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Khadaffi will be captured, dead or both well before 2012 and that will give Obama TWO "evil doers" under his belt.
The economy will be on the upturn so they won't have that to bash against him with.
The base will be behind in in general FULL support by that time as well.
Something DRASTIC has to happen to derail Obama at this point, something like a 9/11, the WORST attack on American soil in US history. Only such incompetence could stop Obama at this point.
I agree that Obama deserves credit for ordering the killing Khadaffi (maybe) and Osama (inevitable)....however, the bump in popularity he received was small, and short lived.
The economy looked good throughout the summer of 2008: I wouldn't count on any positive 2012 economic preictions right now......