re: #305 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Obama’s got the GOP by the balls, why would he let them go? They make a deal with him, they go back on their “no taxes” pledge and the base fries them. They refuse to deal, we default, the economy takes the plunge, and the voters fry them.

The only way they come out with a “win” is if they can convince Obama that he’ll take the heat with them.

I think, in the end, if the economy doesn’t improve significantly by the fall of 2012, Obama is toast. Given the determination of the GOP to tank the economy, it seems doubtful it will significantly improve.

Gas prices will rise, the middle east will remain unstable, unemployment will remain unacceptably high, and the GOP will win the presidency in 2012, due to all of the above. This is what I predict. (I.e., it’s the economy, stupid)

The GOP may be incredibly inept and dishonest, but really, what matters is public perception, not reality. I wouldn’t be so sure that the general public in this country is capable of discerning fact from bullshit, especially given the rather lopsided ratio of facts to bullshit in the media.