rfenst wrote:I Bloody, I think Obama has a close lock on a second term if and only if we come out of the recession in time with unemployment dropping by a noticeable amount. Personally, I don't care for any of those listed. I am just concerned about one party havving control of both the House and Senate, and the Presidency.
You can also look at it from another angle as well. If he gets us into more nation- building, are threatened by either a new boogie monster or actual domestic terrorism, OR the current depression gets more severe (gas prices, unemployment, etc.), panicky/desperate voters will opt to go with the politician who excels at feel good, populist, anti- big business politics. And don't forget that the Democrats have the illegal vote in the bag. I don't say that lightly. They are continually getting thousands of new registered voters via their DMV registration for driver licenses. These are mostly in the Obama camp.
I don't care for any of the "professional politicians" listed either and I've also abandoned the idea that to get things done you need a Congress & Presidency from the same party at the same time. I think most people have come to realize that was a big mistake & will revert back to splitting the power by electing 800 pound drunk gorillas from each of the two political columns to bring home the bacon while the country's fat fries.
