{"id":14098,"date":"2012-10-31T18:29:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T18:29:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-10-31T18:29:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T18:29:52","slug":"a_b_stoddard_sandy_doesn_t_help_bam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/10\/31\/a_b_stoddard_sandy_doesn_t_help_bam\/","title":{"rendered":"A.B. Stoddard: Sandy Doesn\u2019t Help Bam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Okay, the storm and Obama.  This is another one.  Depending on who you talk to, this storm and the aftermath is helping Obama.  It stopped the Romney momentum, and it\u2019s put Obama back in charge. You got Governor Christie helping Obama, oh, it\u2019s the worst confluence of events that could have ever happened. But then in real life you have a president who says in the middle of the storm, we\u2019d leave no man behind?  He still hasn\u2019t said a word about Benghazi.  There are photos of the president in the Situation Room watching the storm, but they won\u2019t tell us what was going on in the Situation Room when Benghazi was happening. <\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_68941\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ObamaSituationRoom.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>See, here\u2019s my problem.  You got fundamentals in this race.  What are the fundamentals?  The economy is horrible.  You have the Tea Party that\u2019s arisen since 2010.  You have Romney momentum.  People have decided that Obama\u2019s incompetent.  Obama doesn\u2019t have a record.  He can\u2019t run on anything.  Those are serious fundamentals.  How in the world does three days of standing in the White House and a trip to the Jersey shore with Chris Christie change those fundamentals?  In other words, you\u2019re all set to vote for Romney. You can\u2019t wait to vote for Romney. You\u2019re so fed up. You don\u2019t want any more of this. You don\u2019t like Obamacare. You\u2019re scared to death about taxes and your liberty, and then the storm comes and Obama looks presidential.  You know, I\u2019m gonna vote for Obama.  I don\u2019t follow that.  I don\u2019t know how people can suspend reality, but I know that there are people who can.<\/p>\n<p>There are some serious fundamentals in this election, and all the fundamentals add up to the fact that people are totally dissatisfied with Obama as president.  They don\u2019t like the economy. They don\u2019t like the housing market. There\u2019s nothing good going on, as far as the people who are gonna vote for Romney\u2019s concerned.  And how any of those people can change their minds for Obama in the midst of a three-day storm where he looks presidential, he already is presidential.  The mayor of New York told him, we don\u2019t want you here.  We\u2019d rather have our first responders on the highway.  We\u2019d rather do our work here.  We don\u2019t want you here right now. <\/p>\n<p>Governor Christie said, (paraphrasing) &#8220;Bring money.  Just show up and bring money.  I need money.  My state\u2019s in terrible shape.  I need money.  So come and bring money.  I\u2019ll be glad to stand with you.  I don\u2019t care about the election.&#8221;  He said that.  This election is not important right now. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, he can\u2019t rebuild a house. He can\u2019t rebuild a levee. He can\u2019t rebuild a school. He can\u2019t get the water out of the subways, Obama can\u2019t, not in three days.  What substantive change can Obama make that is credited to him that totally changes the dynamic and the fundamentals of the campaign?  That\u2019s what I don\u2019t get. <\/p>\n<p>(interruption)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=37804\"><img id=\"eZObject_68940\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/00-24_7Self585.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The feel?  Okay, so he can feel what they\u2019re going through.  But that\u2019s gonna change their minds?  Here\u2019s A. B. Stoddard. She\u2019s from TheHill.com, and she was On The Record with Greta Van Susteren last night talking about all this.<\/p>\n<p>STODDARD:  Not being able to campaign through these waning days. Not being able to get his Obama supporters out to become Obama voters again is a real detriment to his chances of winning because it was always based on a turnout model. If they\u2019re out of power and they had to pay &#8212; you know, go hotel and life is tough, come Tuesday, and it\u2019s inconvenient, they might not show up. I don\u2019t think that having a few press conferences where he said, &#8220;The power could be out for a while, this is a serious storm,&#8221; is really going to inspire people who\u2019ve had a tough four years.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_68945\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ObamaStoddard.jpg\"\/><BR\/>RUSH:  This is somebody who wants him reelected.  This is A. B. Stoddard at The Hill.  How does this help?  He basically suspends his campaign. He\u2019s sitting in the White House. He can\u2019t get his supporters out. He can\u2019t rally his supporters. It\u2019s up to Bill Clinton to do that and Joe Biden, who is promising to give you the whole load.  So she\u2019s got a point, as far as I\u2019m concerned.  This is his base, by the way, that\u2019s affected by this.<\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Okay, the storm and Obama. This is another one. 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