FA_Q2
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Sorry TPS but I am not lying to myself. Likability is KEY today. Dont actually count on the average voter having any real thought in their heads much less any understanding of politics or politicians. The vast majority of people have no idea what is going on in the real world. You are lying to yourself if you discount the importance of fame and personality. Crowing over him being already done is the surefire way to guarantee that he wins another election.Daily numbers are meaningless. Changes over weeks and months show trends. That is where the cake is. From what I have seen on these boards in all the posts of the polls, his numbers seem quite stable.
Also, those numbers are actually quite good. Something that republicans find hard to swallow. Obama is still liked. The real point that we need to be driving home is that his policies suffer very bad when compared to his personal approval rating. That needs to be driven home as people need to make the connection that the president is not about promises or speeches but about actions and it is the actions that should decide the next election.
Dude, Jimmy Carter was personally liked,
He was an affable, goofy peanut farmer.
No one hated Carter. I didn't hate Carter.
I just knew he was the worst president this country (at that time) had ever experienced.
Likeability will NOT get you reelected. Especially, when there are so many people out of work.
I don't hate Obama. I mean he seems faithful to his wife, which is more than I can say for the last Democrat president OR DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LIKE EDWARDS OR GORE (scumbags). He seems good to his girls. I'm sure he's a lot of fun of golf with--HE SURE AS HELL GOLFS ENOUGH!
I mean he has the same attributes PERSONALLY that Carter had.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS JOB AS PRESIDENT!
People do not want a "likeable" guy as president. They want someone who can do the job.
Obama, like Carter, is OBVIOUSLY not up to the task.
So, lie to yourself all you want about Obama's likeability. That will only get you so far.
That will get you a win on American Idol (if Obama can sing) or some other reality show. THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT A REALITY SHOW.
If the economy remains the way it is, and I can't see under this leadership it improving, it would take a miracle for Obama to win
Lord knows, the Republicans, could once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and run another McCain but asside from that, (Lord willing) Obama's goose is cooked.
Stick a fork in him, he's done.
This round will be tough and the republicans will have to fight hard to win it. Obama is week on the economy and that is a great place to attack him but the republicans have completely failed on that front. All the ideas that have been put fourth have attacked entitlements as they should but people dont want their entitlements gone so it has affected republicans. They need real solutions yet they cannot put real solutions fourth.