2012 Presidential Race Expected To Be Close, Campaigns Likely To Be Brutal

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Occupy Protesters Down On Obama.

Ex- Obama Staffer, Other Supporters Leading Obama Protests:

PresidentO­bama will again be in San Francisco Tuesday — but only to take money from the “fat cats” that he said that he said way back in 2009 that he didn’t run for president to protect. No, he won’t be spending any time with the “99 percent.” Not unless they cut him a $7,500 check for lunch. As we know by our story Monday, Obama has had no problem taking money from the fat cats.

But Obama will be greeted by a rainbow of people he’s disappoint­ed — left, right and center during his $7,500-a-p­late noon fundraiser right here at the W Hotel in San Francisco. Some will even be chanting re-constit­uted Obama for Prez cheers — in opposition to the Prez’s policies.

We know that Tea Partiers (protestin­g Obama’s economic policy) from all over Northern California will be on hand Tuesday as will the 99 Percenters from Occupy Wall Street/San Francisco. California NORML will be there ripping on Obama’s medical marijuana crackdown. AndWorld Can’t Wait (protestin­g his Afghanista­n/Guantana­mo policy) will be representi­ng, of course.

But the biggest group — perhaps 500 strong — may be environmen­talists fronted by former Obama campaign staffer Elijah Zarlin. The Mendocino native/Oak­land resident used to write fundraisin­g e-mails for Obama during his 2008 prez campaign. Now he works for SF-based CREDO Action. And he’s “disappoin­ted” with how the President has “failed to lead” on stopping the proposed 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring highly polluting oil from Canada’s tar sands to the United States...

Wall Street Still Gives More To Obama
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