Because the economy still sucks, wages are sinking, unemployment is still really high and people are scared. I think it’s that simple. “It could have been worse” doesn’t resonate with people. Now, personally, I don’t hold the president accountable for the business cycle, but politically, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
Getting Osama was great, but where’s my job and when will my house be worth at least what I paid for it?
Was there any threat of it in the first place?
Because well you know Bush was President in a time of low unemployment while Obama was when it was high, thus when the economy improved it was inevitable there would be more jobs.
Which is unconstitutional in mandating people by health care and which hasn’t gone into effect yet anyways.
Which Obama could do only due to Bush’s successful Surge strategy.
Which many leftists have complained about, whining about technicalities and whatnot. And any responsible President would have done so anyways.
So you’re admitting that Obama is a responsible President?
Yes, he is not some evil Communist/Muslim hellbent on destroying Anerica but a well-intentioned man who is sadly wrong on most issues.
Can you elaborate on this part? If House Republicans are the problem, how would Romney change it?
Things Obama actually deserve credit for:
-Repealing DADT
-Killing Al-Awlaki despite liberal whining
-The intervention in Libya
-The surge in Afghanistan
-Dealing strongly with Pakistan’s impudence
Well, I’m still confused on how private sector employment is “doing just fine”. I suspect many voters will share this confusion.
Ha, you’re such a card!
By not folding like Superman on laundry day.
So you expect Romney to fight the House GOP better than Obama?
Well, the House Republicans won’t oppose everything Romney proposes on principle. Not sure about the Senate Democrats, though!
I wouldn’t be too sure about the former. I agree with the latter, of course.
You’re right, that was Clinton.
Bill or Hill?
He hardly could do worse.
Even if he doesn’t, giving them what they want to begin with is better than having a crisis and then giving them what they want. Like I said, I am willing to consider Romney. I don’t agree with the House Republicans on policy, but I am more concerned with smooth governance than any particular ideological stance.
So as long as he continues to put American interests in harms way and assassinates American citizens without offering a shred of proof of their wrongdoing he’s A OK with you?
First time you’ve seen Qin, I assume. If you include in your reading a post he made just a little bit up in this thread, and the posts he’s made elsewhere on the board this evening, you may get a better grasp of his views.
Hardly, he’s not “A-OK”. I would vote against him if I could.
I’m a Democrat, voted for Obama in 2008, probably will in 2012, but I think if I were given an approval rating survey, I’d say I’d disapprove. Part of it just that it feels like he’s not doing anything. The economy is still crappy, he can’t get stuff through Congress, and I’ve been unemployed for two and a half years, looking for a job and not able to find one. And I know, before you say anything, that a lot of that maybe isn’t his fault, and I’m sure you could come up with a logical argument as to why that’s true. But it feels like it is. It feels like he should do something more than what he’s doing, and I just get frustrated that it’s not happening.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
See, this is the problem. Everyone is viewing this through the lens of emotion. It doesn’t feel like he’s doing anything, even though you know he is, and even though you know that he’s faced with an obstructionist Congress. So your emotions completely override the facts that you’re aware of, completely override logic, and that’s a reasonable basis for you to comment on this issue? Is this how you vote?
Sadly, I think this is exactly how too many Americans approach these important questions. It’s all about their gut reaction to things. Stop and think for about 30 seconds and you realize that your gut doesn’t have the capacity to understand governance or politics. But no, it’s more important to feel that the president is doing… stuff you can’t quite explain but just feel he ought to be doing than it is to understand or know what’s actually happening.
This is not how adults deal with important topics. This is not how we should be approaching one of the most important elections of a generation. This is frightening.