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Politico Arena Question: Will President Obama lose his job?
President Obama definitely has an uphill battle to renew his lease at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and against a 'generic' republican, a second term would be in serious jeopardy.
But lucky for him he is going to face off against one of the misfit toys from this current field, and his foil will most likely be Mitt Romney. The arraigned marriage that is the Republican primary is not a love affair for the political ages. In a traditional sense, the primary electorate is not a blushing bride, but a red-face angry one because they do not have the choices they want to be their standard bearer, and they will begrudgingly at best walk down the aisles of Iowa and New Hampshire and say "I do" to their Byrle-creamed groom.
The president has a year to focus on job creation and strengthen the middle and working classes. These blocks are key to any Democratic win, and showed their off-year viability with big wins last week with conservative policy rollbacks, as with union-attacking Issue 2 in Ohio. But we must remember that now that the threat to public employees has been momentarily stopped, the focus must move to the jobless and their quest to find employment.
This effort must be sustained for the next year, and jobless Americans must have hope that their will be change in the job numbers. And as much as hard-line conservatives want to dismiss the Occupy movement, these efforts are nation-wide, sustainable, and paying attention. Citizens, especially those who are politically active, have noticed that we have changed from a system where Washington makes the rules and Wall Street makes money: now that relationship is so incestuous it is nearly impossible to separate it. Remember when as kids we had chocolate in our peanut butter? Now there are investments in my legislation! (When 60 Minutes shows up to the Rayburn Building, it's a bad day for my fellow hacks).
This is the heart of college football season, and Team Obama is in charge of its own destiny. If he makes the right choices politically and points out the ineptness of the Do Nothing Congress, the president is going back to the Rose Bowl (er, Rose Garden). Lucky for the president, the Republican field has the requirements to be president (over 35 and American-born), but not the ability. Conservatives should take this time to firm up staffs for Jeb Bush and Chris Christie 2016, cause it ain't happening this time.
The Repubs are shovel-ready, as in it is time to bury them: Barack Obama will be president in 2013.
This is the heart of college football season, and Team Obama is in charge of its own destiny. If he makes the right choices politically and points out the ineptness of the Do Nothing Congress, the president is going back to the Rose Bowl (er, Rose Garden). Lucky for the president, the Republican field has the requirements to be president (over 35 and American-born), but not the ability. Conservatives should take this time to firm up staffs for Jeb Bush and Chris Christie 2016, cause it ain't happening this time.
The Repubs are shovel-ready, as in it is time to bury them: Barack Obama will be president in 2013.
