Obama loses in the November 2012 election, now what? Hypothetically speaking....

[HappySqurriel]

spurgeonryan said:

HappySqurriel said:
It really depends who the Republican candidate is, how the congressional elections go, and what the economy looks like ...

As of right now, even with little silver linings here and there, the economy does not look great, good, or mediocre. Auto industry is doing well, consumers are spending, and unemployment is down a bit..... Is that all?

You've got to understand that with what is happening in the economy today we could be looking at drastically different conditions 12 months from now ...

The European sovergn debt crisis is one of many situations which may end up either being managed and controlled or it could devolve into an economic crisis. How a president reacts to an economy with moderately high unemployment and slow growth would be substantially different than how a president would react to an economy with high unemployment and rapid deflation.