# A VERY Premature Question About Pres. Obama...

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 11, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-premature-question-about-pres-obama/485441 "2009-02-11T22:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-premature-question-about-pres-obama/485441/21 "2009-02-15T01:39:25Z")

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Hmm. The talk about the dependence of the economy brings up a question in my mind: if, as **gonzomax** believes (and many here believe is at least a possibility), the economy is still bad in '12, is it at all possible that people will be “used” to it being bad by then? Could that mitigate any impact that it would have on political point of view? Because while it’s certainly possible that the economy could get worse at a steady pace that entire time, how likely is it?

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**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-premature-question-about-pres-obama/485441/22 "2009-02-15T02:55:12Z")

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> [@Markxxx](#):
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> The Republicans need to hit him hard on every promise he made and especially on his spending of state funds when he was a US Senator for his own gains. The problem with the Republicans have is two fold. **One people cry racism if you are critical of Obama** and two the Republicans refused to acknowledge what a massive screw up GW Bush was.
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> By 2012 that will wear off.

Y’know, I hear people saying that all the time. But is there any truth to that statement? For myself, I’ve never heard of _anyone_ calling fair criticism of Obama racially motivated.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-premature-question-about-pres-obama/485441/23 "2009-02-15T05:19:16Z")

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I suspect he’ll win reelection, as most incumbent presidents do, unless 1) there’s no improvement in the economy, or 2) the Republicans put up a particularly skillful and appealing nominee, or 3) there’s a major scandal that can be laid at his feet, or 4) there’s a major terrorist attack which it’s later shown could have been prevented.

Despite some minor bumps along the way (esp. in filling Cabinet slots), he seems off to a good start. He’s less than a month into his first term, though, and four years is an eternity in politics.

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