Posted on 01/10/2011 7:51:33 PM PST by Libloather
Reelecting Obama an enormous challenge, says CBC chairman
By Michael O'Brien
01/10/11 02:02 PM ET
President Obama's reelection in 2012 won't be easy, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) says.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), the new chairman of the CBC, told the group IMPACT to expect a bruising fight to secure the president a second term.
"It's realistic for our party to understand the enormous challenge we're going to have, to get him back in the White House in 2012," Cleaver told the group, as reported on Monday by NBC's Washington affiliate.
"It will not be a landslide or an easy victory," Cleaver added. "We're going to have to scrape and battle for every vote we get."
The CBC leader's remarks underscore the uncertainty surrounding Obama's political footing going into 2012. While the president was swept into office in 2008 with Democratic headwinds, the GOP's win in the 2010 elections suggest Obama could be vulnerable to a strong Republican challenger.
Cleaver said the president has been the a victim of impossibly high expectations for his first two years in office.
"The majority of Americans placed inflated expectation on candidate Obama and some even placed all of their hopes and dreams in him," the Missouri Democrat said. "No human being could have performed at the level of expectation in such a short period of time."
Polls have suggested that some potential Republican challengers are within striking distance of beating the president, if not enjoying a slight lead. But with the 2012 campaign only beginning to get off the ground, those numbers are fluid.
Some of Obama's advisers are expected to begin formally setting up his reelection operation in Chicago some time in the first half of the year.
In other words they fooled enough Whites into voting for him the first time around, and they wont be fooled twice.
And there is nothing to low for them to get the job done.
They fooled a lot of blacks as well, into thinking that he would actually help them. Now that “historic” is off the table, it’ll be interesting to see how the demographics break.
“”The majority of Americans placed inflated expectation on candidate Obama and some even placed all of their hopes and dreams in him,” the Missouri Democrat said. “No human being could have performed at the level of expectation in such a short period of time.””
I’m going to be sick.
It all depends on who the GOP runs.
Heh. Somehow I don't think that's going to work this time.
Love it!
Fixed it.
Maybe he’ll only get 98% of the Black vote next time.
Maybe he’ll only get 98% of the Black vote next time.
Won’t matter - white flight!
It's not like Democrats have to get actual people to vote in order to get the most votes. Heck, Barry can just give himself a second term by Executive Order now. It's not like there will be any repercussions.
Bozo and the libs are responsible for people believing this garbage, they and he said he would lower the oceans, calm the winds, stop global warming and walk on water......since he hasn't (and has only screwed up everything he's touched) they say it's the Americans high expectations of him?
Remind me who it was who hyped those expectations.
Well if Palin runs, Obama can at least count on Pissant’s de facto (stay at home) vote for him.
Especially if he plays political with the Arizona shooting and blames Palin and the Tea Party or Republicans in general. In fact if he speaks against violent political speech, he is going to face his own violent speech that actually did result in Union thugs attacking Tea Party portestors.
Obammy...I would not want to be him with the self destructive, stupid idiots that surround him. I wish Republicans were not so stupid and would nail him on his own violent political speech on every tee vee talk show there is. Alas, they won’t.
Perhaps he will not run again as he can’t produce a birth certificate to show that he a natural born citizen.
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