Article 15
Dr. House slayer
- Jul 4, 2008
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I mean let's be honest here...I think we both know that his reelection strategy will be to blame Republicans, Wall Street and big corporations for not going along with "his" vision for the country. Let's say he's successful in using that strategy to get reelected. Once he's back in the Oval Office the very people he needs to move the country forward are the people he just threw under the bus to GET reelected. How do you suppose they are going to respond?
He's going to remind the country that he inherited a disaster over and over.
He's going to run on growing GDP and shrinking unemployment.
He's going to run on his foreign policy success.
He's going to stick it to the GOP every chance he get too.
And it will work.
The country is getting tired of being reminded that he inherited a disaster over and over. That's an excuse. Barack Obama stood on the outside of the problem and declared that he had a plan to fix the economy and unemployment and was ready to go from day one to make that happen. The American people believed him...elected him to office and have been waiting impatiently ever since for him to DO something.
GDP is growing at such a slow rate and unemployment is shrinking at such a slow rate that trying to use either as a reason for people to reelect you is a tough sell. GDP and unemployment always rebound after a recession...the sparse recovery that we've seen under Obama is hardly a plus for him.
His foreign policy success? Well, he was in office when Osama bin Laden was killed but since the intelligence that made that happen resulted from the very policy of Bush's that Obama campaigned against...enhanced interrogation...it's hard to see that as a reason to give him another four years. As for any other "success" in foreign policy I'm at a loss as to what you're referring to. Pakistan is a mess. Syria is a mess. Iran is a mess. We don't really know what we're going to end up with in Egypt, Libya or Iraq. Our relationship with Israel is at an all time low. China is kicking our asses up and down the street economically and ramping up it's military as we downgrade ours. Sorry but I just don't see it...
As for his "sticking it to the GOP every chance he gets"? How exactly does that help the country move forward? Ideologues make bad leaders because they spend most of their time sticking it to the other side. Independents are NOT going to vote for someone who sticks to the other side every chance they get...they're looking for someone who can make the system work...not make it seize like an engine without oil.
Yep, that sounds pretty like much what the failed GOP counter-campaign will be like.