Obama will be re-elected

[coyotes_geek]

I went to buy a case of oil a few days ago. It was over $60. last time I bought it at the same place about 6 months ago, it was something like $38. I didn't buy it, meant to look around. I wonder if I will find that normal now.

Probably. I don't see any petroleum product getting significantly cheaper anytime soon.

[RandomGuy]

*sigh*

Can't you read?

A 49/49 approve/disprove is hardly a slam dunk for reelection as the OP and several others claimed.

The mudslinging on Romney is fresh on everyone's mind. That will fade with time. Once Obama/Romney start going head to head the negatives will balance out.

Actually didn't happen.

Romney had some of the worst "negatives" for a challenger in history, and that negative was partly to blame for Democratic turn out.

[RandomGuy]

I think I can call that at this point. Barring anything seismically stupid said on his part, or some new economic crisis that causes a swath of new unemployment.

Republicans will talk themselves out of this realization and rationalize all sorts of things in the Fox "news" echo-chamber to avoid admitting this.

1) Hatred of Obama will be well balanced out by total lack of enthusiasm for Romney on the part of the GOP base.

2) Romney's background as an investment fund manager will present an easy narrative for Dems making the case to frustrated independents.

3) Overall slobbering nuttiness on the part of the right wing has probably turned off more than a few independents for Republican candidates in general.



This and the economy seems to be righting itself albeit slowly, and not getting markedly worse.

I can only hope his second term finds his administration pulling its head out of its ass, and starting to take on the GOP in Congress that is so obviously putting party ahead of country.

Called it. February.

Close of course.

[SnakeBoy]

Called it. February.

Close of course.

[RandomGuy]

nah, just going through my subscribed threads.

This was my gut feeling, and little more than intuition to back it up. I got lucky, although with the GOP putting tea party whackadoos as candidates, I should not have been surprised when some of them said some of the stupidest in memory, and I think that had no small amount to do with the drubbing the GOP took in some demographics.

[SnakeBoy]

nah, just going through my subscribed threads.

This was my gut feeling, and little more than intuition to back it up. I got lucky, although with the GOP putting tea party whackadoos as candidates, I should not have been surprised when some of them said some of the stupidest in memory, and I think that had no small amount to do with the drubbing the GOP took in some demographics.

I don't think you got lucky, you picked the obvious. I voted for Romney, think he would have been a very good potus, but I never thought he had a chance to win. Romney winning would have been the "lucky" thing.

[RandomGuy]

I don't think you got lucky, you picked the obvious. I voted for Romney, think he would have been a very good potus, but I never thought he had a chance to win. Romney winning would have been the "lucky" thing.

It was obvious to me. It was closer than I thought it was going to be, much to the credit of the right-wing propaganda machine.

[RandomGuy]

Hopefully he starts doing and telling the GOP to themselves before they completely dismantle the foundation of this country.

2012

Remarkably Prescient.

[RandomGuy]

I predicted this months ago.

I also agree it will be close, and the only reason it will be close is because of the enormous amount of people that dislike Obama. The right wing media has done a pretty good job at demonizing him.

But still, the Obama hate will be overshadowed by the lack of a decent GOP option. Close but easy win for Obama.

I am shocked by how much I agree with this, years later.

[Spurtacular]

2012

Remarkably Prescient.

Yea, almost as "remarkable" as Obama getting 95 percent turnouts in the hoods.