Posted on 09/23/2011 11:26:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With the President's poll numbers falling, Obama supporters have begun to send signals that the party might be better off if he chose not to seek reelection.
Several media stories have appeared recently suggesting that Obama could face serious challenges in the 2012 election and one newspaper in Chicago has suggested the President consider not running for re-election.
The Chicago Tribune, which previously endorsed Obama, featured a recent column by Steve Chapman, who said the President is under no compulsion to run for a second term. Chapman said, “He can scrap the campaign, bag the fund-raising calls and never watch another Republican debate as long as he's willing to vacate the premises by January 20, 2013.”
The administration is also facing increasing pressure from various investigations. An investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, involving government officials permitting gun sales to Mexican drug cartels, now appears to be poised to reach into the White House itself. Moreover, Mexican authorities continue to express outrage at how the United States assisted the cartels in obtaining the weapons. The Mexican government has said the operation may have violated international law and has demanded the U.S. extradite the individuals responsible for the operation to face trial in Mexico.
There are also recent issues involving Solyndra, a failed solar energy company that the administration had touted as an example of how the stimulus package was creating and saving jobs.
Investigators have expressed concern over the procedures used to obtain the loan. Government e-mails appear to indicate that despite reservations, federal employees were pressured by the Obama administration to approve a $535 million loan to the company.
The Daily Beast has reported that General William Shelton, Commander of the Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs, told lawmakers during a classified briefing that the “White House tried to pressure him to change his testimony to make it more favorable to a company tied to a large Democratic donor.”
In February, the company’s loan was restructured by the administration to allow private investors to recoup their losses ahead of the American taxpayer. This restructuring may have violated federal law.
President Obama has indicated that he would be content with being a one-term president. During an interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, in Jan. 2010, Obama said, “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.”
Obama echoed this sentiment again this summer. During a “Today” show interview, he said if he decided not to run for a second term, his family would have been “fine” with his decision.
What may have escalated the statements calling for Obama to not seek reelection is the Republican victory in New York’s district 9 House race last week. District 9 is a solidly Democratic district which the party had held since 1923. In spite of these advantages, the Republican candidate handily beat his counterpart.
Critics have said the President's recent actions have caused him to lose moderate voters and have damaged his standing among several key constituencies. The district 9 vote was considered by some to be repudiation of President Obama's policy towards the state of Israel. The administration has previously called for a return to 1967 borders and condemned Jewish settlements in parts of Jerusalem while advocating dividing the city up and giving a portion of it to the Palestinians.
Appearing on CNN, Democratic strategist, James Carville, said the White House should “panic” over the District 9 election.
Carville said, “What should the White House do now? One word came to mind; panic.” Carville went on to say the administration needs to make a drastic change to its economic and political polices. Carville recommended Obama fire and indict individuals for their handling of the economy.
Recent polls show that Obama’s poll numbers are also falling when matched against specific Republicans. A McClatchy-Marist poll shows Obama trails Sarah Palin by only five points. What is interesting, is while the numbers are close, the same poll shows 72 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independents opposing Palin’s entry into the race.
A Gallup poll shows a significant number of voters choosing Mitt Romney over Obama. The poll results say that 62 percent of voters would either vote or consider voting for Romney, while just 54 percent would vote for the President. That is only one percentage point higher than Texas Governor Rick Perry, at 53 percent.
If President Obama were to not seek reelection, he would be the first president to do so since LBJ. Recent fundraising actions by the campaign do not indicate the President is considering such a move.
Recently, the campaign even sent out another e-mail offering a raffle giving donors an opportunity to have dinner with the President. The campaign has boasted its goal of raising a record $1 billion for this election cycle.
The question is, if the President were to bow out of the race, who would be the Democratic nominee? Most pundits agree that the most likely prospect would be Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. A recent poll shows that Hillary Clinton is far more popular than the President himself.
Moreover, with Hillary Clinton engaged in diplomatic efforts around the globe, she would carry very little of the baggage of the past three years. As Secretary of State, Clinton has had nothing to do with the recent health care bill, the stimulus package or any of the administration scandals.
Handling the efforts around the Globe? How is that working out? About as well as Hopey Changey.
Hillary is as Saul Alinsky as Obama is,dont be fooled by the Fat Hilda Beast.
I think it will take the talk of Impeachment to drop Obama.
From there they will blame, of course, the Republicans.
he could always run for “Ruler of the Universe”
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It doesn’t make sense. 0bama is still their best bet to win the presidency in 2012. With 96% of Blacks behind him, strong existing organization, and a coalition of liberal organizations (including the MSM), he only needs to convince the independents to be re-elected. Thanks God this guy chooses to move to the left even further, which makes it more difficult for the independents to make a second mistake by voting for him again.
Ibama is never going away! Neither are the Clintons. If they have to do viagra commercials in order to stay in the public eye they will!
Look how long the Kennedy’s have hung around.
They are NEVER going away! ahhhhhhhhhhhh....
Run, Hillie, run!
I don't think it could happen with Michelle Obama around.
To Obama, Money = Love. If there is campaign money coming in, he’ll run.
The way this scandals are more and more front and center...from lefty media outlets...the more evident it’s becoming they are trying to push him out.
The Anti Christ would have better leadership skills than Obama. The Democrats have boxed themselves in a corner with their pretty boy president. Only drastic means will get him out of the White House—and these are things they can not do—at least in public. They must mount pressure on him to drop out—or they may well be booted from power. What can they do?
1. Cancel the election due to a national crisis of some sort.
2. Fix the election so that Obama votes count as three.
3. Use media to make every Republican a hate speaking KKK racist with rabid Christian views and no brains.
4. Set up a 3rd Party run to divide the GOP/Tea Party Vote.
5. All of the above.
You have to admit that the race would be very interesting if our choices for president meant we had to choose between Bill Clinton and Mrs. Ron Paul for first lady.
Obama has successfully divided us into two camps, those who work in the private sector, and those who still perceive their bread to be buttered by government. The former, sleepwalking for years thinking the left was not serious about wiping them out, have awakened, and the 2010 elections prove they represent a substantial plurality of voters.
Bashing business has gotten old. Vilifying CEO's no longer carries weight. Hearing Obama use the words "fair share" evokes nausia. Employees in the private sector have come to realize that perhaps targeting the people that sign their checks is not the way to go.
Every citizen has received, in exchange for a steep tuition, a course in Economics 101, and they're really not interested in going on to get the degree.
Taking the leftist feel-good policies from bumper-sticker slogans to actual practice has brought the populace from "ok, maybe" to "hell no", just from the results, and in a very short time.
Hillary would have to run against Obama's policies, if she were to run, and a Democrat cannot get turnout that way.
The mainstream media, having sold us this bill of goods, has lost its credibility, and thus its ability to sway opinion.
The whole liberal house of cards has come tumbling down.
That is very telling for sure, but I don't really think the Democrats care how bad things have gotten in this country. In fact they are still promoting spending and more taxes.
Whatever is going on within the Democrat ranks, is in my opinion fully orchestrated by Bill and Hillary themselves. They are both past masters at delusion and slight of hand.
Giving Zero advice, all the while knowing it is bad advice, but also knowing he most likely would accept it coming from a TRUSTED CLINTON, doncha know? Zero is the Dunce in the classroom. The Clinton's NEVER GIVE UP, they want their pound of flesh from ZERO.
"There has to be a change".
My guess is that they will primary Obama out.
Strange lot they are.
I’m sorry but that position is already taken, and this idiot wouldn’t be any good at it either. Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
If the white liberals dump Obama, they black vote will stay home and the Democrats will lose even worse than if Obama stays on.
Consider not running for re-election.His ego would never allow it.
Obama is in his own little world that what makes him so dangerous.
It depends on what his true agenda actually is. According to his true agenda he may have accomplished alot. Also, I don't know to what extent but I still hear reports about him being idolized by many overseas.
The antiChrist, people forget, becomes completely taken over by Satan so his skills are out of hell and serve hell's purposes. Obama certainly has the ability to sway large amounts of people. He may be worn out here because of his destructive policies but that doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of the world isn't still highly susceptible to his "charms".
It depends on what his true agenda actually is. According to his true agenda he may have accomplished a lot. Also, I don't know to what extent but I still hear reports about him being idolized by many overseas.
The antiChrist, people forget, becomes completely taken over by Satan so his skills are out of hell and serve hell's purposes. Obama certainly has the ability to sway large amounts of people. He may be worn out here because of his destructive policies but that doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of the world isn't still highly susceptible to his "charms".
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