Will Obama be re-elected?

Frolicking Dinosaurs said:

Barring the GOP pulling a decent moderate candidate out of their hat at the last minute, Obama will be re-elected. Thus far they have only paid attention to a parade of favors of the month from the Tea Party and two moderate candidates with enough baggage to weight down any chance at at winning. They had real talent in the mix, they ignored it and they will be faced with 4 more years of Obama - and possibly with a Democratic majority in the Senate and the House.

The TP only represents the feelings of about 20-25% of the electorate, but they have thrown monkey wrench after monkey wrench into plans to fix the economy. Since they are a segment of the GOP, guess who voters are blaming. I feel the TP has been more effective than the Democratic party in making the GOP unpopular with the electorate.

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The latest poll I saw had the TP approval number in the 40's. When people are asked what they think about smaller government, personal liberty and less government intrusion in their lives (all TP platforms), a majority of the voters share those views. Besides that, there isn't a TP candidate or a TP "Party" so people will be voting for a dem or a repub.....not some boogieman with TP stamped on his forehead.

Obama would beat Romney, because Conservatives and TP folks hate Romney.

Obama would beat Cain, cause Cain has no public record and is too ignorant on the issues..and he has problems with women.

Obama would beat Perry...well...cause he's Perry.

So yeah, unless someone magical jumps into the race, its Obama for four more years.

Thunder said:

Obama would beat Romney, because Conservatives and TP folks hate Romney.

Obama would beat Cain, cause Cain has no public record and is too ignorant on the issues..and he has problems with women.

Obama would beat Perry...well...cause he's Perry.

So yeah, unless someone magical jumps into the race, its Obama for four more years.

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Yay team!!!!!

He will not be relected. People are worried about the economy and Obama has been an utter failure at fixing the problem. His stimulus failed big time because he fought for a big total but no attention to where the money went. 82% of the green contracts went to companies who donated to his campagin, $550 billion of it on Solyndra which went bankrupt but they donated to his campaign so he had to pay them back somehow. Most went to the Democrats wish list and not to things that would create jobs. Since he did not care to use a trillion in tax payer money properly the first time, now he wants another 450 billion to try again. It does not even attempt to solve the problem, he just wants to put a bandaid on the problem to slow the bleeding for a couple months so he has at least something to run on in 2012 because he has nothing right now. The Democrats controlled the white house, senate and congress for obamas first 2yrs in office but he decided not to focus on jobs but on Obamacare. That will cripple jobs even more, and he knows it will so he set it up not to start til after 2012 election.
Newt or Romney will get the Republican nomination. Either one of them will out debate Obama on the issues. Obama has been able to read off teleprompters for 3yrs and blame everyone but himself. He has blame Bush, the rich, the republicans, the tea party, the american public for being lazy, etc. At the debates he will have no teleprompter, no speeches, only his record. He will have to own up for his long list of mistakes and cant blame anyone for them. He will go thru the ringer and lose. People are not stupid. It is either 4 more years of this mess or a change. His supporters have lost passion for him, and the Republicans are more passionate than ever to get him out of office.

BossHogg said:

...$550 billion of it on Solyndra which went bankrupt but they donated to his campaign so he had to pay them back somehow.....

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the stimulus plan gave $550 billion to Solyndra?

I think you mean $535 MILLION.

conservativeguy said:

Nope. The American public are sick and tired of his empty rhetoric and absolutely worthless economic policies. Candidly, I think the polls are overstating his approval rating. I think a lot of white guilt is baked into those numbers and may overstate his weak 45% figure by at least 5% to 10%. I am also convinced BO will not draw the record number of blacks and youth to the polls next year like he did when he was the unknown new kid on the block in 2008. The ONLY thing that could improve his chances would be a totally unexpected major improvement in the economy......nobody is forecasting that to happen.

Oh yeah, one more factor to consider ..... all those pesky conservatives and Tea Party folks are going to show up at the voting stations like a tsunami wave in 2012.

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You liberals need to stop with the race baiting.

Need a "too early to guess" option.

conservativeguy said:

The latest poll I saw had the TP approval number in the 40's. When people are asked what they think about smaller government, personal liberty and less government intrusion in their lives (all TP platforms), a majority of the voters share those views. Besides that, there isn't a TP candidate or a TP "Party" so people will be voting for a dem or a repub.....not some boogieman with TP stamped on his forehead.

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I think you're mis-interpreting the polling.

Sure, higher numbers of people support many of the ISSUES that TPers support. That does not automatically correlate to the same people supporting the candidates themselves, especially when you factor in the social issues (which, the TPers way over-estimate, IMO) and the perception that many of the TP candidates come off as borderline psychotic.

You will notice that I use the "TP" label. No, there is no official organized 'party', but anybody with an ounce of objectivity know what and to which candidates the label is properly applied. Some of these candidates would be proud to attached the label to themselves, regardless the official (R) designation.

radcen said:

I think you're mis-interpreting the polling.

Sure, higher numbers of people support many of the ISSUES that TPers support. That does not automatically correlate to the same people supporting the candidates themselves, especially when you factor in the social issues (which, the TPers way over-estimate, IMO) and the perception that many of the TP candidates come off as borderline psychotic.

You will notice that I use the "TP" label. No, there is no official organized 'party', but anybody with an ounce of objectivity know what and to which candidates the label is properly applied. Some of these candidates would be proud to attached the label to themselves, regardless the official (R) designation.

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Most of the actual TP groups have not made social issues any part of their platforms. Many candidates claiming they have TP support go off and bring social issues into the mix and this is what causes many people to be turned off by what they perceive to be TP issues. Hey, I get....perception is reality.

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Thunder said:

Will Obama be re-elected?

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The idea that this President is even a viable candidate speaks volumes for the massive ignorance of some Americans. After Solyndra, Fast and Furious, the theft and sale of Chrysler, bailouts, trillion dollar deficits, failed stimulus plans, taxpayer funding for abortion and illegal lobbying for foreign abortions, Obamacare, the war on Libya, more gaffes than Perry, Cain and Bachmann combined, it is amazing that anyone would even consider re-electing this President. I'm still a little surprised that Democrats didn't run a challenger in the primary.

That all depends on the person running against him. Huntsman or Romney, that would be a close call (especially with Romney). If it's Herman Cain, Gingrich, or Perry I think Obama wouldn't have too much to worry about. That's just my opinion.