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Obama announces his Candidacy for 2012.

Obama is on track to win re-election in 2012.
 
i'll be voting obama

LOL, what a surprise, cannot give a reason for doing so but that doesn't matter. Let's see all those union thugs out there beating heads for votes!
 
That was my source too...like I said he kept/compromised on a lot of them.

174 promises kept/compromised
41 broken

Which is more?

The 41 that matter the most, debt, unemployment, economic growth promises not kept.
 
What makes you think that?

Obama Tests Well at Start of Reelection Run | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Nearly half (47%) of registered voters say they would like to see Barack Obama reelected, while 37% say they would prefer to see a Republican candidate win the 2012 election, according to the survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press conducted March 8-14 among 1,525 adults. In April 2003, 48% of registered voters said they would like to see Bush reelected in 2004; 34% said they would prefer to see a Democrat win.

Doing just as well as Bush at this time. On track, but not guaranteed. Besides, the GOP has unimpressive candidates at this point.
 
The 41 that matter the most, debt, unemployment, economic growth promises not kept.

He actually kept most of his economic promises according to Politifact, only broke three.

As far as specific projections about debt, growth and unemployment - they were just that - projections. Projections and promises are not the same thing.
 
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He actually kept most of his economic promises according to Politifact, only broke three.

As far as specific projections about debt, growth and unemployment - they were just that - projections. Projections and promises are not the same thing.

Prove it, even some of those in the works are promises broken. How does the economy FEEL to you? He was hired to "fix" the economy. Do you think 15 million unemployed Americans and 4 trillion in debt in two plus years is fixing the economy?
 
Brainwashed, results and bls.gov are the entirety of the substance of your arguments. Try harder.

edit: I forgot "rhetoric" as well.

Oh, God forbid that actual results matter more than rhetoric. That is the Obama supporter, rhetoric trumps reality and people who need a massive central govt. are going to support for Obama and get exactly who they voted for.
 
Prove it, even some of those in the works are promises broken. How does the economy FEEL to you? He was hired to "fix" the economy. Do you think 15 million unemployed Americans and 4 trillion in debt in two plus years is fixing the economy?

I wasn't counting the "In the works" promises - I was counting the 10 promises kept/compromise as opposed to the 3 broken.

You can keep asking me these questions, but I'm voting for Obama because I think he's the best candidate. When the GOP kicks all the religious nuts to the curb, shows more compassion than callousness and starts coming up with good solutions to our problems, I'll reconsider.
 
Oh, God forbid that actual results matter more than rhetoric. That is the Obama supporter, rhetoric trumps reality and people who need a massive central govt. are going to support for Obama and get exactly who they voted for.

Repeating "results" and "rhetoric" is not an argument - you have to show how Obama caused the mess we're in and then show how a Republican candidate will cause it to be over more quickly. You are incapable of doing this.
 
I wasn't counting the "In the works" promises - I was counting the 10 promises kept/compromise as opposed to the 3 broken.

You can keep asking me these questions, but I'm voting for Obama because I think he's the best candidate. When the GOP kicks all the religious nuts to the curb, shows more compassion than callousness and starts coming up with good solutions to our problems, I'll reconsider.

Right, religious nuts? You mean like radical Islamic Fundamentalists that Obama cannot even mention and call them who they are, terrorists? I will ask you again, what specific results have Obama generated that warrant re-election? Solving the problem doesn't consist of massive expansion of the federal govt. and trillions more added to the debt.
 
Right, religious nuts? You mean like radical Islamic Fundamentalists that Obama cannot even mention and call them who they are, terrorists? I will ask you again, what specific results have Obama generated that warrant re-election? Solving the problem doesn't consist of massive expansion of the federal govt. and trillions more added to the debt.

No I was talking about the religious nuts located in America, not the ones in Afghanistan who cannot vote in our election and influence our domestic policies.
 
Repeating "results" and "rhetoric" is not an argument - you have to show how Obama caused the mess we're in and then show how a Republican candidate will cause it to be over more quickly. You are incapable of doing this.

He was in the Senate that helped cause the mess. He has done absolutely nothing to improve the situation as evidenced by the unemployment and debt. His stimulus plan failed and Obamacare is being rejected and Obama supporters are getting waivers. I am waiting for the results that warrant re-election?
 
The economy is improving? Really. Anything you can point to specifically?
Unemployment Rate Dips To 8.8 Percent In March

The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, capping the strongest two months of hiring since before the recession began.

The economy added 216,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Factories, retailers, the education and health care sectors, and professional and financial services all expanded payrolls. Those job gains offset layoffs by local governments.

Another month of brisk hiring provided the latest sign that the economy is strengthening nearly two years after the recession ended.

Private employers, the backbone of the economy, drove the gains. They added more than 200,000 jobs for a second straight month. It was the first time that's happened since 2006, more than a year before the recession started.
 
i'll be voting obama

Of course I'll be voting for Obama, even if there were no other reason, it would because of SCOTUS. We have 5 activist conservative judges on the court now, it time to switch the balance to 4-5.
 
No I was talking about the religious nuts located in America, not the ones in Afghanistan who cannot vote in our election and influence our domestic policies.

I see, so the President of the United States cannot call radcial Islam what they are but that is ok with you? Doesn't matter what Obama has done only what he says he will do. Results don't matter to you only rhetoric. You don't know who the Republicans are going to run but right now you claim Obama deserves re-election? That is a sad commentary on the electorate today.
 
Unemployment Rate Dips To 8.8 Percent In March

The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, capping the strongest two months of hiring since before the recession began.

The economy added 216,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Factories, retailers, the education and health care sectors, and professional and financial services all expanded payrolls. Those job gains offset layoffs by local governments.

Another month of brisk hiring provided the latest sign that the economy is strengthening nearly two years after the recession ended.

Private employers, the backbone of the economy, drove the gains. They added more than 200,000 jobs for a second straight month. It was the first time that's happened since 2006, more than a year before the recession started.

Here we go again, keep ignoring that the number of people dropping out of the labor market are no longer counted and thus the reason for the drop in unemployment. That number is still close to a million which reduces the unemployment number thus the rate. That is why unemployment rate means nothing, it is the unemployment number that matters. Are discouraged workers unemployed?
 
Repeating "results" and "rhetoric" is not an argument - you have to show how Obama caused the mess we're in and then show how a Republican candidate will cause it to be over more quickly. You are incapable of doing this.
Yeah, it looks like the same0 -sameO boring rhetoric coming from him.
 
I see, so the President of the United States cannot call radcial Islam what they are but that is ok with you? Doesn't matter what Obama has done only what he says he will do. Results don't matter to you only rhetoric. You don't know who the Republicans are going to run but right now you claim Obama deserves re-election? That is a sad commentary on the electorate today.

I would just rather not vote for a party that has a lot of constituents who want to legislate morality and who freak out whenever they see a Muslim.
 
Why? What has he done that deserves a second term? Do results matter in your world or simply rhetoric?

They obviously mean little to you. Aren't you one of the few that actually admits to voting twice for GWB? LOL.....
 
Yeah, it looks like the same0 -sameO boring rhetoric coming from him.

Rather sad that Obama supporters continue to resort to buying rhetoric and ignoring actual results. Is that the way you operate in real life?
 
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