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Originally Posted by fishbones
You're not serious, are you? He'd need the miracle of all miracles to present an effective presidency.
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Remember, his effectiveness will be judged relative to the challenges he's faced and the anticipated effectiveness of his challenger.
A tanking economy, two wars, 10 natural disasters etc...hell, this would have been tough first term for anyone.
The fact that we didn't slip into a depression, that we're exiting Iraq, that we've killed a heck of a lot of terrorists including OBL, expanded health care coverage, a lot of positive financial and military reforms, restrictions on lobbyists, incentives for small businesses etc...
There's a lot to sell the independent voter on. Obama's bigger worry should be that the left (and younger voters) feel he has led from the middle and might not mobilize like they did in 2008. But, it's looking like the GOP might have a similar problem getting the religious right to the polls as well.
In the end I think it's going to be a very tight race. Obama is a good debater and the debates will probably decide the election.
-spence