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nope, that is my husbands favorite subject, he loves to talk about Obama never stopping his campaign, but many are getting tired of his forever running mode.
I disagree. It's Obama's to lose. He's the incumbent and is enjoying similar favorability ratings at this moment as previous twice-elected presidents.
His former right hand man is going to literally sleepwalk into one of the most powerful positions one can hold in this country. One would think this would not be possible if Obama were as unpopular as you believe.
Also, who are they going to run against him?
you are right about the enjoying a simlar approval rating as Reagan and Clinton, but for some reason, and I don't know why he is just not as well liked as a politician. It is hard to put a finger on it, things just seem different. Maybe it is the era we are now living in. 15 to 30 years makes a big difference, maybe it is the constnad turmooil, from one thing to the other. something new is hitting us daily it seems.
Like Reagan, Obama will be EASILY re-elected for the simple reason that the economy will be heavily into the recovery - and fair or not, Presidential fates usually are carried along on the rise & fall of the economy. A sitting President in an improving economy is just not likely AT ALL to lose a re-election bid. History has shown that over & over again - and it will show it AGAIN in 2012.
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Tuesday, shows 51 percent of registered voters, and the same percentage of adult Americans, believe Obama will lose if he runs for re-election. 46 percent say he would win.
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Tuesday, shows 51 percent of registered voters, and the same percentage of adult Americans, believe Obama will lose if he runs for re-election. 46 percent say he would win.
Those that think its going to be a cake walk for Obama to win again is kidding themselves
Funny how you left out THIS part of 2nd link:
"And yet Obama shouldn't worry too much. Early decisions about how a voter will cast a ballot haven't proven to be terribly good indicators of a candidate's performance in the following elections. A similar CNN survey from January 1995 found 54 percent of Americans saying they would vote against Bill Clinton, while just 39 percent would vote for him. Fully 65 percent said they believed Clinton would lose re-election. Clinton easily won his re-election bid in 1996."
Obama will win - easily - that's what history has shown.
"And yet Obama shouldn't worry too much. Early decisions about how a voter will cast a ballot haven't proven to be terribly good indicators of a candidate's performance in the following elections. A similar CNN survey from January 1995 found 54 percent of Americans saying they would vote against Bill Clinton, while just 39 percent would vote for him. Fully 65 percent said they believed Clinton would lose re-election. Clinton easily won his re-election bid in 1996."
Obama will win - easily - that's what history has shown.
Like Reagan, Obama will be EASILY re-elected for the simple reason that the economy will be heavily into the recovery - and fair or not, Presidential fates usually are carried along on the rise & fall of the economy. A sitting President in an improving economy is just not likely AT ALL to lose a re-election bid. History has shown that over & over again - and it will show it AGAIN in 2012.
Ken
You are putting the cart before the horse here. I agree with your premise about good economic drives yielding successful re-election bids. However, it is the economic times AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION. Anything can change in the next year. Things can dramatically improve, stall, or fall sharply for a number of reasons.
You are putting the cart before the horse here. I agree with your premise about good economic drives yielding successful re-election bids. However, it is the economic times AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION. Anything can change in the next year. Things can dramatically improve, stall, or fall sharply for a number of reasons.
Indeed, anything CAN happen - but I'm pretty confident things will be much improved by then. For the most part things are much improved ALREADY (most economic measures are VERY POSITIVE). There ARE still major issues of course - job creation is still weak (but I think that will change in the next few months) & the housing market is still a mess - this will improve as job creation improves (housing will still be battered and prices depressed but once job creation improves downward pressure on prices will cease & they will begin slowly rising again).
Ken
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