If the economy is good to decent when the election rolls around he will get re elected no matter who they run....if not he probably will be beaten no matter who the GOP nominates. The price of oil will probably be the determining factor. That is where Reagan and Clinton caught huge breaks. This country is set up for cheap oil. Period, end of story. Obama does not have much control over that. Maybe Captain Midnight or PJ can explain otherwise with some complicated economic policy! LOL
Originally Posted by WTF
I don't disagree. If the economic state is perceived as "good"...he get's four more years...no matter what. If the economic state is perceived as "bad"...he's out no matter what.
It's the shades of gray in the middle that make for a horse race...
Well, the main thrust of Obama's economic agenda seems to involve spending as much money as possible!
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
No argument that it
seems that way...but that's the point behind my frustration. Since taking office I've not heard nearly enough about what the administration is trying to
accomplish and far too much about what it's trying to
prevent/minimize-the-effects-of. That's all I'm really saying. It's frustrating attempting to assess performance against any kind of goal when the only stated goal is NOT to let things go to hell in a hand-basket...
Not only a lightning rod, but a self-aggrandizing clown. I don't think many people will vote for somebody like that.
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
That's where I was going with my comment...so we're tracking there!
I do think it's amazing, however, that despite the existence of so many left-leaning people in this forum, Trump decisively beat Obama in the recent poll thread.
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
That's interesting...you seem to be under the impression that the majority of the forum's regular participants are "left leaning"...I would put it at 50/50 or 60/40 "right-leaning".
Perhaps the next poll should see where we "self identify"....