Slim majority of US voters oppose Obama re-election
The poll may well be a temporary blip -- it certainly isn't the watershed some blogs suggest. That said, it does suggest President Obama has used up much of the goodwill that he brought to the Whitehouse.
Of U.S. registered voters 46% say President Obama deserves to be re-elected in 2012 and 51% saying he does not.
I'm surprised the majority is that slim. I thought it would have been overwhelming.
I still think Obama's a one term president. Yes he made mistakes, but when all is said and done, the only thing he did do is prove how racism is alive and well in not only the U.S. but in Canada as well.
ok, any bets now: the presidential candidates for the Rethuglicans:
Sarah Palin (she could, unfortunately, beat Obama; for some odd reason, a good set of legs is most important as well as that hillbilly mentality and talk):
Ron Paul could also throw his hat back into the ring again.
My gut tells the ticket will be Sarah Palin/Michelle Bachman.
Gotta hand it to those brainwashed, misinformed, malevolent tea-bagger hit parade, they seem to know how to get things done; getting rid of moderate candidates and shoving the GOP further to the right.
CK, Palin can't win a national election in the US. She probably could get into the House, and might even be able to finagle a Senate seat. But she won't be President after 2012. The reason is simple: she scares the hell out of "moderate" US voters, who are the group that decides US presidential elections. It'd be like running Barney Frank for President on the Democratic ticket -- he'd alienate the middle and thus lose the race. (I like Barney Frank, but I don't think he'd stand a chance.)
That said, I'd be surprised if she got the nom. The GOP would have to be really struggling to find candidates if they put up someone as extreme as her. Similarly, Paul won't get the nom, although for different reasons: he just doesn't have enough support in the GOP.
Expect the GOP candidate to be someone who doesn't have a particularly controversial national profile as yet. Also someone who can conceal most of their extreme tendencies, if they exist. Bobby Jindal's the kind of person I'd expect, although I'd be surprised if he'd do it in 2012. So, someone like Tim Pawlenty is who I have in mind.
That said, there's a pretty big problem with a poll like this. Elections are choices between the evil of the lessers, after all, so even if Obama isn't liked by a majority, he may still be preferred to an opponent. The last polls I saw about Pawlenty showed him losing by 10 points to Obama in his home state (Minnesota).
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I'm surprised the majority is that slim. I thought it would have been overwhelming.
I still think Obama's a one term president. Yes he made mistakes, but when all is said and done, the only thing he did do is prove how racism is alive and well in not only the U.S. but in Canada as well.
Obama will be reelected in 2012.
People bitch & moan now but wait until they see the candidate that the Rethuglicans put forward.
ok, any bets now: the presidential candidates for the Rethuglicans:
Sarah Palin (she could, unfortunately, beat Obama; for some odd reason, a good set of legs is most important as well as that hillbilly mentality and talk):
Ron Paul could also throw his hat back into the ring again.
My gut tells the ticket will be Sarah Palin/Michelle Bachman.
Gotta hand it to those brainwashed, misinformed, malevolent tea-bagger hit parade, they seem to know how to get things done; getting rid of moderate candidates and shoving the GOP further to the right.
CK, Palin can't win a national election in the US. She probably could get into the House, and might even be able to finagle a Senate seat. But she won't be President after 2012. The reason is simple: she scares the hell out of "moderate" US voters, who are the group that decides US presidential elections. It'd be like running Barney Frank for President on the Democratic ticket -- he'd alienate the middle and thus lose the race. (I like Barney Frank, but I don't think he'd stand a chance.)
That said, I'd be surprised if she got the nom. The GOP would have to be really struggling to find candidates if they put up someone as extreme as her. Similarly, Paul won't get the nom, although for different reasons: he just doesn't have enough support in the GOP.
Expect the GOP candidate to be someone who doesn't have a particularly controversial national profile as yet. Also someone who can conceal most of their extreme tendencies, if they exist. Bobby Jindal's the kind of person I'd expect, although I'd be surprised if he'd do it in 2012. So, someone like Tim Pawlenty is who I have in mind.
That said, there's a pretty big problem with a poll like this. Elections are choices between the evil of the lessers, after all, so even if Obama isn't liked by a majority, he may still be preferred to an opponent. The last polls I saw about Pawlenty showed him losing by 10 points to Obama in his home state (Minnesota).
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