[Little Pharma]

Obama was elected by Libs and independents. For independents to turn on him, they would have to admit they were wrong and that they are partially responsible for this mess. If employment turns around they will have the cover that they need to vote for him again. You under estimate the power of lib media, plus Obama’s oratory, plus indees compulsion to like him. It will take a charismatic conservative with fresh ideas and that person has not made himself (or her) known yet.

[tatown]

Agreed.

[kabar]

You miss the point. Employment is not turning around if it is 7.7% or double that if you use the U-6 rate. Obama and his MSM lackeys can spin it any way they want, but the fact is that the unemployment rate is high. You can't hide it. When your neighbor is out of a job, it is a recession, but when you don't have a job, it is a depression.

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. The recession that started in December 2007 has been over since June 2009. Our recovery has been the slowest in history.

[kearnyirish2]

“For independents to turn on him, they would have to admit they were wrong and that they are partially responsible for this mess.”

No they won’t; they’ll vote for the Repub and tell their friends they voted for Obama (independents need to make a living/buy gas & groceries like everyone else). That is why Dems fear the secret ballot.

I don’t see Obama running in the general election in 2012; the Dem donors and candidates “down the ticket” from him have too much to lose.

[SeattleBruce]

"If they are duped into believing employment turns around they will have the cover that they need to vote for him again."

There, fixed it.