# Does Obama know that the election is over? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 11, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701 "2012-12-11T14:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/21 "2012-12-12T22:24:17Z")
\*\*ChefGuy \*\*- Are you getting donation requests from Obama 2012 or from some other affiliated groups?I just looked through my email archive and I haven’t had a request for money for quite awhile. I’ve received requests to call my congressman (from Stephanie Cutter) and information about the President’s Fiscal Cliff plan from Obama for America - but none of these emails included monetary requests. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/22 "2012-12-12T22:40:21Z")
Yes, I’m wondering if maybe the OP is being bugged by the Democrats’ Senate committee or some related groups. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/23 "2012-12-12T23:06:38Z")
No, looking back I’ve received three or four since E-Day from the campaign. I was a donor so maybe that makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/24 "2012-12-12T23:16:37Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > You know, **elucidator** , generally I view you as a sort of SDMB Court Jester, amusing but to be taken seriously as you dance around, obfuscate, point out that the king is naked and occasionally fart into the punch bowl and such… About all I’ve got left for entertainment, these days. Local shelters have got suspicious, won’t let me have any more puppies. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/25 "2012-12-12T23:21:25Z")
Best to switch to ocelots. More meat AND fight in 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/26 "2012-12-13T00:35:23Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > \*\*ChefGuy \*\*- Are you getting donation requests from Obama 2012 or from some other affiliated groups?I just looked through my email archive and I haven’t had a request for money for quite awhile. I’ve received requests to call my congressman (from Stephanie Cutter) and information about the President’s Fiscal Cliff plan from Obama for America - but none of these emails included monetary requests. Most of them are oblique: buy Obama souvenirs: hats, tees, etc. I’ve stopped looking to see who they come from and just unsubscribe to whomever is sending them. I donated to the campaign, that’s all anybody is going to get. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/27 "2012-12-13T01:08:19Z")
Heck, I’m still getting e-mail from Paul Wellstone. Wish he’d just stick to table-rapping. I budget a certain modest amount and this year sent it all to Lizzy Warren. And not just because she’s so hot! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/28 "2012-12-16T10:50:16Z")
To be fair, when asked what major difference would be different from his first term to his second term, Obama said he intended to enlist the help of the American people. Work from the outside in so to speak. I’m loving 2nd term Obama. Wish that guy was around for his first term. I’m bet’n he’ll take the Bully Pulpit some time this week to address the nation on prime time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/29 "2012-12-16T11:31:13Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I’m bet’n he’ll take the Bully Pulpit some time this week to address the nation on prime time. On what topic? He’s been pushing for a deal on the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. He can’t give a major address on that this week without looking really insensitive for ignoring the shooting in Connecticut. (And he can’t do one speech about both, either.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701/30 "2012-12-16T12:33:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > On what topic? He’s been pushing for a deal on the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. He can’t give a major address on that this week without looking really insensitive for ignoring the shooting in Connecticut. (And he can’t do one speech about both, either.) Good point. I didn’t think about the CT thing. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-obama-know-that-the-election-is-over/643701.md?page=1)