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Here is something you may not know. USA Today printed an article, “One and done: To be a great president Obama should not seek reelection in 2012”, written by Douglas E. Schoen and Patrick H. Caddell, in which they portray a larger picture of America rebuilding itself and emboldening its future by positing that Barack Obama should take the initiative to choose not to run for reelection in 2012 for the greater good of this nation. In doing this, they suggest it would lead to a real sense of progress, unfettered by the wasted time of exerting energy and taxpayer money into a 2012 presidential election that would be monumentally pricey and time-consuming, leaving little room for any productivity.
“If the president goes down the reelection road, we are guaranteed two years of political gridlock at a time when we can ill afford it. But by explicitly saying he will be a one-term president, Obama can deliver on his central campaign promise of 2008, draining the poison from our culture of polarization and ending the resentment and division that have eroded our national identity and common purpose.”
Douglas E. Schoen has been an effective Democratic campaign consultant for over thirty years. His vast accomplishments include “Pollster of the Year” by the American Association of Political Consultants for work on President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign. Patrick H. Caddell is a public opinion pollster who has worked with George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, Joe Biden and Jerry Brown.
There is no way Barack Obama’s ego or political legacy would ever consent to such a winning option for America, but it is interesting to think about. Given our current state of affairs and the political gridlock that will ensue over the next two years, he would be considered a noble and humble hero in history books. But that’s not what he’s after. I think there are very few people who know what Barack Obama’s endgame is, but he does not appear to have a leader’s ability to retreat when a battle is hopeless, or the selflessness to admit he might have been wrong.
Here are a couple more quotes from the article:
“We do not come to this conclusion lightly. But 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. And even if it was not an endorsement of a Republican vision for America, 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.”
“The best way for him to address both our national challenges and the serious threats to his credibility and stature is to make clear that, for the next two years, he will focus exclusively on the problems we face as Americans, rather than the politics of the moment or of the 2012 campaign.”
Read the full story here.
1,871.1 miles to go.
Here is something you may not know. USA Today printed an article, “One and done: To be a great president Obama should not seek reelection in 2012”, written by Douglas E. Schoen and Patrick H. Caddell, in which they portray a larger picture of America rebuilding itself and emboldening its future by positing that Barack Obama should take the initiative to choose not to run for reelection in 2012 for the greater good of this nation. In doing this, they suggest it would lead to a real sense of progress, unfettered by the wasted time of exerting energy and taxpayer money into a 2012 presidential election that would be monumentally pricey and time-consuming, leaving little room for any productivity.
“If the president goes down the reelection road, we are guaranteed two years of political gridlock at a time when we can ill afford it. But by explicitly saying he will be a one-term president, Obama can deliver on his central campaign promise of 2008, draining the poison from our culture of polarization and ending the resentment and division that have eroded our national identity and common purpose.”
Douglas E. Schoen has been an effective Democratic campaign consultant for over thirty years. His vast accomplishments include “Pollster of the Year” by the American Association of Political Consultants for work on President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign. Patrick H. Caddell is a public opinion pollster who has worked with George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, Joe Biden and Jerry Brown.
There is no way Barack Obama’s ego or political legacy would ever consent to such a winning option for America, but it is interesting to think about. Given our current state of affairs and the political gridlock that will ensue over the next two years, he would be considered a noble and humble hero in history books. But that’s not what he’s after. I think there are very few people who know what Barack Obama’s endgame is, but he does not appear to have a leader’s ability to retreat when a battle is hopeless, or the selflessness to admit he might have been wrong.
Here are a couple more quotes from the article:
“We do not come to this conclusion lightly. But 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. And even if it was not an endorsement of a Republican vision for America, 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.”
“The best way for him to address both our national challenges and the serious threats to his credibility and stature is to make clear that, for the next two years, he will focus exclusively on the problems we face as Americans, rather than the politics of the moment or of the 2012 campaign.”
Read the full story here.
1,871.1 miles to go.
