None of us is able to see the future (if one of you thinks you can, please send me the DOW openings and closings for next week - it would help me a lot!) I disagree with your assessment because I believe Obama has shown he is perfectly capable of bypassing the Congress and ignoring the law. An honorable man could be controlled by a more conservative Congress, but Obama is not an honorable man. And even an honorable President would have wide latitude in foreign affairs - that's what the Constitution anticipates.
So, respectfully, I think you underestimate Obama's ability to take away our freedoms. One of us is right ... and if Obama is re-elected, I sure as heck hope it is you!
Obama is a narcissist; he will not be affected by a weak plurality. Even if he doesn't take a majority, he won't care. As he himself has said, after the election he will have "more flexibility". He said that to one of the leaders of Russia, directly, in a public place (although he thought the mics weren't on - supposedly.) How can he make it any clearer that, if re-elected, he will do what he damn well pleases?
To quote Shakespeare's Henry V: "In cases of defence 'tis best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems:"
My experience has conditioned me to assume the worst about Obama, and plan accordingly. And that means defeating him in the 2012 election. (If you all can figure out a way to impeach him before the election, that's fine with me too).
Clinton was a narcissist. The 43% plurality that he received by those who rejected both him AND HW Bush, made for the Republican Revolution. And Clinton wasn't loathed and despised, which -- regardless of what the MSM tries to deflect and spin -- IS what the majority of Americans feel about about Obama. He is a stinker to most Americans. His narcissim has him convinced of his invincibility. And you're buying it.