Why Obama should withdraw

[Denny Crane]

Brutal. From Obama's home town newspaper, no less.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/ct-oped-0918-chapman-20110918,0,5039308.story

When Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984, his slogan was "Morning in America." For Barack Obama, it's more like midnight in a coal mine.

The sputtering economy is about to stall out, unemployment is high, his jobs program may not pass, foreclosures are rampant and the poor guy can't even sneak a cigarette.

His approval rating is at its lowest level ever. His party just lost two House elections — one in a district it had held for 88 consecutive years. He's staked his future on the jobs bill, which most Americans don't think would work.

The vultures are starting to circle. Former White House spokesman Bill Burton said that unless Obama can rally the Democratic base, which is disillusioned with him, "it's going to be impossible for the president to win." Democratic consultant James Carville had one word of advice for Obama: "Panic."

But there is good news for the president. I checked the Constitution, and he is under no compulsion to run for re-election. He can scrap the campaign, bag the fundraising calls and never watch another Republican debate as long as he's willing to vacate the premises by Jan. 20, 2013.

That might be the sensible thing to do.

 

[Denny Crane]

The article goes on to recommend Hillary as the candidate.

 

[truebluefan]

It is his own fault, although Republicans have been brutal! I can't say anymore so than they were with Clinton.

He has been too centrist, too conservative for many Democrats. He hasn't lead. Just telling Congress to come up with a bill, doesn work,and hasn't worked uip till now.

He is doing it right at the moment with the jobs bill, but nothing is going to happen with it either. Mostly his fault.

Hilary for prez is being talked about the last few days. I am not surprised.

 

[Denny Crane]

Of course he's going to run again. There's plenty more taxes to be raised.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I see no reason why he shouldn't run. Granted, his first term hasn't been stellar, and while I have disagreed with many of hos means and policies, I see nothing that should disqualify him. And Hilary would be a fool to try and run against him.

 

[Denny Crane]

Ralph Nader and a few other left wing democrats are promising a primary challenge.

 

[MARIS61]

Hilary would kick his ass in the primary, and beat any of the clowns the Reps put up.

But so would Obama.

The only problem Dems have with Obama is he's a milquetoast who has cowtowed to the Reps. Not one Dem vote will swing to the right this time. They will swing farther left.

 

[Shooter]

Either he steps down or he is defeated in 2012. Either way, he's GONE.

 

[julius]

Either he steps down or he is defeated in 2012. Either way, he's GONE.

Just like Bush was gone in 2004, right?

 

[Denny Crane]

Just like Bush was gone in 2004, right?

Unemployment fell from 6% to 5.1% by the time Bush was re-elected. Here's hoping unemployment falls a lot for Obama's sake (and foremost the country's).

One thing I think helped Bush win is the outright hate-filled speech spewed by his detractors. That kind of thing isn't very compelling to get people to vote for your side, IMO. I don't see the same kind of thing for Obama by his detractors; people do call his detractors racist (mostly wrong), but people (including me) do seem to like him as a person.

 

[julius]

Unemployment fell from 6% to 5.1% by the time Bush was re-elected. Here's hoping unemployment falls a lot for Obama's sake (and foremost the country's).

One thing I think helped Bush win is the outright hate-filled speech spewed by his detractors. That kind of thing isn't very compelling to get people to vote for your side, IMO. I don't see the same kind of thing for Obama by his detractors; people do call his detractors racist (mostly wrong), but people (including me) do seem to like him as a person.

different scenarios, call for different results.

I think the biggest issue is that people are impatient and unsure about things. Some of that is his doing, some of it is his lack of doing/being a leader. Kind of a "too little too late" thing.

But as much as people hate to hear this, the mess he was handed was huge. He hasn't exactly done a lot of the things that could/should/would help it, but it wasn't like he was handed a good thing and turned it into shit. he was handed a bucket of shit that was falling apart, and he dropped it because the handle broke and allowed the people who have been trying to knock it out of his hands to piss in it.

And the other guy wants to take it and put it back into the outhouse.

but what do i know, I'm an Obama hack.

 

[Denny Crane]

He turned a turd into a heaping pile.

I think it was deliberate, too. "Never let a good crisis go to waste."

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[BLAZER PROPHET]

One thing I think helped Bush win is the outright hate-filled speech spewed by his detractors. That kind of thing isn't very compelling to get people to vote for your side, IMO. I don't see the same kind of thing for Obama by his detractors; people do call his detractors racist (mostly wrong), but people (including me) do seem to like him as a person.

There's a lot to this. Hilary lost to Obama because she turned to hate talk. Gordon lost to Merkley for pretty much the same reason. Hating on someone may be easy to do, and it may solidify your base for you, but I'm not so sure it gets you a lot of votes otherwise.