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Mira

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Mon Feb 2, 2015, 11:33 AM Feb 2015

Obama’s New Popularity Could Force Congressional Democrats to Admit Knowing Him -Borowitz speculates



“We’re watching that number very closely,” the Democratic staffer Robinson Petrack said. “We could be looking at a scenario where it’s safe to acknowledge his existence again.”

Petrack said that while many congressional Democrats have not used the word “Obama” in a sentence since the President’s approval rating dropped to thirty-nine percent last year, they are toying with the idea of resuming that practice now.

But even as Democrats contemplate admitting that they have met Obama or even shaken his hand, some worry that such moves could have perilous consequences if his approval rating drops again.

“I say, let’s cross that bridge when we come to it,” Petrack said. “If you don’t know when to admit you know your President and when to desert him, you don’t deserve to call yourself a Democrat.”

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Obama’s New Popularity Could Force Congressional Democrats to Admit Knowing Him -Borowitz speculates (Original Post) Mira Feb 2015 OP
Who is this Obama guy anyway? ybbor Feb 2015 #1
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