Obama could launch re-elect campaign as early as Mon.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: msnbc

From NBC's Chuck Todd and Mark Murray
NBC News has learned, per multiple sources, that President Obama could file for re-election with the Federal Election Commission as early as Monday. That filing would allow him to begin raising money for the 2012 presidential campaign.

However, those planning the launch stress that they might delay it if a government shutdown -- or another big news event -- appears imminent.

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[ixion]

1. uh, 'change!' yeah, that's it...

:eyes:

[BlueJac]

2. Something we can believe in?????

Yeah right! Fool me once and I can't get fooled again!

[FLPanhandle]

3. No rush, it's in the bag anyway

Despite all the bitching about him here, he'll win easily.

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[MineralMan]

4. Glad to hear it. Now, if there are any primary challengers, let

them show their faces. I suspect that there will be no serious primary challengers at all. President Obama will be re-elected. Now, all we need to do is insure that we retake the House and increase our majority in the Senate, and get the state legislatures back. That will take a great turnout from Democrats. I hope that occurs. We need that to occur.

[nvme]

6. it will not happen until our party grows a pair

[iwishiwas]

8. 0 probability

[readmoreoften]

24. Maybe it he could get as much of a mandate as after 2008. So he can squander it again.

Waste. Of. Time.

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[BenzoDia]

14. He did keep the first time home buyer credit.

[golddigger]

7. He might as well change parties while he's at it.

[JJW]

11. Gee

I mean GE. Such a corporate tool. Reagan would be proud.

[madrchsod]

12. who cares...we have more important things to do....

LIKE SAVING OUR UNIONS!

[readmoreoften]

23. +1. Exactly. "Obama" is a pointless distraction.

[JDPriestly]

13. What is he going to run on?

He kept Sarah Palin out of the White House?

I wonder how long it will be before we can convince some hardy REAL DEMOCRAT to run against Obama?

Kucinich anyone?

How about Bernie Sanders?

Howard Dean?

Russ Feingold?

Alan Grayson?

We have lots of good alternatives. How can we persuade them that they have nothing to lose by trying?

[madrchsod]

15. the problem is--money

obama will get the big bucks to win the election

[FLPanhandle]

17. Politicians can read the tea leaves

No Democrat is going to sacrifice themselves to run against Obama. The smart ones know they can't win. They'll let someone else (or no one else) run in 2012 while plotting for 2016.

Kucinich might since he never has a chance anyway and it brings him lots of fund raising dollars.

[CountAllVotes]

18. any of those sound good to me

throw in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and a few others I can think of and gee, we may have some choices.

What about Gen. Clark? I've seen his face around quite a bit as of recent. :think:

[readmoreoften]

25. He's going to run on "I'm not the Tea Party" and "Bipartisanship with the Bushes"

Good thing there wasn't a Tea Party when Bush was in office. Bush would be considered a liberal.

[MineralMan]

35. Everyone you mention has said he would not run. The rest

have tried and failed in every primary, is not a Democrat, or has recently lost an election in his own state. Why do you suppose they'd succeed now, for pete's sake?

Uff da!

[JDPriestly]

38. Because there has been a deafening silence about scandals

in the Obama administration. That means to me that people are waiting until a strategically ideal moment to start outing them.

Every administration has scandals. Obama's is no exception. It is frightening that we have heard nothing. We need an understudy.

[CountAllVotes]

16. why jump in just yet?

Save the country a few bucks would you Pres. Obama and focus on the American people and getting the country out of this depression/recession ... whatever you care to call it. :eyes:

You'll get re-elected easily, I tend to agree but that doesn't mean I'll be voting for you again. Nope.

:dem:

[jimlup]

19. I'm underwhelmed with excitement

I think he might discover that he's lost the enthusiasm of his base but he probably doesn't care.

[readmoreoften]

20. He'll win because of all the moderate Republicans and low-information voters.

And the country will continue to slide to the Right and fall apart. Slow destruction from soft-right wimps or fast slide from fascists. It's Combs or Hannity--take your pick.

[EFerrari]

26. He'll win because we don't own our elections.

So, no challenge feasible, not in the primaries and not in the general. Man, and this is what it looks like when our side "wins".

[polichick]

21. A technicality - the "WIN THE FUTURE" campaign is already underway.

[Paper Roses]

22. Is this the correct spelling...'Humph' ?

Sorry folks, I voted for a strong President, Not as 'yes' man. I don't yet know what I will do for the next election.
Not yet sure what I should do. I was fooled once. Donated twice for Edwards. Next time around I will sure give a lot of thought to what has happened these last few years. I was a believer.

I am upset...distraught maybe, at the current state of affairs. I need a President with a real commitment to us, not to the the big whigs.

Obama is a disappointment to me. He has to do more---lots more---to get my vote again.
I'll certainly keep tuned.

[alp227]

27. cool. let's vote for him and keep Palin/Romney/fundies outta the White House

not just him, but whoever ends up running as the Democrat/progressive candidate in case of a primary upset. We gotta get organized, get out there, get active, tag you're it (to steal from Thom Hartmann).

[mysterysoup]

28. How different is Obama from Romney?

They both have the same health care plan. Both of them represent big business, Wall Street and the banks. So what's the difference?

[FLPanhandle]

29. Heard that same argument used in 2000

Idiots saying there was no difference between Gore and Bush.

[mysterysoup]

30. This isn't 2000.

But you are welcome to vote for the capitalist tool of your choice.

[Terry_M]

32. I wish...

I didn't agree :(

[alp227]

34. Romney=socially conservative. And some contrasts:

As governor of Massachusetts, Romney:
- Increased fees and taxes and cut spending: "The combined state and local fee burden in Massachusetts increased during Romney's governorship but still was below the national average."
- Supported only civil unions, not full marriage rights, for same-sex couples.
- Criticized the 2010 federal health care reform.

As president, Obama:
- Renewed the Bush tax cuts.
- Stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act (which banned the federal government from recognizing same sex marriage)

Both, though, successfully implemented health care reforms.

Romney has been called a "Republican in Name Only" (sources: Free Republic, Human Events). Hell, he voted for Paul Tsongas in 1992!

Think about the last time America had a president who pandered to the Religious Right.

[liberal N proud]

31. The information I received in the mail yesterday would indicate it has started.

[Greybnk48]

33. Do you think we'll notice?

I never see anything positive about him on the T.V. Maybe the attack ads will start and that will be our tip-off.

[udbcrzy2]

36. This is our time.

I now wonder who the hell was he talking about when he said 'our'.

[Yavapai]

37. Unless the candidate is listed in post #13,

I will save $17.00 in gas money to go visit the diebold machine.

Same shit, different election!