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If the economy stays at this level or get's worse and Obama get's re-elected that means the American people deserve every ounce of economic pain and suffering we get.
If the economy stays at this level or get's worse and Obama get's re-elected that means the American people deserve every ounce of economic pain and suffering we get.
We said the same thing with Bush. You all deserved each other.
All you have to do is look back in history when democratic and republican presidents had low approval ratings facing re-election.
Previous modern presidents who have been re-elected to second terms have also held office during bad economies. President Ronald Reagan faced an unemployment rate of over 9 percent in 1983, similar to the current jobless rate, and his 46 percent job approval rating at this point in his presidency was similar to that of President Obama now yet Reagan got re-elected. In 1995, President Bill Clinton's approval rating was 43 percent even though the economy was in much better shape. The fact the Obama matches Bill Clinton's poll numbers the year before the second term election says a lot. The economy is much worse now than in 1995. People understand that Obama not only inherited this mess from a GOP administration, but they understand its going to take a long time to fix things and they understand that the GOP is a road block in congress to job growth. Job growth was slowly picking up until the GOP took over the house and halted Obama's policies. The gridlock in congress is causing the economy to slip back not Obama.
This is spot on. In a post-Bush world, with a Bush/Republican-damaged economy, Bush/Republican-neglected domestic categories across the board, Bush/Republican-damaged international agenda, a tea party downgrade, and GOP cursing the country as regressive obstructionists, NO President would have a good approval rating.
President Obama is a fine President, with a GOP-cursed Congress doing their part to wreck the country as they did under Bush.
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Excellent post and true
