Posted on 09/23/2012 7:10:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With his first term behind him, Obama is poised to be as significant a president as Reagan—tackling the deficit, spearheading immigration reform, and jolting the GOP back to sanity.
As the fall has turned crisper, a second term for Barack Obama has gotten likelier. This may, of course, change: the debates, the Middle East, the unemployment numbers could still blow up the race. At this point in 2004, one recalls, George W. Bush was about to see a near eight-point lead shrivel to a one-state nail-biter by Election Day. But one thing that has so far, in my view, been underestimated is the potential impact of a solid Obama win, and perhaps a Democratic retention of the Senate and some progress in the House. This is now a perfectly plausible outcome. It would also be a transformational moment in modern American politics....
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this is just really hard to take.
I mean carter was horrible and this guy is 16 trillion times worse.
From 1948-2008 there were 39 months of unemployment above 8%
Since b.o. 43 months, and they claim everything is fine and moving in the right direction.
Not to mention the defict the regulatory nightmare and a foreign policy that shocks even jimmy carter.
he should be at 12 % approval and well...
it is just hard to deal with.
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