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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joefromspringfield who wrote (58059)	10/11/2011 3:42:29 PM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

It all depends on the state of the economy NEXT year at this time.

To: joefromspringfield who wrote (58059)	10/11/2011 3:43:48 PM
From: puborectalis	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

What seems more interesting, however, is just how weak a frontrunner Mitt Romney really is. Even as Rick Perry’s support collapses, and even when the rest of the GOP field is largely ridiculous, the former Massachusetts governor is still stuck with 20% — down a few points from a month earlier. He’s reclaimed the lead, but he backed into it. As the Gallup report noted, in nearly every instance since 1959, by this point in the race, the Republican frontrunner enjoyed support of at least 41% before going on to win the party’s nomination. Romney hasn’t even been able to reach 30% in any Gallup poll this year. How weak a frontrunner is Romney? Tim Pawlenty admitted yesterday he regrets dropping out — and he’s one of Romney’s highest-profile supporters. Hell, Pawlenty’s the national co-chair of the Romney campaign, and now he wishes he were still running against Romney, Jon Chait *recently noted, “I don’t see how Republicans could be making this any more plain. They do not want to nominate Mitt Romney.”* To be sure, they’re likely to nominate him anyway, because there’s no one else worthy of the nod. But when was the last time the Republican Party went into a general election with a nominee so much of the party simply didn’t like? ALSO: nymag.com

To: joefromspringfield who wrote (58059)	10/11/2011 3:52:11 PM
From: EQ	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Joe, As I have mentioned previously, I did not / will not vote for President Obama. I would like to vote for a Republican candidate, but it seems they have spent the majority of their time bashing each other. I fully realise that this is "politics as normal" but will continue to HOPE that those running for the highest office in the land exhibit adult behaviour and more importantly LEADERSHIP. If the election were held TODAY, who should I vote for and why? EQ