re: #54 freetoken

I think the only way Obama loses in 2012 is if we are slipping back into a recession and unemployment goes up between now and then.

If that happens, then any petty demagogue with pretty hair and a slick tongue will be able to make a race of it.

I wish I was as optimistic as you guys. Historically presidents don’t often get reelected when the economy sucks. And there’s little hope of a major recovery between now and late 2012…this is, after all, the worst recession by far since the Great Depression. I think a lot of voters who are suffering economically will just say, “Well, Obama had his chance and things haven’t gotten much better, so I’ll give the other guy a chance, even if he’s a little extreme.” That’s not a particularly intelligent way of looking at it, but our electorate isn’t necessarily all that bright.