tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post7475895191515950758..comments2023-10-31T10:50:53.740-05:00Comments on Team America's 10th District Blog: More Thoughts on the Odd Timing of Obama's Fundraising Trip for Alexi Giannoulias (UPDATED x2)Team Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15035504738668036802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post-27230588445975537082010-07-19T14:06:08.243-05:002010-07-19T14:06:08.243-05:00your pal pat hughes was at the kirk fundraiser las...your pal pat hughes was at the kirk fundraiser last week, team, does that mean you're bff again? <br /><br />putting saved back on comments? get off the weak sauce. <br /><br />disagree with you and blago, the white house spent the last year trashing alexi so that they could lay seeds for a narrative if he lost that he was a flawed candidate from day one and that only a flawed candidate could lose that seat. If he really cared about this seat, the fundraiser would have been on a week day in march sending a message that he was determined to go all in to win this seat. <br /><br />instead it's in august when the national media is on vacation and no one's paying attention. <br /><br />foklaeapsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post-49383287550756061322010-07-19T13:44:16.651-05:002010-07-19T13:44:16.651-05:00Foklaeaps - you always sound like such an old warh...Foklaeaps - you always sound like such an old warhorse I'm shocked you're still only in your 30's. DC must age one quickly.Team Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15035504738668036802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194608964536238003.post-80708773490481417882010-07-19T11:26:18.775-05:002010-07-19T11:26:18.775-05:001. left unsaid is that obama is NOT coming here fo...1. left unsaid is that obama is NOT coming here for a seals fundraiser. 3 straight cycles of seals getting ignored by voters and obama, hmm. seals struggled to raise money the last 3 months and that was with 3/5 biggest guns in his party-biden/hoyer/van hollen. His donors have quit on him. <br /><br />2. Team Kirk shouldn't be looking for office space in dirksen just yet. They haven't released a poll in months, they failed to vet the congressman and nearly killed his campaign and they are down 1 point in the most recent survey to the rex grossman of senate candidates who makes carol mosely braun look competent. This is not fitzgerald 1998 where they're hitting all the right notes. For the 3rd straight cycle there's no theme to the campaign and they are under performing against substandard opposition. <br /><br />3. This fundraiser will struggle to raise money. the first week in august half the north shore/elite chicago is at overnight camp/vacation/summer houses and largely ignoring politics and fundraisers, I don't see many people bothering to show up for this especially when you consider david hoffman blew him out here 60-29 and chicagoans have been asked to give to obama every year for the last 7 for his senate campaign, presidential run and now this. It's called donor fatigue. <br /><br />4. As I age into my late 30's my eyes are declining and it hurts them to read the palin/tea party bashing crap of local democrats trying to change the subject from how their party failed at every level here. Just delete them if they go off on tangents. <br /><br />foklaeapsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com