BO if the economy continues to get a little better will have a good chance of achieving to be president for another 4 years. There is no one really decent running in the GOP Party now who can come even close to him unless another candidate who has good credentials can confront him.
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Agreed... it'll take something monumental for him to lose.
His "deserves re-election " is now 50-50% whereas in the fall it was low 40%. Favorability about the same... his biggest hit- approval on handling the economy was in the high 30% but now a few % shy of 50%. In addition, most (by large margins) trust the Dems more to be fair on taxes and to back the middle class workers.
When you compare head to head, he's beating Romney now by 6% - not huge but Mitt was beating BO at one time. There's been a huge shift.
GOP turnout is LOW, AND the general electorate rates the GOP congressmen at 20% approval and Dems at 30%.. both bad, but the GOP much worse. SO who they going to elect?
I suspect most realize if they DO re-elect BO (looks very likely) AND leave the House GOP, we'll have 2 more years of "nothing" and bickering. I think many will want to give it back to the Ds and see what they can do. IF so and the Ds don't deliver, 2016 will be a GOP sweep. a double edged sword.
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IMHO, both sides have already failed... it's just the GOP failed 5X worse !
BO should have figured out after 6 mo he couldn't reason with the GOTP azzholes and not squandered his first 2 years (w a D Congress) getting only one major thing done - Healthcare. Had he started working on infrastructure and jobs then , he might have more to toot about !!