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Will Obama be re-elected in 2012?

Yes 111 37.00%
 
No 98 32.67%
 
Too early to call 79 26.33%
 
I don't know 12 4.00%
 
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Kasz216 on 05 June 2010
FootballFan said:

All the Jews in America hate Obama. He has basically said F*** *** to Israel compared to previous presidents.

As for the topic, I would be suprised if he got re-elected. He isn't popular in the states anymore. When he was a candidate to Bush everyone believed it was like Jesus returning to earth. Since then they have realised he is just the same as the last 100 presidents.

In England he is popular though, although I don't think that counts for much

Eh, you'd be surprised.

American Jews have had it easier.  Jewishness was much more accepted and Jewish people flourished much more in the US then the rest of the world.

As such, Jewish people politically are VERY different from the rest of the world.  Most worldwide Jews lean conservative, but US Jews are VERY liberal as a people.  Even pissed at Obama for not protecting Israel... I'm not sure they'd vote Republican.



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Kasz216 on 05 June 2010
Mr Khan said:
Smashchu2 said:

I don't think so. Obama did not do a very good job last election (he won states Kerry lost in 04 despite Kerry having more votes in those states). It was a perfect storm for the Democrats (republican in office for 8 years, war going on, economic downturn, weak republican canidate). Obama is a very weak politician from what I've seen. He's just too green. Also, the Health care bill could ruin him if it either makes the republicans upset (Republicans are the majority party in the US) or there is too much animosity from the people over it (not sure about this one, but I've heard there are a lot of people upset).

It ws a bad strategy, though, to make the bill kick in in 2016. This was probably due to Obama not wanting to receive flack over it (and save face), but if he loses to a republican, they will over turn it or they will amend it so much it would basically be irrelivant.

Registered democrats are the plurality, i believe. But neither party has enough swing to decide the election, it's that wishy-washy undecided middle that needs catered to.

Everywhere but Washington DC... where 66% of the population Identifies as Democrat.   And people wonder why them getting a senate seat is so political.  I say make them a part of Virgina.  It's a compromise neither party likes.

A fun map to show how big the advantage really is.

 

The "wishywashy" middle tend to break Republican more then Democrat in general as you can imagine by the dispairty.  Union Democrats, Libretarians, People who don't really care too much... tend to break Republican.



mirgro on 05 June 2010

I voted for too early to call because it does indeed feel like it's too early to call. I mean, there are still some laughable people who say that the oil spill is as huge a political issue as Katrina was.

As it is, it is very possible for him to be re-elected. Especially now that jobs are starting to come aorund again all over the place and by this time 2 years from now it will be even better and most people will think Obama did it single-handedly. On the other hand there are a lot of things he has done that people probably were not too hot on, the oil drilling bullshit he almost started doing for example.



richardhutnik on 05 June 2010

<table style="width: 90%;" border="0"><tr><td><strong>psrock said:</strong><br /><p>It doesnt look like he will but the only problem I don't see who's going to beat him.</p></td></tr></table><br /><br />

That is the problem for the Republicans.  If they run Mitt Romney, they can't say health care by Obama is a problem, because that is what Mitt ran.  And there isn't too many others they can run.  The Ron Paul element is seen as WAY too radical, eventhough it is a key part of the Tea Party Movement.  The GOP would also have to seriously renounce a lot of what the Bush Administration did, and basically denounce Bush period, to say that they have changed.  As for myself, I don't really care what Washington does.  Apparently they don't do anything for me at all and don't even bother to help.



Kasz216 on 05 June 2010
richardhutnik said:

<table style="width: 90%;" border="0"><tr><td><strong>psrock said:</strong><br /><p>It doesnt look like he will but the only problem I don't see who's going to beat him.</p></td></tr></table><br /><br />

That is the problem for the Republicans.  If they run Mitt Romney, they can't say health care by Obama is a problem, because that is what Mitt ran.  And there isn't too many others they can run.  The Ron Paul element is seen as WAY too radical, eventhough it is a key part of the Tea Party Movement.  The GOP would also have to seriously renounce a lot of what the Bush Administration did, and basically denounce Bush period, to say that they have changed.  As for myself, I don't really care what Washington does.  Apparently they don't do anything for me at all and don't even bother to help.


Nah, they could say that... Mitt Romney was like the guy the Republicans had leading the charge as the anti-healthcare plan guy.

Becuase he was one of the few people in the party who could credibly say "I"ve done this before, so i know what works and what doesn't."

The problem with Mitt Romney is nobody likes him.  He's Republican John Kerry.



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toastboy44562 on 05 June 2010

I can see russia from my house! Yeah Obama will be president for a while...



haxxiy on 05 June 2010

Too early to tell yet, in my opinion.



 

 

 

 

 

Moonhero on 05 June 2010

If Bush could do it, so can he.



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FootballFan on 05 June 2010
Moonhero said:

If Bush could do it, so can he.





toastboy44562 on 05 June 2010

^^ i gotta big bush