Obama Cancels Campaign Events To Focus On Hurricane Sandy

[SniperFire]

It pissed Obama off to no end when he must take time off from campaigning to do some Presidentin.'

 

[rightwinger]

One was a strong hurricane that passed over a place with an incompetent mayor and governor where people choose to live in a fish bowl. The other will be a big rainstorm. Yeah nothing in common.

We shall see

Sandy is hitting the most populated part of the country

 

[Dr.House]

Why would Barry campaign in FL?

He doesn't have a prayer winning that state....

 

[konradv]

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And this has what to do with this act of kindness?
Did Obama do this? If he did you'd be sucking him off even more than Occupied

What is it with this right wing preoccupation with butts and dicks?

 

[konradv]

Why would Barry campaign in FL?

He doesn't have a prayer winning that state....

Guess he's just a president doing his job, then. "Barry" appreciates the thumbs up.

 

[Dr.House]

Why would Barry campaign in FL?

He doesn't have a prayer winning that state....

Guess he's just a president doing his job, then. "Barry" appreciates the thumbs up.

What does that have to do with Barry even heading to FL to campaign in the first place?

Kind of early to be hitting the bottle, comrade...

 

[RoadVirus]

Romney will keep on campaigning. He will try to use the storm to his advantage.

He's using a campaign bus to send supplies to those who need them. Romney is an evil man!

 

[SuMar]

As Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, President Obama is shuffling his schedule as he attempts to simultaneously manage the storm's impact and campaign for a second term. The White House put out the following statement to reporters on Saturday night:

On Monday, following the event in Youngstown, OH, the President will return to the White House to continue to monitor Hurricane Sandy, which is currently forecasted to make landfall along the Eastern seaboard late that day. As a result, the events in Northern Virginia on Monday and in Colorado Springs on Tuesday have been cancelled. Additional changes to Tuesday's schedule will be announced as warranted.

The President is being regularly updated on the storm and ongoing preparations, and he has directed his team to continue to bring all available resources to bear as state and local partners continue to prepare for the storm. FEMA has already deployed teams and has pre-staged resources to potentially affected states and areas ahead of the storm, and FEMA remains in close contact with emergency responders in states up and down the East coast to ensure there are no unmet needs. The President will continue to receive regular briefings on these efforts, and has made clear that he expects his team to continue to lean forward as Hurricane Sandy approaches.​

More: Obama Cancels Campaign Events As Hurricane Sandy Looms

Gee, could it be to score brownie points for upcoming election? Didn't seem to care or act so quickly to hurricane Debby or Isaac..

 

[Katzndogz]

Neither candidate will campaign in areas that will be impacted by the storm. Who would come to an event when they are either battened down or have evacuated?

The difference is, incumbency doesn't have ALL advantages and no detriments. obama still has a job to do, Romney doesn't. Romney can continue to campaign obama has to deal with the disaster. It's a trade off for being able to say "MY Joint Chiefs of Staff" during a debate.

 

[Rozman]

I'm sure it won't be a clusterfuck like Bush's Katrina disaster was.

So it takes a monster storm in an election year to get the
President to spend some time in Washington.

Outstanding

 

[Lakhota]

 

[California Girl]

I guess Lackie is still ignoring the fact that the Romney campaign has been out delivering supplies to those in the path of the storm.

Obama makes speeches, Romney makes shit happen. Sweet!

 

[Conservative]

Obama doesn't have the authority to send in troops or National Guard (a state governor must ASK first).

Wrong.

Either the President OR the Governor can call out the National Guard. If it is a state emergency, the governor can call them out. If it is a national emergency, the president (such as sending National Guard to a war zone).

 

[hjmick]

Uh-huh...

Mr. Obama had already flown to Florida on Sunday night to hold campaign events on Monday but canceled them and flew back to the White House on Monday morning. The only campaigning he did was to deliver pizzas to a campaign office — prompting one reporter, Bloomberg's Hans Nichols, to tweet: "Obama's 12 hour trip to Orlando. ... Most expensive pizza delivery in history?"

 

[Stephanie]

I wonder what T.v show or how many fundraisers he had to cancel.

really quite pathetic. Obama is watching a damn storm like a HAWK..wheeeee