5 scandals that could undo Obama's re-election bid (Flashback April 19, 2012)

This Week ^ | April 19, 2012 | The Week Staff

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"For the most part, the Obama administration has successfully avoided bad publicity, but it's now being faced with a string of scandals at the worst possible time"

The Obama administration has largely been heralded as the most scandal-free in modern history. But now, right in the middle of an election year, President Obama is being saddled with a string of embarrassing — and potentially damaging — incidents. Most recently, The Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers posing with the corpses of Afghan insurgents. While the revelation was deeply troubling, that scandal has mostly reflected poorly on the military. Obama hasn't been so lucky, though, with respect to the still-unfolding Secret Service prostitution scandal that blew up in Colombia as the president headed there for the Summit of the Americas on April 14. Will the storm of bad publicity hurt Obama? Here, five scandals that could hurt the president's chances for a second term:

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Nothing will stick to the Teflon Tyrant.

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Isn’t it obvious by now that scandals past present and future don’t matter to parasites, racists who vote their skin color, leftists, and the hopelessly low information voters?