The Arizona speech definately had that feel to it, his communications staff have done a very poor job in the last two years - he doesn't do particularly well behind a podium either in terms of projecting a message with confidence but give him a few thousand people to energise and he will deliver.To some extent, it's started already. The speech in Arizona was great, and the State of the Union is on Tuesday. Both could help give him a springboard into the re-election campaign. Right now, there's no Republican standing out.
What such matters are on your mind?People often say things before they are President, that they dont necessarily carryout as the President*
*see Barry Obama
The Republican House will actually help him in that he can now use their obstructionism to his political advantage. Its what will get him reelected.
It's my preference for Congress to be at least partially opposed to the President in terms of party because it helps foster debate and prevents one party from steamrolling through policies. We'll see how it goes though.
Agree with this part. The post election rhetoric from the repubs sounds almost the same as how the dems sounded in 2010.Good start to the new year by Obama. First the Arizona speech, high profile visit from China, and State of the Union coming up. The Republican House will actually help him in that he can now use their obstructionism to his political advantage. Its what will get him reelected.
Will you vote for Michelle Bachmann if she runs?btw Excal Pawlenty wont even win Minnesota. We know too much about the turd.
So Iowa to Super Tuesday and then the conventions to election day, fair enough.It doesn't really go into overdrive until we start to get into primary season. And once the nomination is decided (usually doesn't take the GOP to fall in *coughlockstepcough* behind someone), it fades into the background again until convention time.
Political junkies and other types who are interested in it will be able to overdose on it, of course, but for the sort of people who want to actively avoid that sort of thing, it's not hard to do so.
Whatever the end of this sentence is, the answer is yes.Is Trump that arrogant
It is not the first time he has put it out that he is considering running.Is Trump that arrogant he actually thinks he could pull it off?
I recall watching him say it on CNN, and Piers Morgan come back at him saying large swathes of the building materials of his recent projects came from China.25%?
That would kill our economy, they're our fastest growing market and supplier
I would if she let me rattle her arseWill you vote for Michelle Bachmann if she runs?
Palin-Bachmann '12!
Jeb Bush would give Obama quite a challenge. Despite having the name, he's quite pragmatic (as Republicans go) and has a good reputation as being a moderate.Jeb Bush will turn up eventually for sure.
Barber will also run.
btw Excal Pawlenty wont even win Minnesota. We know too much about the turd.
You can dredge comparable crap like this up for just about any Republican.Unless we're going to broaden the definition of that term to "people who admit the President was in fact born in America," there's no way Jeb Bush is a moderate. By his own positions, he wants to increase Drug War spending, increase mandatory minimum sentencing, supported the gutting of Chapter 7 bankruptcy, referred to gay rights and feminist organizations as "modern victim movements", supports abstinence-only sex education (proven to have no discernible effect), wants to eliminate automobile emissions testing, favors the "right of industry" to "self-audit" its own environmental impact, (i.e. let corporations pollute all they want and we'll trust they're being good boys,) favored the right of states to "import" agricultural workers (while simultaneously insisting the repatriation efforts were solely the province of the federal government), and wanted to eliminate AFDC.