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Obama Wins Close or Loses Big (O will be either a narrow winner or big loser in November 2012)
American Thinker ^ | 04/25/2012 | J. Robert Smith

Posted on 04/25/2012 5:57:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

President Barack Obama: narrow winner or big loser in November. Presidential election history gives us indications that Mr. Obama either squeaks back into the White House or gets an undignified boot in the back of his designer trousers. In modern presidential elections, only Jerry Ford lost his re-election bid narrowly. Odds are, if Mr. Obama loses, it will probably be on the order of Hoover (1932) or Carter (1980).

If Mr. Obama wins, it's closer to George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. But the conditions are dramatically different in the country from 2004, and not to Mr. Obama's advantage.

A narrow win by Mr. Obama would be thanks to bungling by Mitt Romney and the Republicans, because based on the president's record alone, Mr. Obama has richly earned a pink slip from voters.

The Obama presidency is a big, fat failure, despite all the spin emanating from the White House, Democrat flaks, and the left's petting-zoo media. Americans are living Mr. Obama's economic failure daily; their dreary experiences (or those of family and neighbors) cut right through the liberal-manufactured smoke and fog.

Campaigns of distraction distract only monetarily.

Incumbents are always about their performances, their records. A politician up for re-election is a referendum-in-the-making; an up or down vote by the electorate. That's the core strategic consideration of Romney's General Election campaign.

In a referendum election, all Mr. Romney has to do is satisfy voters that he's competent, advocates sensible remedies to the nation's economic dilemma, and plans to stop Uncle Sam's profligate spending and not raise taxes. Romney is well-suited to accomplish all three aims. Romney's character hasn't been an issue through a grueling intraparty vetting; it shouldn't be one in the General Election, despite anticipated efforts by Mr. Obama's team and the left to do so.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; elections; obama
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1 posted on 04/25/2012 5:57:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I HOPE Obama is a LOSER in Nov by the NARROWIST of Margins!


2 posted on 04/25/2012 6:00:41 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hate to say it but that would mean Obama wins a close one. But then I live in loony ground zero land so my perception may be tainted.


3 posted on 04/25/2012 6:01:01 AM PDT by bkepley
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To: SeekAndFind

“O will be either a narrow winner or big loser in November 2012”......

We already know he is a “big loser”, now all we have to do is make sure he is not a narrow winner either.


4 posted on 04/25/2012 6:01:18 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: US Navy Vet

RE: I HOPE Obama is a LOSER in Nov by the NARROWIST of Margins!

Why don’t you hope for a landslide defeat instead?


5 posted on 04/25/2012 6:02:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
The Obama presidency is a big, fat failure, despite all the spin emanating from the White House

Well... CONSERVATIVES understand it's a big, fat failure, but to the burgeoning parasite class, he's King, and to the average voter in the dumbed-down, marginally aware American electorate, he's "acceptable."

I don't buy the "Obama wins close or loses big" theory. Obama would have to lose states the GOP hasn't won in a generation.

6 posted on 04/25/2012 6:03:20 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: SeekAndFind
The American people will be the biggest losers regardless of who wins in November.

The only antidote we have against a second Urkel administration or a first Romney one is to elect as many Tea Partiers as possible to Congress.

7 posted on 04/25/2012 6:03:45 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SeekAndFind

BHO will win reelection (primarily because of Romney). BHO’s campaign slogan “why vote for Romney, when you already have me, after all we are the same”.


8 posted on 04/25/2012 6:04:10 AM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama Wins Close
Only with massive voter fraud.
I predict he loses in a landslide ... not unlike president Jimma'.
9 posted on 04/25/2012 6:06:20 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: SeekAndFind
Historically, "undecideds" go 2-to-1 for the challenger in a Presidential election with an incumbent.

That alone says Ubama is toast, unless they have somehow hijacked the vote-counting process, which is entirely possible.

10 posted on 04/25/2012 6:08:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I'm gonna win big cause I'm solidifying my base!

11 posted on 04/25/2012 6:09:00 AM PDT by Zakeet (Obama loves to wok dogs)
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If its close then I have to give the edge to Obama because of vote fraud. The ‘Rats are much more accomplished at cheating than the ‘Pubs. Looking at the electoral map I just don't see how there can be any decisive win for the ‘Pub nominee. Union fraud is just too strong in states like PA, MI, and WI to tip those into the ‘Pub camp. The Northeast is hopeless, except for perhaps a narrow win in NH. If we win at all, it will be more like 2000 or 2004 in terms of electoral count. But I'll take a narrow win over a defeat any day.
12 posted on 04/25/2012 6:10:15 AM PDT by chimera
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Rat always beats Rat-Lite.


13 posted on 04/25/2012 6:21:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are plenty of Freepers who will cheer an 0bama victory at the expense of Mitt Romney.


14 posted on 04/25/2012 6:21:21 AM PDT by EscapedDutch ("Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money" - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
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To: svcw

“Vote Obama in November. Even the Republican candidate agrees with him”

The slogans write themselves.


15 posted on 04/25/2012 6:24:47 AM PDT by cableguymn (Good thing I am a conservative. Otherwise I would have to support Mittens like Republicans do.)
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To: EscapedDutch
There are plenty of Freepers who will cheer an 0bama victory at the expense of Mitt Romney.

Hopefully they will also cheer for SCOTUS Justice Eric Holder and Van Jones..

16 posted on 04/25/2012 6:25:52 AM PDT by IamConservative (Shall I try and perhaps fail or shall I do nothing without fail?)
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To: US Navy Vet

So it gives the Leftists and diverse crowd a reason to riot?


17 posted on 04/25/2012 6:28:03 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I want him to lose so big the media—national and local—have to acknowledge the Carter size failure.


18 posted on 04/25/2012 6:31:24 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SeekAndFind
Those of us who follow politics - and fear for the future of our nation - will be predicting the outcome of the presidential election from now until November 7th. Polls will go up and down and one week it'll be Obama in a landslide, another Romney a slam-dunk winner, etc, etc. The 'petting zoo media' will shill relentlessly for Obama and they'll be digging through Romney's past looking for scandal material, ala Sarah Palin's e-mails, but probably won't find much beyond the fact that he's wealthy and a Mormon and there is only so much they can do with that.

With his abysmal record I can't see how Obama can win and I don't believe leftist operatives can steal enough votes to put Obama over the top, unless it really is a very close vote. I see it as 1980 all over again, except without a conservative winner. Romney will not govern like a conservative but Obama is so extremely leftist that even a 'moderate' Republican such as Mitt Romney will seem 'conservative' and I can guarantee the leftmedia will constantly portray him as 'extremely conservative' should Romney win the election. At this point constant carping about Romney not being conservative, while true, accomplishes nothing. Barack Obama is a distinct threat to America and must be defeated.

19 posted on 04/25/2012 6:33:36 AM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: US Navy Vet
Democrats don't lose narrow elections.

If they are not beaten by a wide margin, their election fraud machine, perfected over the years, will carry them over the top.

20 posted on 04/25/2012 6:38:58 AM PDT by Washi (Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, one head-shot at a time.)
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