Barack Obama's Re-election Bid is Already in Deep Trouble. "Hot Diggity Dawg" Says it All!

Daily Mail ^ | April 19, 2012 | Toby Harnden

[lbryce]

Newt Gingrich may not have got the memo but the battle for the Republican nomination is over. Some in the Romney campaign were hoping for a Febuary end but others were fearing it would go on until June and a small number of Republicans even predicted a convention fight in August.

All in all, April is not a bad result for Mitt Romney - long enough to test him, short enough to allow him to focus solely on the general for the final six months.

Despite the very recent and ugly and negative primaries, Romney's struggle with conservatives and the relative difficulty he had in overcoming a lacklustre field, Republicans - who tend to fall in line more readily than Democrats - are already uniting behind him.

Obama_1318962c President Barack Obama: in deep trouble

The RealClearPolitics poll average puts President Barack Obama at 47 percent and Romney at 44.2 percent - statistically insignificant lead of 2.2 percent.

Drill down into the numbers of the latest CBS poll and there are ominous signs for Obama. Only 33 percent of Americans believe the economy is moving in the right direction. A mere 16 percent feel they are getting ahead financiallty. Some 38 percent think their situation will get worse of Obama is re-elected, 26 percent think it will get better.

A cursory look back at incumbent versus challenger presidential races does not give Obama much comfort.

In April 1976, President Gerald Ford was in about the same position as Obama is now. He lost the 1976 general election to Jimmy Carter by two points. In April 1980, President Jimmy Carter was leading Ronald Reagan by 38 points to 32 points with John Anderson on 22. In November 1980, Reagan won by three points.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

TOL,

Same here. Thanks for the Ping.

"One n00b zotted and the other one is trying hard to pick a fight by admonishing FReepers on how to conduct a conversation."

Just in case: ibtz II

[TheOldLady]

You’re very welcome, Viking Kitty.

[TheOldLady]

You’re welcome, my friend.

[TheOldLady]

I gave you a lengthy, well reasoned response as to why you are incorrect, and you focus on a single word in the second-to-last sentence? Methinks thou doth protest too much.

I did not call you a troll. Try to keep up. I said, "Or you're a troll.," meaning that it is a possibility, and judging by your reaction, I would say that the possibility is no longer remote.

But perhaps English is not your first language? Or you weren't taught reading comprehension skills?

If you could refute anything I said, you would have done so instead of going off on that hysterical tangent and almost completely ignoring the issue at hand. You simply proved that my argument was anything but weak.

[TheOldLady]

Oh! Sorry I missed your post, dear. You’re welcome!

[TheOldLady]

They’re so cute when they stumble into Admin Moderator like that.

[TheOldLady]

My pleasure, Mr. Civilizations!

[Psalm 144]

This one will be back. Typical obsessive little Peter Lorry type Willard fan boy. Still, nice to see the melted plastic and burnt pablum.

[WOSG]

Obama is being Dogged by a poor economy,
and keeps pulling campaign boners.
Woof!