Quote:
Originally Posted by Gridlock
Good enough that I predict a Romney/Santorum ticket.
It will kill the "Mass.Moderate" argument in the main election and deliver the conservative vote.
When he's done 8 years with Romney, he'll be a name(hehe) and should be able to swing a presidential election for himself.
The whole thing is kind of scary given some of the shit that has come out of his mouth. He is a buttload(hehe) of bigoted, hard line statements.
|
Santorum is the most ideological of all the American candidates, I hate him. Any presidency that included him would be another four years of Bush.
Fortunately, I don't see Romney choosing him as a running partner.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gridlock
The election for president occurred during the democrats primaries. It was never going to be McCain.
Obama kept his promises. He told everyone, "I'm a socialist." No one listened. We all knew they were going to take a run at universal health with a democrat controlled house and senate. Even with that mandate, they had to squeak it through. His problem was the economy. At a time that the economy needed all the attention, it was health that they were crafting and selling.
I maintain that he never intended to actually BE president. His senate career was "seat filler"-he crafted one piece of legislation that did nothing. He was a "community organizer" whatever that means. I think he initiated a presidential run to create a larger profile for himself. The problem was, he took off.
And honestly, if someone says to you, "you could be president", are you going to say, "shit man, I just wanted to pimp a few more books"
|
Obama began a presidency relatively free of the corrupting influences of lobbyists, for once America had a leader more concerned with enacting change than being re-elected. Everyone in America wanted to see the president focus exclusively on the economy, because that was the most immediate problem at hand at the time of his inauguration. America has countless problems aside from the economy though, Obama recognized that and refused to put on blinders. Health care desperately needed reform in America, Obama knew how hard it would be to push through American rhetoric and partisanship and recognized they were in the best position in recent history to do try. That attitude only earns my respect.
In the mean time, within months of Obama's election he began adding jobs to the economy and continues to do it at a steady rate. No leader could have added jobs at a substantially higher rate, not with how screwed up the American and world economy remains.
And he finally pulled the troops out of Irag..
Obama is a great leader and I believe he will be re-elected.