In 2008, you may have had a point. In 2012, Obama was and still is the superior choice to Mitt Romney. I've often said that "white guilt" was Obama's real running mate in 2008.Did any of you read the entire OP, or are four sentences beyond your attention span? Obama's approval rating has dropped 10 points since the election, so the assertion that he would do as well or better in an election today than he did in November is asinine.
Yours is a wholly unsophisticated view of political science. Got your attention?
GWB looks good now because he's not in office making decisions that will piss off 50% of the electorate. A president's approval rating during normal times (absent a war or depression) usually hovers around 50% or so. That he has dropped only ten points in a second term during a scandal and a lot of other controversies is likely a credit to his inherent popularity.
If the election were held today and Romney had to run a campaign for 4-6 months, his "plans" would be highlighted and compared to those of Mr. Obama's and he would lose again by a very wide margin.
Really, are you this unaware of politics?
By "politics" do you mean that we had to reelect our First Black President, despite his obvious incompetence, in order to avoid being branded as "racist?"
http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...te-romney-got-59-of-white-12.html#post6828942
http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/269700-what-you-would-have-wanted-7.html#post6576924
And one of my favorite threads of all time:
http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/227995-hollywood-rides-to-obama-s-rescue-5.html#post5444409
It may be wishful thinking, but I think recent revelations (aka "phony scandals") have taken the bloom off that stinkwort.
I really don't know how to explain it to you but when you have an election in our system, there are two real choices due to the money spent and party loyalty. Between two candidates, differences are highlighted. This is what happened in 2012; Romney's plans/actions for getting rid of medicare, the ACA, overturning Roe, letting the big 3 go bankrupt were highlighted and people chose Obama. Fear of racism wasn't on the ticket this time.