a soldier wrote:Every four years, the race for the White House is defined by a turning point, a period when the contest breaks toward one side and the other can never recover. In the winter and spring of 1996, a rebounding economy gave Bill Clinton a lead over Bob Dole that he never relinquished. In 2008, the growing economic crisis in early September shut down any hope that Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign had left.
When Republican Mitt Romney is inaugurated as president in January, history may look to June as the month in which President Obama's fate was sealed.
This may be the month, seen in retrospect, in which it became clear the economic winds that propelled Clinton to a second term won't be at Obama's back. Administration officials barely tried to spin last week’s dismal jobs report, an acknowledgment that there was nothing to brag about.
The economic turmoil that ushered Obama into office, and dramatically shaped his first-term agenda, is an existential threat to the prospect of a second term. Republicans would love nothing more than to convince voters that the president is at fault, but the fact is, there's little the president can do to alter the course of the world economy.
We have refered to this type of president canidate for decades as a "Lame Duck". And after The action over this weekend of The CIC concerning Memorial Day, D-Day, The Armies Birthday all in a weekend. And ignored by the outgoing CIC. The month that the military found out what their leader is really all about. Himself. Remember in November how he though of this country and it's Military. It's time for this one to go back to community service.
Be gone
a soldier
a soldier wrote:
. . . . The CIC concerning Memorial Day, D-Day, The Armies Birthday all in a weekend. And ignored by the outgoing CIC. The month that the military found out what their leader is really all about. Himself. Remember in November how he though of this country and it's Military. It's time for this one to go back to community service.
Be gone
a soldier
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a soldier wrote:Every four years, the race for the White House is defined by a turning point, a period when the contest breaks toward one side and the other can never recover. In the winter and spring of 1996, a rebounding economy gave Bill Clinton a lead over Bob Dole that he never relinquished. In 2008, the growing economic crisis in early September shut down any hope that Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign had left.
When Republican Mitt Romney is inaugurated as president in January, history may look to June as the month in which President Obama's fate was sealed.
This may be the month, seen in retrospect, in which it became clear the economic winds that propelled Clinton to a second term won't be at Obama's back. Administration officials barely tried to spin last week’s dismal jobs report, an acknowledgment that there was nothing to brag about.
The economic turmoil that ushered Obama into office, and dramatically shaped his first-term agenda, is an existential threat to the prospect of a second term. Republicans would love nothing more than to convince voters that the president is at fault, but the fact is, there's little the president can do to alter the course of the world economy.
We have refered to this type of president canidate for decades as a "Lame Duck". And after The action over this weekend of The CIC concerning Memorial Day, D-Day, The Armies Birthday all in a weekend. And ignored by the outgoing CIC. The month that the military found out what their leader is really all about. Himself. Remember in November how he though of this country and it's Military. It's time for this one to go back to community service.
Be gone
a soldier
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big_mike wrote:I would like to point out how well "I'm not that other guy" campaigns generally don't do.
Kerry.
Dole.
Clinton wouldn't have won his first term if not for Perot, he didn't capture a majority of the voters (43%).
Mondale.
Over the last 30 years, the candidate who offers nothing but "See how much you don't like that guy? Vote for me!" hasn't performed very well.
I, as an right leaning Independent, won't vote for Romney because he's Obama-lite. He's not really an option, just a choice between the lesser of two evils, and that lack of a real choice has been what has led the country to the economic situation in which it currently finds itself.
big_mike wrote:I would like to point out how well "I'm not that other guy" campaigns generally don't do.
Kerry.
Dole.
Clinton wouldn't have won his first term if not for Perot, he didn't capture a majority of the voters (43%).
Mondale.
Over the last 30 years, the candidate who offers nothing but "See how much you don't like that guy? Vote for me!" hasn't performed very well.
I, as an right leaning Independent, won't vote for Romney because he's Obama-lite. He's not really an option, just a choice between the lesser of two evils, and that lack of a real choice has been what has led the country to the economic situation in which it currently finds itself.
big_mike wrote:I would like to point out how well "I'm not that other guy" campaigns generally don't do.
Kerry.
Dole.
Clinton wouldn't have won his first term if not for Perot, he didn't capture a majority of the voters (43%).
Mondale.
Over the last 30 years, the candidate who offers nothing but "See how much you don't like that guy? Vote for me!" hasn't performed very well.
I, as an right leaning Independent, won't vote for Romney because he's Obama-lite. He's not really an option, just a choice between the lesser of two evils, and that lack of a real choice has been what has led the country to the economic situation in which it currently finds itself.
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