When does campaigning become stalking?: Democrats putting videos of Republican Congressional candidates' homes online

When does campaigning become stalking?: Democrats putting videos of Republican Congressional candidates' homes online

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From Politico:

. . . While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers — staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and statement by an opponent — House Democrats are taking it to another level. They’re now recording video of the homes of GOP congressmen and candidates and posting the raw footage on the Internet for all to see. . . .Wisconsin GOP Rep. Reid Ribble, who said he’s also been followed by a cameraman when shopping for groceries, said the home videos cross a line. . . .Republicans whose homes have been videotaped say they understand that politics is a contact sport and that every public utterance they make is fair game. But, they argue, filming a home — and posting actual addresses— ought to be off-limits, if only out of respect for their families and neighbors. . . .Trackers assigned to California GOP candidate Ricky Gill, a highly touted challenger to Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney, pushed the edge of the envelope even further.  In May, a clip of Gill’s parents’ Lodi, Calif., mansion appeared online. . . .Democrats, on the other hand, insist the videos are fair game — and are unapologetic about the hardball tactics. . . .

Dem Pollsters warn Obama on economy

Dem Pollsters warn Obama on economy

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James Carville and Stan Greenberg have a strongly worded memo for the Obama campaign:

We will face an impossible headwind in November if we do not move to a new narrative, one that contextualizes the recovery but, more importantly, focuses on what we will do to make a better future for the middle class. . . .

Obama has been quietly having a hard time in more primaries than almost anyone has realized

Obama has been quietly having a hard time in more primaries than almost anyone has realized

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Do you see a pattern here?  From Real Clear Politics:

Tuesday night, President Obama continued his streak of poor primary performances in culturally Southern states. He received 58.4 percent of the vote in the Arkansas Democratic primary against token opposition, and 57.9 percent of the vote in the Kentucky primary against no opposition (42.1 percent of the vote went to "uncommitted"). In the latter state's Harlan County, in the heart of coal country, Obama received 26.2 percent of the vote.
This comes on the heels of losing 40.6 percent of the vote in West Virginia to a Texas prison inmate, 21 percent of the vote to “uncommitted” in North Carolina, 24 percent of the vote to token opposition in Louisiana, 19 percent of the vote to “uncommitted” in Alabama, and 43 percent of the vote to various candidates in Oklahoma. . . .
There are only seven sitting presidents who have ever received less than 60 percent of the vote in any primary: Taft in ’12; Coolidge, ’24; Hoover, ’32; LBJ, ’68; Ford '76; Carter, ’80; and Bush ’92. All of these presidents, with the exception of Coolidge, were not re-elected . . . .

Can vulnerable Democrat Senators really separate themselves from Obama on gay marriage?

Can vulnerable Democrat Senators really separate themselves from Obama on gay marriage?

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According to The Hill newspaper, many Democratic Senators in swing states are distancing themselves from Obama on gay marriage.  But here is the problem.  This issue is going to be decided by the Supreme Court.  Does anyone doubt that Obama won't appoint another very liberal member of the court who would rule that there is "no rational basis" for ruling that marriage must be between a man and a woman?

UPDATE: Federal Inmate Keith Judd ends up getting 43% of

UPDATE: Federal Inmate Keith Judd ends up getting 43% of

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43% to a federal inmate, amazing!  To put it in perspective, Keith Judd got almost as many votes in the Democrat primary as the winner of the Republican primary, Mitt Romney, got.  From the West Virginia Secretary of State:

Prison Inmate in Texas takes 40 percent of the Democrat Presidential Primary Vote in West Virginia?

Prison Inmate in Texas takes 40 percent of the Democrat Presidential Primary Vote in West Virginia?

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Why isn't this getting huge coverage in the US?  From the UK Daily Mail:

Just how unpopular is President Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in a Texas prison received four out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.Inmate Keith Judd, 53, is serving 17 years for extortion at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution. He was sentenced in 1999 for making threats against the University of New Mexico and is due to be released on June 24 next year.With 93 per cent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 per cent of the vote to Judd's 40 per cent. . . . 

In Oklahoma, anti-abortion protester Randall Terry got 18 percent of the primary vote. A lawyer from Tennessee, John Wolfe, pulled nearly 18,000 votes in the Louisiana primary. In Alabama, 18 percent of Democratic voters chose "uncommitted" in the primary rather than vote for Obama. In Tuesday's North Carolina primary, 21 percent of Democratic voters marked "no preference." . . .

After going continually since the last election, the Obama campaign officially starts

After going continually since the last election, the Obama campaign officially starts

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Despite all the rhetoric about the "War on Women," Obama chooses to start his campaign with Senator Sherrod Brown who had a restraining order in 1986 against him from his then wife for “physical and emotional harassment."


Obama starts his campaign with a rally to a half filled auditorium.