Democrats Urge Obama to Consider One Term Presidency

[native]

Democratic pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell urge Obama to bow out in 2012 and serve a one term Presidency.

“It is clear, we believe, that the president has largely lost the consent of the governed ... The midterm elections were effectively a referendum on the Obama presidency. ... the drubbing the Democrats took was certainly a vote of no confidence in Obama and his party. The president has almost no credibility left with Republicans and little with independents.”

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[Skjellyfetti]

Ugh, Doug Schoen is a Fox News "Democratic" pollster in name only. Dude's been hosting and speaking at Republican fundraisers for years now. Same with Dick Morris.

[native]

Larry Sabato concludes in his commentary, "...Despite the quibbles we’ll undoubtedly hear from predictable partisans, we are certain of our earlier declaration: Barack Obama, henceforth called OTB in our work, is a one-term president. We look forward to the many columns and television commentaries that will echo our conclusion."

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[Skjellyfetti]

Larry Sabato concludes in his commentary, "...Despite the quibbles we’ll undoubtedly hear from predictable partisans, we are certain of our earlier declaration: Barack Obama, henceforth called OTB in our work, is a one-term president. We look forward to the many columns and television commentaries that will echo our conclusion."

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Did you miss the joke?

CORRECTION: Due to sloppy research by our interns, the authors would like to clarify a couple of points. It turns out that all news reports cited above were not published in the last ten days, but right after the 1994 Republican midterm landslide.Every time “Barack Obama” appears in print, you should substitute “Bill Clinton”. The acronym “OTB” actually stands for “One-Term Bill” not “One-Term Barack”.

[Cap'n Cat]

Our friend native, always with the Conk-biased sources.

[Skjellyfetti]

LOL, Larry Sabato even cracks a few jokes at the folks like nativist that do not understand irony:
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The Proud Prince of Purple Pomposity fails epically.

[native]

Larry Sabato concludes in his commentary, "...Despite the quibbles we’ll undoubtedly hear from predictable partisans, we are certain of our earlier declaration: Barack Obama, henceforth called OTB in our work, is a one-term president. We look forward to the many columns and television commentaries that will echo our conclusion."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... erm_barack" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Did you miss the joke?

CORRECTION: Due to sloppy research by our interns, the authors would like to clarify a couple of points. It turns out that all news reports cited above were not published in the last ten days, but right after the 1994 Republican midterm landslide.Every time “Barack Obama” appears in print, you should substitute “Bill Clinton”. The acronym “OTB” actually stands for “One-Term Bill” not “One-Term Barack”.

Naw, the joke is hilarious! I was hoping you would actually click on the reference pick up on that little detail!

[Skjellyfetti]

Naw, the joke is hilarious! I was hoping you would actually click on the reference pick up on that little detail!

You are so full of shit. You copy and pasted some article you saw linked somewhere else that you thought backed up your point...... without bothering to read it. It's fucking obvious and you got caught red handed.

[native]

Naw, the joke is hilarious! I was hoping you would actually click on the reference pick up on that little detail!

You are so full of ****. You copy and pasted some article you saw linked somewhere else that you thought backed up your point...... without bothering to read it. It's **** obvious and you got caught red handed.

No, I always take Sabato seriously, and I read his articles several times. The joke in this particular is unmistakably surrounded by stars to bring it to the reader's attention.

The irony is not missed on me, skelly, but perhaps the real joke is on you. Sabato's intended irony does not shake him from his conclusion. Read the entire article. Carefully.

I appreciate your posts on this thread.

[Skjellyfetti]

You are so full of ****. You copy and pasted some article you saw linked somewhere else that you thought backed up your point...... without bothering to read it. It's **** obvious and you got caught red handed.

No, I always take Sabato seriously, and I read his articles several times. The joke in this particular is unmistakably surrounded by stars to bring it to the reader's attention.

The irony is not missed on me, skelly, but perhaps the real joke is on you. Sabato's intended irony does not shake him from his conclusion. Read the entire article. Carefully.

I appreciate your posts on this thread.

Goddamn, nativist. The whole fucking article is tongue-in-cheek and FULL of ironic little gems that obviously went over your head.

If President Obama is smart, he will try to salvage his term in the White House by announcing now that he will not undertake a hopeless campaign for reelection, and instead form a bipartisan national unity government to try to hold the nation together until his successor, inevitably a Republican, is selected in November 2012.

Despite his upset victory over heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the ’08 Democratic contest and his easy win over a much more seasoned John McCain in November two years ago, Barack Obama lacks the political skills necessary to adjust to the new realities of divided government.

Unlike Bill Clinton, Obama is an inflexible liberal who couldn’t find the center with both hands, even if his career depended on it.

And there is no chance at all the new Republican leadership in Congress could over-reach and repeat the errors of Newt Gingrich and his allies. The GOP legislative caucus contains no core of rigid ideologues that might go too far and create an opening for Obama.

Historically, incumbent presidents who have sought another term have won them by a two-to-one margin. Those aren’t impressive odds. How many of us would bet on a horse with minimal chances like that?

But the key is that Carter and Obama are practically twins; both won the Nobel Peace Prize. Enough said.

Moreover, the present moment is unprecedentedly perilous for an incumbent president. There’s really no comparison in the existence of the American Republic, save for about a dozen crises like the Civil War, economic panics, the Great Depression, world wars, and 9/11.

Democrats may also place false hope in the fact that the next presidential election will have a turnout twenty full percentage points higher than we saw in the midterm—probably about 40 million more people than voted on Nov. 2. No doubt these “midterm-missing” voters are disproportionately 18-34 years old and members of minority groups, segments of the population that backed President Obama by margins ranging from 62% to 95% in 2008. Obama can’t seem to get them to cast a ballot except when he’s on the ballot. Well, yes, he’ll be on the ballot in 2012, but they’re likely disillusioned with him, too.

True, it turns out that there is no statistical relationship between a midterm result and the outcome of the next presidential election. But surely, people understand the old axiom, “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

[JoltinJoe]

Of course, there was OTB, Bill Clinton, in 1994.

But the original OTB was NJ governor Brendan Byrne, "One-Term Byrne", who not only won a second term easily but was ultimately so popular that they originally named the Meadowlands Arena after him.

[native]

Skelly, I admit it! You and Sabato got me on this one!

... ***damn, nativist. The whole **** article is tongue-in-cheek and FULL of ironic little gems that obviously went over your head. ...

Well played, skelly!

[dbackjon]

I see a new show in the future: Native and Jelly!