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Schumer: Obama Clear Winner

Sen. Chuck Schumer came out swinging for his party's candidate in Spin Alley.

Before President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were done sparring late Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer took his message to the media’s Spin Alley, calling his party’s candidate the clear winner.

“He showed a president who’s calm, who’s strong and focused,” Schumer said of President Obama's latest performance.

While the night’s biggest winner was Hofstra University, which played host to the debate, Schumer said Obama connected on issues while Romney, “Got weaker and weaker and more flummoxed as the debate went on.”

“This is going to be all about the average middle class swing voter and I think that the president appealed to them, showed he understood them and had real plans to help them,” Schumer told reporters. 

Schumer also issued a warning to Republicans.

“If the president wins the election – and I think after tonight it’s a little clearer that he will – I think mainstream Republicans, those who are willing to talk to us, will gain an upper hand. And the hard right people, who Romney has always appealed to, will lose some strength.”

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Wayne P October 18, 2012 at 01:52 pm
Well said Jason !
Jason October 18, 2012 at 01:54 pm
Matt,
I suspect Obamas arrogance is the reason for the gridlock. Far from his and his poor boy whining supporters His my way or the highway attitude is the reason for this. Romney has achieved throughout his career , w/ a democratic congress in Mass . His management efforts and experience payed off. The fact that he, Obama, cannot play ball is certainly been his albatross. Look at his background or lack there of? Look at his preacher? So much suspect? Then he wants to change our country? As a preacher he is great,unfortunately, he sucked the voters in with ideas and promises everyone wanted to hear after Bush, those gullible, fell for it. Some say other reasons, some say racist reasons, if you believe that, look again at the facts. Consider this, Obama comes out of no where..........is looked at as the Messiah, No background, no experience then expects to change our country, pushes through the health care plan in a illegal fashion,despite the majority opinion? No doubt many of his own party disagree although stay quiet,many have displayed their dissatisfaction however stay loyal or stay quiet. He accomplished nothing, spent money we didn't have which will haunt us for decades. Any accomplishments come from borrowed money. I can go on and on and on. He promised the moon campaigning in 08. This is why he will lose, going away to Romney. It's clear he never belonged there in the first place.
Jason October 18, 2012 at 02:08 pm
I, as you, and most of this board see things as they are.
Just think if Romney had the background of Obama ? Would he stand a chance? Bama got special waivers of his background and experience. The voters are to blame for our piss poor economy. Obama is not, as his self was clear from the start. Certainly, most of those voters have awakened. Just look at the new poll #s its Mitt 51% 45% after the next debate it will broaden further. I do still believe Obama should be carved into Mt Rushmore as the first black president,and rightfully so,. Although , upside down ;)
Underdog October 18, 2012 at 02:37 pm
Hat, Obama made a half dozen SPECIFIC references to the Benghazi attack in that speech, and never used the word "terror" or "terrorist" once in those references. He then makes a single refererence to unspecified ACTS (plural) of terror, not the one specific ACT (singular) that was the subject of the speech, and you insist he's "on record" as calling it a terrorist attack.
Then a week later, at the September 20 Univision Town Hall he apparently flip-flops and says it's still under investigation, but it was definitely "because of the outrage over the video". Use all the high-brow, SAT vocabulary words you like, this argument you keep putting forth makes you sound pretty stupid.
Roger Herman October 18, 2012 at 02:50 pm
O sounds good if you do not keep up on things. his major problem is that his actions do not match his stump speeches.
Was cspan covering his lame duck bribery corrupt passage of obamacare with no input from reps. His statement, we won.ypu will keep your dr. Reps gutted medicare when o stole the funds to pay for ocare. We will save money not spent on wars when he then says he will spend it anyway. how can you save money you didnt have, borrow it and spend elsewhere. Most reps would pay a little more taxes if it would be used to pay down the debt instead of being funneled to unions who then fund the dnc. There is and has been no effort on dems part to work with anyone. He save detroit. Gave away chrysler to fiat. Gave gm to the unions. Closed most dealerships in locations that didnt vote for him. Screwed the bondhplders and gave to the unions. Gm will never be able to pay back the taxpayers. Any company given so many billions can lend it out overnight and make some kind of profit on it. lets see gm survive twenty more years. Put o and bidens pensions in gm stock. His lies are just too numerous to mention. His views on national seurity place all in danger. He has already said the u s can withstand a nuke attack. now that should comfort Bloomberg.
Jason October 18, 2012 at 03:23 pm
Bloomberg couldn't take em when he was stuck w/ him on the golfcart last year.
He is certainly a Romney supporter. He'd called Obama arrogant, to say the least!
highhatsize October 18, 2012 at 04:44 pm
to Jaguar-Guy, Underdog, Gandalf & Preliator:
Summing up, you assert that President Obama didn't call the Benghazi murders an act or terror, or if he did (there's that pesky quote where he DOES), then he didn't mean the Benghazi murders when he referred to "acts of terror" (right before he mentions the murder victims), or if he did mean it then he said later that the murders were responses to a video, and, anyway, Candy Crowley set poor widdle Mittie up. The Republicans should buy airtime right after the next debate for Mitt's apologists to finesse his blunders all together. Their reconstructions lose their punch when they are spread out over thousands of venues and hundreds of hours. As a matter of fact, it would be most efficient for Mitt to forego the next debate personally and just send in his apologists so that they can say what he would have said were he there. That will save viewers the time of listening to his actual speech and then the Republican characterizations of what actually happened.
Joe October 18, 2012 at 04:52 pm
Don't forget O phones. Even the conservative estimated cost for 2011 at $1.6B for the 12 million subscribers costs consumers and taxpayers $133 per person per year. In order to provide enough funds through the $3 universal fee, 44.4 million people need to pay their cellphone bills each month to come up with the $1.6B a year. I'm sure that money would be better used in our schools.
Gandalf October 18, 2012 at 05:12 pm
Enjoying the Kool-Aid? The supply runs out on November 6. Stay thirsty my friend!
highhatsize October 18, 2012 at 05:15 pm
to Joe:
The Lifeline program, to which that notorious video refers, has for decades allowed low-income citizens discounted phone service to afford them contact with family, jobs and emergency services. The benefits of this program should be obvious to anyone who has ever looked for work or experienced a medical emergency. Cell phones were added as an option when the technology matured and they were competitive to landlines. However, if one already has a landline, one cannot have a cell phone as well; it's either/or. Additionally, the allowable minutes on the cell phones are severely restricted. The unfortunate truth is that stupidity is one of the criteria that determines poverty, as the woman in that video demonstrates.
Archie Bunker October 18, 2012 at 05:23 pm
One more thing to chew on ... If Obama wins, we get Bernake as chairman until 2018
If Romney wins, he is gone in 2014 We all know what a great job "Helicopter Ben” has done
scsddad October 18, 2012 at 05:36 pm
I work with a lot of welfare workers and a lot of them have i phones do they really need i phones
Doug Perry October 18, 2012 at 05:50 pm
And don't forget that in the midst of ones cell phone search for a job, that free cell phones are a must for every junkie in desperate need of contacting their dealer. Yes, another well run government program. Time to remove that high hat from you rectum!
Brian Karcher October 18, 2012 at 06:02 pm
Schumer is a party hack. Always has. Always will be. This is the same guy who thinks Obama is doing a good job with the economy.
Joe October 18, 2012 at 06:22 pm
Green energy companies that received stimulus money from the big O.
Does Obama know how to pick'em? Solyndra 535 million Abound Solar 400 million A123 - 249 million Enerl - 118 million Beacon Power 43 million Total $1.435,000,000.00 dollars in American taxpayer bail out money lost.
Joe October 18, 2012 at 06:25 pm
July 16, 2009 campaign appearance in Holmdel, N.J. The ad’s footage shows a large crowd waving signs reading “Obama & Corzine: Working together to keep New Jersey working.”
“Jon’s a leader who’s been called to govern in some extraordinary times,” Obama said then. “Jon Corzine wasn’t just the first governor to pass an economic recovery plan for his state. He was an ally with the Obama administration in helping us develop a national recovery plan.”
Roger Herman October 18, 2012 at 07:02 pm
How dare you call the phone woman stupid. you must be racist. she just proves the point that if you make freebies available to those who didnt earn it and take from those that do, people will take advantage of it. if you increase unemployment to two hundred weeks, most will be unemployed for two hundred weeks. remember, if you rob peter to pay paul, paul will always be happy.
Roger Herman October 18, 2012 at 07:05 pm
The minutes on lifeline are 62.5 per week. Not bad for free. check your cell phone bill for the taxes you pay for this giveaway.
Roger Herman October 18, 2012 at 07:11 pm
How can they live without free cable and internet? We shoul pay for that too. dont forget cars where there isnt good public transportation, clothes, toys for kids, free day care, free summer camp, free movie passes, free restaurant vouchers, free sports equipment, free dance and art lessons, free radios for emergencies, free syringes for drug addicts, free drugs, free food to go with the health care, payments for votes. i forgot, they probably already pay for votes.
Freebies wouldnt be so bad if the country wasnt so broke and we borrow to pay for this.
ARice October 18, 2012 at 07:12 pm
30 succinct seconds
http://youtu.be/O3EdQm-KyjE
Matt October 18, 2012 at 07:19 pm
Arrogance no, politics yes, and if you think otherwise you are ignorant. Don't think for a minute Romney isn't arrogant and a narcissist, you know he is. I'm sure you can go on an on like you did and it was all a waste of my time to read your microwaved Fox agenda. Not a single point worth debating, just. It must drive you nuts to know Obama took out Bin Laden and saved the auto industry. just go back to your little bubble of ignorance.
ARice October 18, 2012 at 07:21 pm
What is that about $30.00 per household. not including the 40 percent interest. Did any of you ask Obama and Chu to take $30 out of your pocket? Solendra went bankrupt and sold off assets... what did the taxpayer get back from that? Ans: ZERO. We taxpayers were placed last in line illegally to get paid back by Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu. If Obama gets a second term he wants to do more of the same.
ARice October 18, 2012 at 07:34 pm
30 succinct seconds ....... http://youtu.be/O3EdQm-KyjE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8R5GvwUFU8&feature=g-vrec
Underdog October 19, 2012 at 07:56 pm
"Summing up, you assert that President Obama didn't call the Benghazi murders an act or terror"
Yep, that's about right. And you should have stopped right there because the rest of your post makes little or no sense at all... if he did, then he didn't mean it? What is that supposed to mean? My take (and yes this is just my opinion) is that he got caught up in his own web of deceit on this matter. I think the adminstration DID immediately recognize this as a terrorist attack, but didn't want to admit it to the American people because it would look worse than a spontaneous reaction to a video they could blame someone else for (a common M.O. for this administration). Then, at the debate when under attack and defending his handling of the attack, he knew in his own mind that he knew on Sept 12 it was terrorism, but forgot how he had equivocated on the matter in his Rose Garden speech. In retrospect, I wouldn't be surprised if that speech was crafted so that if necessary he could point back to that "acts of terror" line and claim he did call it an act of terror... even though he truly hadn't.
Underdog October 19, 2012 at 08:05 pm
From the Rose Garden transcript:
"Yesterday, four of these extraordinary Americans were killed in an attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi." - missed opportunity to say "in a terrorist attack" "to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people" - not "terrorists", just "killers" "The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts." - missed opportunity to say "these brutal terrorist acts" "Libyan security personnel fought back against the attackers" - not "terrorists", just "attackers" "The United States condemns, in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack." - missed opportunity to say "terrorist attack" "this attack will not break the bonds between the United States and Libya." - missed opportunity to say "terrorist attack" "And then last night we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi." - missed opportunity to say "terrorist attack" "But we also know that the lives these Americans led stand in stark contrast to those of their attackers." - not "terrorists", just "attackers" "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation" - Finally, the one and only use of any form of the word "terror", just so he can say "See... see... I did call it a terrorist attack!"
Tess October 24, 2012 at 03:07 am
bigvoicesmedia./com - secret debate between RM & BO http://bigvoicesmedia.com/watch-the-broadcast
They didn't advertise this -- wanted to keep it secret........I thought you'd like to see it and pass it around. T
J.REGULAR October 25, 2012 at 08:44 am
I WONDER.. IN THE LAST4YEARS, I SAW 40 OR 50 TEACHERS FIRED. ATRITTION,LAYOFFS, ABOLISHMENTWE DO NOT FOLLOW STATE RECOMMENDATIONS EVER. I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT THE REPUBLICANS WERE GOING TO DO JUST A THOUGHT
Donald Nogiewich Jr October 25, 2012 at 10:44 am
Anything with Frank Luntz's name attached to it can be disregarded as right wing BS. The guy is Karl Rove's lackey and is responsible for all of the "witty" Republican sayings.
Preliator October 25, 2012 at 10:53 am
No, she had to protect Obama. Romney did pretty well considering he was debating two people.
Right Side October 30, 2012 at 03:58 pm
Schumers a windbag........
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