It's all over for Obama when his home town newspaper calls for him not to run in 2012.
I checked the Constitution, and he is under no compulsion to run for re-election. He can scrap the campaign, bag the fundraising calls and never watch another Republican debate as long as heâs willing to vacate the premises by Jan. 20, 2013.
That might be the sensible thing to do. Itâs hard for a president to win a second term when unemployment is painfully high. If the economy were in full rebound mode, Obama might win anyway. But it isnât, and it may fall into a second recession â in which case voters will decide his middle name is Hoover, not Hussein. Why not leave of his own volition instead of waiting to get the ax?
Itâs not as though there is much enticement to stick around. Presidents who win re-election have generally found, wrote John Fortier and Norman Ornstein in their 2007 book, âSecond-Term Blues,â that âtheir second terms did not measure up to their first.â
The ideal candidate would be a figure of stature and ability who canât be blamed for the economy. That person should not be a member of Congress, since it has an even lower approval rating than the presidentâs.
It would also help to be conspicuously associated with prosperity. Given Obamaâs reputation for being too quick to compromise, a reputation for toughness would be an asset.
As it happens, there is someone at hand who fits this description: Hillary Clinton. Her husband presided over a boom, sheâs been busy deposing dictators instead of destroying jobs, and sheâs never been accused of being a pushover.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/...ybe-its-time-for-obama-to-withdraw-from-2012/
I checked the Constitution, and he is under no compulsion to run for re-election. He can scrap the campaign, bag the fundraising calls and never watch another Republican debate as long as heâs willing to vacate the premises by Jan. 20, 2013.
That might be the sensible thing to do. Itâs hard for a president to win a second term when unemployment is painfully high. If the economy were in full rebound mode, Obama might win anyway. But it isnât, and it may fall into a second recession â in which case voters will decide his middle name is Hoover, not Hussein. Why not leave of his own volition instead of waiting to get the ax?
Itâs not as though there is much enticement to stick around. Presidents who win re-election have generally found, wrote John Fortier and Norman Ornstein in their 2007 book, âSecond-Term Blues,â that âtheir second terms did not measure up to their first.â
The ideal candidate would be a figure of stature and ability who canât be blamed for the economy. That person should not be a member of Congress, since it has an even lower approval rating than the presidentâs.
It would also help to be conspicuously associated with prosperity. Given Obamaâs reputation for being too quick to compromise, a reputation for toughness would be an asset.
As it happens, there is someone at hand who fits this description: Hillary Clinton. Her husband presided over a boom, sheâs been busy deposing dictators instead of destroying jobs, and sheâs never been accused of being a pushover.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/...ybe-its-time-for-obama-to-withdraw-from-2012/
