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Will Obama be re-elected?

Will Obama be re-elected?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 58.3%
  • No

    Votes: 5 41.7%

  • Total voters
    12
  • Poll closed .
Probably.

Candidates who might appeal... i.e.: Huntsman, etc... to the average swing voter (read: the people who will actually decide the states that will decide the general election) have pretty much zero chance of getting nominated. It will be more of a default selection, though I'm sure it will be spun as an affirmation.
 
Obama will win, because the only possible candidates that have any chance of winning a good portion of Democrats & Independents, have a poor chance of getting the GOP nomination let alone winning a good portion of their votes in November.

so basically, Obama will not really win.....the GOP candidate is going to lose.
 
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.
 
...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....

it is not necessary to race-bait this thread.
 
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.
Most of those people are rabid about politics already and vote regardless any other considerations. I don't see much difference there. It's the more moderate and independent voters who need to be swayed one way or another. They will decide. And they will most likely not be presented with a viable (to them) option.
 
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.

To vote for pseudo-liberal, flip flopping, universal healthcare passing, "guy who laid you off" looking, Mormon Romney?

Maybe not in the droves you expect.

There is no Republican who would get MY vote this election, as two Supreme Court seats are up.

I imagine this is why the right is pulling out all the stops and spending whatever it takes to win.
 
it is not necessary to race-bait this thread.

Where is the race baiting? Is that all you have? He made a perfectly legitimate point and here you are being insulting in a thread where you are asking posters if Obama will be re-elected or not and why or why not. Sweet. :roll:
 
Where is the race baiting? Is that all you have? He made a perfectly legitimate point and here you are being insulting in a thread where you are asking posters if Obama bill be re-elected or not and why or why not.

I don't consider race to be a serious part of this discussion, and I think its merely used to derail from the legitimate conversation. You are welcome to disagree.
 
I don't consider race to be a serious part of this discussion, and I think its merely used to derail from the legitimate conversation. You are welcome to disagree.

You are not looking for a serious discussion or legitimate conversation. You are looking for a bunch of 'yay Obama' posts and 'my team is better than your team' type of nonsense. Please continue. I hate to ruin a good cheerleading thread. :roll:
 
Most of those people are rabid about politics already and vote regardless any other considerations. I don't see much difference there. It's the more moderate and independent voters who need to be swayed one way or another. They will decide. And they will most likely not be presented with a viable (to them) option.

If the repubs nominate Romney ( I don't like him but it may happen), they will have a true moderate to vote on.
 
To vote for pseudo-liberal, flip flopping, universal healthcare passing, "guy who laid you off" looking, Mormon Romney?

Maybe not in the droves you expect.

There is no Republican who would get MY vote this election, as two Supreme Court seats are up.

I imagine this is why the right is pulling out all the stops and spending whatever it takes to win.
if given the unpleasant choice of BO or Romney, the conservatives will hold their noses and vote for Mittens.
 
I don't consider race to be a serious part of this discussion, and I think its merely used to derail from the legitimate conversation. You are welcome to disagree.
Just because you chose to ignore it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. BO's margin of victory in 2008 came in large part due to the epic turnout by blacks wanting to see a black man become president and a whole heck of a lot of white liberal and moderate voters doing the same thing. BO's re-election will not stimulate the same level of interest it did in 2008. Moreover, BO now has to run on an actual record ( a crappy one at that) and not his soaring rhetoric.
 
...BO's margin of victory in 2008 came in large part due to the epic turnout by blacks wanting to see a black man become president and a whole heck of a lot of white liberal and moderate voters doing the same thing....

do you have evidence for this, or is this just more baseless speculation?
 
no, many of them will just stay home, especially the TP folks.

since you know virtually nothing about the motivations of the TP movement, I will give your opinion the weight it deserves
 
Just pointing out the alleged 'race-baiting' has already done more to derail the thread than the actual quote.
 
on the contrary, I know a great deal about the motivations of the TP movement.


:lamo

sure you do........i"ll bet you have read every anti-TP message at the HuffyPO and DailyKOSNuts websites:lamo
 
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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