Obama's Chances of Being Elected?

Fair enough CriticalBill. I hope your assessment is right....that the right will not let America languish over the next 14 months in hopes that will increase the chances of a GOP candidate being elected. I fear you are wrong...but I will take a wait and see attitude and see what happens in congress in the coming months.

archer wrote: Fair enough CriticalBill. I hope your assessment is right....that the right will not let America languish over the next 14 months in hopes that will increase the chances of a GOP candidate being elected. I fear you are wrong...but I will take a wait and see attitude and see what happens in congress in the coming months.

I do not doubt that many of the political class on the republican side feel that way. I do not think many of the tea party feel the same way. Remember the r's fear the tea party almost as much as the d's.

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akilina wrote: Fat chance of Obumabeing reelected. More spendulous that will fail and create an even bigger debt, housing market taking yet another dive, etc. But we need all this so that people finally get it that Obuma is not the hope and change he promised.

Another conservative who would rather see the country fail than have Obama be successful. Party before country...never thought I would see the day where being a Republican would be more important to some people than being an American.

If you are in the passenger seat and the driver Obama thinks fording a deep canal is smarter than going out of your way and take the bridge. I may hope he succeeds with the fording, but I would prefer he took the bridge, or we found a smarter driver.

archer wrote: Fair enough CriticalBill. I hope your assessment is right....that the right will not let America languish over the next 14 months in hopes that will increase the chances of a GOP candidate being elected. I fear you are wrong...but I will take a wait and see attitude and see what happens in congress in the coming months.

Remember when Bush was running for his second term when most Dems were saying that he stole the first one? I distinctly remember the Dems saying "anyone but Bush" early on. I still don't think those same Democrats were willing to see this country go down the toilet just to get him out of office. I think the majority of people who think that way have direct ties to politicians or have their own special interests that they want regardless of what it costs the country. Thankfully, I believe more people have common sense.

People may have common sense, but it's the guys in Congress with their own "special interests" who are making decisions on our behalf. More than a few of them have made it plain as can be that their number one priority is trying to make Obama fail.

AspenValley wrote: People may have common sense, but it's the guys in Congress with their own "special interests" who are making decisions on our behalf. More than a few of them have made it plain as can be that their number one priority is trying to make Obama fail.

Obama is the poster child for special interest.

AspenValley wrote: People may have common sense, but it's the guys in Congress with their own "special interests" who are making decisions on our behalf. More than a few of them have made it plain as can be that their number one priority is trying to make Obama fail.

The same went for the Dems who wanted Bush out at any cost. The point archer and I have been talking about what "the people" want. Do you think conservative voters want to see the country go down the toilet just to see another politician elected? Just like liberals, we own homes, have kids, work hard to pay the bills etc. If this administration's approach to the economy was working, I would be happy as a clam and so would anyone who's life is directly affected by the economy. People who would be happier with a failed economy just to see "their guy" in office must be the few who have a special interest that pays regardless of the economy.

AspenValley wrote: People may have common sense, but it's the guys in Congress with their own "special interests" who are making decisions on our behalf. More than a few of them have made it plain as can be that their number one priority is trying to make Obama fail.

The Republicans did pass their own Jobs/Budget bill but Harry Reid didn't even allow the Senate to vote on it. Think that he is standing in the way of progress too? At least if our Senators were allowed to vote on it, we would know where they stand on the different ways of solving the current slump.

I Googled Republican jobs bill blocked and all I could find was:

Jul 1, 2011 – Republicans Block Even More Jobs From Being Created ... Recently they blocked a bill titled 'Economic Development Revitalization Act of ...

May 4, 2011 – Washington, DC—Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement after Republicans blocked the Small Businesses jobs bill: ...

Sep 28, 2010 – The latest jobs bill from Senate Democrats - a plan to punish firms that ... voted with a united Republican caucus to block the bill, which was ...

Jun 18, 2010 – Senate Republicans last night blocked a jobs bill that would have extended unemployment insurance (UI) for long-term jobless workers. ...

Jul 21, 2010 – ... on Wednesday as Republicans signaled that they would block a bill to ... including Senator George LeMieux of Florida, to support a jobs bill. ...

Jul 30, 2010 – All 41 Senate Republicans yesterday filibustered a jobs package ... the Republicans to successfully block the bill, and making concessions, ...

CriticalBill wrote: [, I would be happy as a clam and so would anyone who's life is directly affected by the economy.

I'm sorry, but history doesn't support that claim. I seem to remember a heck of a lot of Republicans frothing at the mouth trying to impeach Clinton when the economy was humming along just fine. And not just politicians, either.

And there were Republicans talking about impeaching Obama before he even took office.