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"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
- Mitch McConnell Republican Senate Leader
Mission Accomplished for Republicans:
Forty-nine percent of registered voters said they would choose Romney over Obama if the election were held today, compared to 46 who would reelect Obama, the poll found. While that lead was small enough to be considered within the margin of error, the pair are still tied at 47 percent among all Americans.
The president's political weakness appears to be driven by Americans' dissatisfaction over the state of the economy. On Monday, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned the president's reelection could be "very rough" if job growth doesn't rebound. And to that end, dissatisfaction with Obama's handling of the economy and the federal budget deficit is at an all-time high in the ABC/Post poll. Barack Obama has done this to himself: his vow to look forward, not back, has let Republicans off the hook for a multitude of bad policies and most of our Trillion$ of debt; his willingness to nogotiate with himself, then let Republicans drive the debate even further to the right, has left Americans feeling he has not upheld his quite clear campaign promises and his electoral mandate.
President Obama might be proud of disasters averted or incremental improvements, but Americans are in no mood, nor position, to reward such meager accomplishments; 2010 should have told him at least that.
As Mario always says, the election isn't being held today. But all this equals one thing, at least, for now:
Republican.Mission.Accomplished. |
