Posted by
Steve on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:41:14 AM
On the way to work, I was listening to Sharp in the morning on KFYI. He had the results of a poll that was eye opening. The main result was that 54% of Americans do not think that Barack Obama deserves a second term. This close to the election for that number to be that high is terrible news for Obama and company. The election will be in 10 ½ months. That is not a lot of time to turn at least 5% of the public into believing you deserve a second term.
One other result from that poll, that I remember, is also telling. It said that 33% of the public approve of Obama’s handling of the economy. Over 60% said that they did not approve of Obama’s handling of the economy. That, again is a number that will be very difficult to turn around in 10 ½ months.
Obama has only one signature success that he can point to. The problem is that over 50% of the public wants Obamacare repealed. Also, if the Supreme Court actually looks at the law, Obamacare will be declared unconstitutional next spring. That means that Obama has no accomplishments on which to run for a second term.
Since Obama is unpopular and has no accomplishments on which to run, how does he hope to win a second term? His only strategy has to be to make the Republican candidate look like the second coming of Satan. That is his only hope for victory. He cannot point to any accomplishment. His economic policies are wildly unpopular. He just made the United States a laughing stock in the world by politely asking for our drone back from the Iranians. What other option does he have? He cannot point to anything that Americans would support that could give him some traction. His only hope is to destroy the Republican candidate and hope there is a third party candidate to split the vote. The reason is that making the Republican seem like the second coming of Satan just might not work. Obama can’t blame George W. Bush for anything after four years in office, so that strategy is out the window. He keeps trying to use it, but it is becoming less effective every time he tries it.
All the Republicans have to do win is to nominate someone who is reasonable and can make the case that Obama has been a disaster. The second part of the equation will be easy. Just hire Mitt Romney’s ad people and that will be taken care of in a flash. The first part is a bit more problematic.
Republicans have to nominate someone who is not a Progressive. That eliminates Newt Gingrich. Newt stepped in that one when he said FDR was a good President. He also said one of his favorite Presidents was Woodrow Wilson. Those are two of the worst Presidents of the 20th century. The only ones worse were Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Clinton was bad because of personal corruption and Carter because of incompetence.
With Newt out of the picture who does that leave? My favorite is Michele Bachmann. She is articulate and honest. She has principles and sticks to them. She has not participated in the corruption that is Congress. She is not perfect, but nobody is. Give her a strong Vice-Presidential candidate and the ticket would be unbeatable. My vote for VP goes to Allen West of Florida. Bachmann/West would be unbeatable. It would be a no-nonsense campaign that would win the hearts of Americans everywhere.