was he the best choice, no, do the R's need to stand behind him, yes. Simple as that, i am sure there are ton of dems who dont agree with Obama, but they are out in full force shoving his agendas down peoples throats. Its their right.
Was Obama really the best candidate at the time? No, even the polls showed that, but he got lucky, hit a surge and rode a wave. We all know which wave.
Yes; but the thread, I hoped, would be about how you call the man a "coward", "damaged goods", and "statist" and then vote for him. I supported Hillary; gave her money. And I was saddened that she was such a bad campaigner. In contrast, I am quite pleased with her custodianship of the State Department; pure class.
Additionally and I'm sure you'll agree, that the difference between Barack Obama and Hillary was largely the vote to use force in the Gulf. Had Hillary not cast that vote in favor, it is very likely she'd be in the White House right now. Maybe not. But the difference between the two candidates was marginal at best. I'm sure you'll also agree that there is a case to be made that Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney <sarcasm> are arguably of different species. Most of the field was on one side of the see saw and Governor Romney and Jon Huntsman were on the other side. How you walk back from supporting one them on one side to now offering a full throated support of the other is not conducive to the "principles" you claim you have and your political opponents do not.