WASHINGTON POST: "Obama should NOT run for re-election in 2012"

[rightwinger]

God, I hope they'll try to obstruct whatever stupidity he and the Democrats come up with in the next two years. We can't handle any more pork laden all deficit appropriation bills, buy outs, stimulus packages, or a healthcare overhaul guaranteed to bankrupt the nation.

So, essentially, Republicans will try to obstruct any Democrat that gets elected. So Obama not running in 2012 will not have any bearing.

Lets be honest here. The reason Republicans don't want Obama to run in 2012 is that they have nobody capable of defeating him

Two Democrats at the Washington Post just wrote an OP-Ed advising Obama not to run in 2012.

Op-Ed

 

[Sunni Man]

Two Democrats at the Washington Post just wrote an OP-Ed advising Obama not to run in 2012.

These two people who wrote the piece must be DINO's (Democrats In Name Only)

 

[Sallow]

Unlike Republicans..Democrats can have different opinions..and often do.

Republicans have become the part for far-right conservatives.

Democrats are for everyone else.

 

[Sunni Man]

Unlike Republicans..Democrats can have different opinions..and often do.

Republicans have become the part for far-right conservatives.

Democrats are for everyone else.

The Democratic Party has been hijacked by the far left liberal loons.

Who demand that everyone act alike and think alike.

They want everyone to wear the PC straight jacket.

And have zero tolerance for anyone who strays from their extremest agenda.

 

[Foxfyre]

One of the most ridiculous conclusions I have ever seen a major newspaper publish..

Basically, because Republicans are going to obstruct everything Obama tries to accomplish, he should give up and not try to run again. As if the Republicans would magically stop their obstruction?

Some of the most partisan nonsense i have ever read

God, I hope they'll try to obstruct whatever stupidity he and the Democrats come up with in the next two years. We can't handle any more pork laden all deficit appropriation bills, buy outs, stimulus packages, or a healthcare overhaul guaranteed to bankrupt the nation.

So, essentially, Republicans will try to obstruct any Democrat that gets elected. So Obama not running in 2012 will not have any bearing.

Lets be honest here. The reason Republicans don't want Obama to run in 2012 is that they have nobody capable of defeating him

Au contrare. I think the GOP will be very happy to have Obama run in 2012 because he will be EASIER to beat than somebody with demonstrated common sense.

I don't know bout the RINOs.....they have been barely distinguishable from fiscally conservative Democrats for a long time now.....but I think the Tea Partiers won't gives a rat's ass WHO is in the White House. That is one reason the old guard GOP is probably going to have some kind of initial war, hopefully short lived, with the Tea Partiers in the beginning. The Tea Partiers are not about partisanship.

The Tea Parties want good legislation that reverses the damaging stuff and initiates good stuff. If a Democrat proposes that, they'll vote for it. If a Democrat proposes the same destructive stuff we've been seeing for the last two years, then yes, I fully expect and will support them when they vigorously oppose it. Same if a Republican proposes something dumb.

 

[barenakedislam]

Obama will run in 2012 but it will be a tight race.

Of course the liberals, homos, and 99% of the blacks will vote for him.

But many of the white's who voted for him in 2008 are disenchanted with his performance.

And won't give him their vote in 2012

Without the white vote his reelection is highly doubtful.

He'll make sure they come out to vote for him. The gop has nobody good enough to stop him.

Love her or hate her.

Only the foolish will discount her.

Sarah Palin will be stronger than ever for the GOP ticket.

Plus, you never know who will come out of the Republican fold to challenge Obama.

Sarah Palin/Allen West 2012

 

[Rinata]

Obama is going to run and the Gop has nobody who can beat him.

That's right!!!! And they know it. They just don't want to admit it.

 

[Equality4All]

It's too bad we that Democrats have to run Obama in 2012. People on the right say he's a socialist, but his policies are more like that of a man who's in the pocket of the top 10% corporate elites who are stealing from this country's middle class. "If you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" style cronyism is going to lead the US down the path to corporate-elite rule, and the end of democracy in America. He's no better than Bush.

America is really going down the tubes thanks to all these bailouts for the rich. And yet look at us today. We still don't have universal higher education, and now people are overeacting to health reform and are trying to push us back a few years instead of moving forward like Europe. It's obvious that Obama isn't what this country needs to spread democracy. He's nothing but a disappointment, and we;ll probably lose in '12 thanks to his inabilty to make stronger policies. Now the the GOP sees him as vulnerable, and will attack him. Since he's in bed with the Capitalists he pretends to chide, I won't be sorry to see him defeated by a Republican.

Hell, all they have to do is pick some good looking guy like Marco Rubio to run for president and we'll be finished for the time being. When we're defeated in '12 by the Republicans we can, *shrugs* I guess just use that time to strengthen our base and actually nominate someone for the Democratic ticket who will unite us. *sighs* Oh well, it's good to know that we've made some progress in getting a few reforms in place. And I'll bet the hypocrtical GOP won't actually repeal the health reform law if they get their majority. Instead they'll twist it so that insurance comanpanies can squeeze even more money out of us.

 

[Equality4All]

Oh, not to mention that when the Republicans can manage to take the Senate they'll have that kook/libertarian Kentuky US Senator Rand Paul making policy. *shudders* Hello! Who in Kentuky elected this guy? 55% of those who voted!, that's who. Mind boggling. What's wrong with them? Do they not realize that he's a doctor? He has a vested in interested in rolling back health reform so that his buddies can charge my sister an arm and a leg for her heart medication, and charge the rest us every last dime. So much for affordable heatlth care coverage, there that goes out the window. And how about the 'fair tax'? I thought the GOP was the party of low taxes. Yet what are they looking to do? Raise my taxes! So now we learn the truth: the low taxes party is really just the low taxes for the rich party. If you're not a part of the back room deals, screw you.

But anyway, I was talking to my professor the other day and he was commenting on how disappointing Obama is. He should have been bolder in making policy when he had a majority in the House. But because he wanted to make sure he left himself a seat at Corporate America's table, he's done little to actually do the sort of change he said he was going to do. Soon, he'll either a) lose the election and will be out of the picture altogether, or b) he might win by small margins but he'll probably be a lame duck president because the GOP will probably gain the seats in the Senate they need to tilt the balance of power while retaining all of their present seats and gaining yet more Congressional seats.

Anyway you look at, we're cooked for now as a party. My professor was talking about opportunities wasted. Right now we've lost a great opportunity to really make democracy a policy, and consequently, we are quite literaly in danger of being ruled by the rich. The titans on Wallstreet, with the Republicans in their pockets, will be able to finally force us all to live in a Mcworld, like they've been trying to do since the Industrial Revolution, when the Capitalist bosses started stomping on the rest of us. Brief explanation there: obviously there was no McDonalds in the time of the Industrialization, but this Mcworld is essentially symbolic of all the exploitation that Capitalism has produced. Seriously, this is now a very real possibly: we might very well become the serfs of the wealthy lords, i.e., wage slaves. So much for Hope and Change. We just went backwards a few hundrend years. Congrats, Tea Partiers. You're going to get your Small Government. : ( It's going to be so small it won't even exist. Rand Paul, his father Ron Paul, and their Capitalist cronies will see to that. You wanted fewer gov regulations, well congrats, you're going to have no regulations. And when you're sick from polution from Big Business and only an elite 10% command the wealth entirely, you'll have no one to blame but yourselves.

 

[Conspiracist]

Unlike Republicans..Democrats can have different opinions..and often do.

Republicans have become the part for far-right conservatives.

Democrats are for everyone else.

I disagree with this. The repubs have kind of circled the wagons at the moment to stop what they see as destructive. We will hear different ideas from Repubs once this new group get into their respective positions. Democrats often profess to be for EVERYONE ELSE but what we have seen out of this latest crew was Dems for special interest groups. They left mainstream Americans in the dust, wounded from lack of attention. My opinion is all.

 

[mal]

Obama is going to run and the Gop has nobody who can beat him.

Obama can't Run on the Fear and Loathing of 700,000 Jobs a Month being Lost again...

The GOP can Run AGAINST him and his continuing near 10% Unemployment, if that is the case in 2012.



peace...

 

[Bill Angel]

Obama is going to run and the Gop has nobody who can beat him.

Obama can't Run on the Fear and Loathing of 700,000 Jobs a Month being Lost again...

The GOP can Run AGAINST him and his continuing near 10% Unemployment, if that is the case in 2012.



peace...

The unemployment rate in the construction industry is currently 17%
At this time 10 years ago it was only 5%

There is a wealth of data on this industry at the Bureau of Labor Web Site

Construction is one industry where the jobs can't be outsourced to China or India.
Can someone explain how cutting taxes for the wealthy, which seems to be a major obsession with the Republicans, will create jobs in the construction industry?

Also, I don't think that repealing the Health Care program that was recently enacted by Congress, which is another stated high priority with the newly elected Republicans, will contribute to creating jobs in the construction industry.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I concur.

This is a critical moment for the country. From the faltering economy to the burdensome deficit to our foreign policy struggles, America is suffering a widespread sense of crisis and anxiety about the future. Under these circumstances, Obama has the opportunity to seize the high ground and the imagination of the nation once again, and to galvanize the public for the hard decisions that must be made. The only way he can do so, though, is by putting national interests ahead of personal or political ones.

To that end, we believe Obama should announce immediately that he will not be a candidate for reelection in 2012.

Obama himself once said to Diane Sawyer: "I'd rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president." He now has the chance to deliver on that idea.

Opinion | One and done: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012

Still too early to tell. If the Republican/TEA Party Congress can get the economy going again Barack will get at least some of the credit and stands a chance to get re-elected. There's still time, the press is just itching to label him "The Comeback Kid" too.

 

[blastoff]

That thing stuck in Barry's back is a fork.

And somewhere Hillary is smiling.

 

[MikeK]

It's too bad we that Democrats have to run Obama in 2012. People on the right say he's a socialist, but his policies are more like that of a man who's in the pocket of the top 10% corporate elites who are stealing from this country's middle class. "If you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" style cronyism is going to lead the US down the path to corporate-elite rule, and the end of democracy in America. He's no better than Bush.

America is really going down the tubes thanks to all these bailouts for the rich. And yet look at us today. We still don't have universal higher education, and now people are overeacting to health reform and are trying to push us back a few years instead of moving forward like Europe. It's obvious that Obama isn't what this country needs to spread democracy. He's nothing but a disappointment, and we;ll probably lose in '12 thanks to his inabilty to make stronger policies. Now the the GOP sees him as vulnerable, and will attack him. Since he's in bed with the Capitalists he pretends to chide, I won't be sorry to see him defeated by a Republican.

Hell, all they have to do is pick some good looking guy like Marco Rubio to run for president and we'll be finished for the time being. When we're defeated in '12 by the Republicans we can, *shrugs* I guess just use that time to strengthen our base and actually nominate someone for the Democratic ticket who will unite us. *sighs* Oh well, it's good to know that we've made some progress in getting a few reforms in place. And I'll bet the hypocrtical GOP won't actually repeal the health reform law if they get their majority. Instead they'll twist it so that insurance comanpanies can squeeze even more money out of us.

I agree with what you've said here.

It surprises me that so many pundits seem to think Obama needs advice about what should be done to improve our situation. Obama is well aware of all these things and he has no intention of doing anything that might piss off anyone who could affect him negatively after he leaves Office.

I believe that to be the Obama mystique. He is not interested in a second term and unless the GOP puts up a worse loser than John McCain Obama will be content to wave goodbye and move into some prestigious and lucrative civilian pursuit.

 

[blastoff]

I firmly beleive he is one of those good politician who has desire to solve our real problems

Yeah, well, we all make mistakes.

 

[jillian]

I concur.

This is a critical moment for the country. From the faltering economy to the burdensome deficit to our foreign policy struggles, America is suffering a widespread sense of crisis and anxiety about the future. Under these circumstances, Obama has the opportunity to seize the high ground and the imagination of the nation once again, and to galvanize the public for the hard decisions that must be made. The only way he can do so, though, is by putting national interests ahead of personal or political ones.

To that end, we believe Obama should announce immediately that he will not be a candidate for reelection in 2012.

Obama himself once said to Diane Sawyer: "I'd rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president." He now has the chance to deliver on that idea.

Opinion | One and done: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012

Did you bother reading the artcie?? They said that so that he can do what he wants and not have to think about re-election.

wackos...

 

[PoliticalChic]

I concur.

This is a critical moment for the country. From the faltering economy to the burdensome deficit to our foreign policy struggles, America is suffering a widespread sense of crisis and anxiety about the future. Under these circumstances, Obama has the opportunity to seize the high ground and the imagination of the nation once again, and to galvanize the public for the hard decisions that must be made. The only way he can do so, though, is by putting national interests ahead of personal or political ones.

To that end, we believe Obama should announce immediately that he will not be a candidate for reelection in 2012.

Obama himself once said to Diane Sawyer: "I'd rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president." He now has the chance to deliver on that idea.

Opinion | One and done: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012

One sunny day in January, 2013 an old man approached the
White House from
across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on
a park
bench.


He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I
would like to
go in and meet with President
Obama."


The Marine looked at the man and said,
"Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer
president and no longer resides
here."




The old man
said, "Okay" and walked away.



The following
day, the same man approached the White House and said
to the same Marine,
"I would like to go in and meet with President

Obama."

The Marine again told the man,
"Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama
is no longer president and no longer
resides here."


The man thanked him and, again, just
walked away.



The third day, the same
man approached the White House and spoke to
the very same U.S. Marine,
saying "I would like to go in and meet with
President
Obama."



The Marine, understandably agitated
at this point, looked at the man
and said, "Sir, this is the third day in
a row you have been here
asking to see Mr.
Obama.

I've told you already that
Mr. Obama is no longer the president and
no longer resides here.
Don't you understand?"



The old man looked at
the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I
just love hearing
it."



The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and
said, "See you
tomorrow,
Sir."

 

[Foxfyre]

It's too bad we that Democrats have to run Obama in 2012. People on the right say he's a socialist, but his policies are more like that of a man who's in the pocket of the top 10% corporate elites who are stealing from this country's middle class. "If you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" style cronyism is going to lead the US down the path to corporate-elite rule, and the end of democracy in America. He's no better than Bush.

America is really going down the tubes thanks to all these bailouts for the rich. And yet look at us today. We still don't have universal higher education, and now people are overeacting to health reform and are trying to push us back a few years instead of moving forward like Europe. It's obvious that Obama isn't what this country needs to spread democracy. He's nothing but a disappointment, and we;ll probably lose in '12 thanks to his inabilty to make stronger policies. Now the the GOP sees him as vulnerable, and will attack him. Since he's in bed with the Capitalists he pretends to chide, I won't be sorry to see him defeated by a Republican.

Hell, all they have to do is pick some good looking guy like Marco Rubio to run for president and we'll be finished for the time being. When we're defeated in '12 by the Republicans we can, *shrugs* I guess just use that time to strengthen our base and actually nominate someone for the Democratic ticket who will unite us. *sighs* Oh well, it's good to know that we've made some progress in getting a few reforms in place. And I'll bet the hypocrtical GOP won't actually repeal the health reform law if they get their majority. Instead they'll twist it so that insurance comanpanies can squeeze even more money out of us.

Obama is a socialist because he believes in the power of government to take from one citizen in order to give to another and he promotes control of what the citizen shall be allowed to produce and earn. That in a nutshell is what socialism is these days.

Yes, the rich and powerful have been benefitting but only that rich and powerful who are in collusion with the government. The government has in the crosshairs those who still believe in and support old fashioned American values and those people will feel the force of government power and control if Obama gets his way. And no, that won't be a good thing for anybody but those who are in collusion with the government.

The only way this is going to be fixed is to elect an honest Tea Partier or like minded individual to the high office and give him a mostly like minded Congress to work with. Even then it cannot be fixed over night without creating chaos and much suffering, but at least we can stop the train and begin a careful reverse.

 

[Synthaholic]

Obama is going to run and the Gop has nobody who can beat him.

What accomplishments is he going to run on. He and his party just got annihilated at the polls? Be specific

What the fuck has Obama done so far?