

lol yes Obama is going to take away all of our rights, because Fox News said so right?

[zndprophet]

Here is America's vicious cycle (brought to you by idiot swing voters):

Republicans in power: "What the hell are you guys DOING???"

Democrats in power: "Why the hell aren't you guys DOING anything?"

Republicans in power again "What the hell are you guys DOING???"

I'll stick with the party that doesn't do ENOUGH, rather than the party that takes us BACKWARDS.

It's like we always forget why we ousted them in the first place. Anyone who votes for ANY republicans right now is fucking DENSE.

[geogeorge8]

First you all are crying about lossing your rights under Bush but now your willing to give up everything under Obama. I'll take being DENSE over being fucking stupid anyday.

[Mrcharliebobo]

Their all just a bunch of Obama-lama-ding-dongs!!!!!!!

[OrbisFerrum]

I'm curious as to what you meant by "everything"...

[d3p3ch3mod3]

Republicans sure did a lot about keeping our oil supply out of the hands of dictators...... Renewable energy probably would've been a better way to go about it though... But then Cheney and Bush weren't exactly ex C.E.O.s of green tech corporations

[fryersoncaptain]

I'm really glad I missed Hardball today.