“A shetland pony should be able to win against Obama. He has made such huge messes.”
Obama remains reasonably popular despite his blunders, anti-American antics, unpopular policies, and dismal economic conditions. I am baffled that his approval rating remains reasonably high despite the negative sentiment of the country. Bush barely won re-election against a very weak opponent despite a strong and improving economy. Obama has been very clever in blaming Bush. Many independents still blame Bush and Republicans. The worse news about Obama is that his policies are not yet widely implemented. Health care, energy, financial services, and taxes will not fully be in place until his second term.
Democrats have bought votes. Almost 50 percent of the population does not pay federal income taxes. More than 50 percent receive substantial transfer payments. In addition, Democrats have overwhelming support of powerful interest groups (labor cartels, trial lawyers, environmentalists, media, and rent-seeking businesses) so they have the money to influence public opinion.
Obama will win unless Republicans can find a strong candidate and stop third party dilution of votes. I am not optistic that Obama can be stopped. He should be dead in the water without any possibility of re-election. Instead, he still is the one to beat although he can be defeated with the right candidate.
Obama will not win with unemployment where it is and its not going to improve with his policies in place and the fear that more of them will be.
Seriously. Put down the LSM and back slowly away.