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Originally Posted by spence
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
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"The fact that we didn't slip into a depression"
You're giving Obama credit for something that is literally impossoble to prove. His explosion of the debt may yet push us into that depression, but you don't care about that...
"we're exiting Iraq"
According to the strategy put in place by the previous administration...
"we've killed a heck of a lot of terrorists including OBL"
Thanks to the programs put in place by the previous administration...
"Obama is a good debater and the debates will probably decide the election."
I pray you are right,particularly if Gingrich is the nominee. Obama is a horrible debater, he's good at deflecting attention away from his actual record, and instead focusing on some mythical boogeyman, which in 2012 will be successful white people. That works against a poodle like John McCain, who was too afraid of being called a racist to attack Obama in a debate. An angry pitbull like Newt will have no such concerns, and it will show loud and clear.