Quote from: caitlin_adams on September 20, 2011, 05:58:53 AM
I'd vote to re-elect President Obama if I was a citizen of the U.S.
He's a moderate with a very even temperament and, whilst I don't believe in telling others what's good for them, I believe he's the right man for the time.
I know there's a lot of political baggage associated with his health care reforms but to be honest I'm amazed that he made as many positive changes to healthcare as he has.
I believe he is the right person for the job and I unequivocally endorse him.
Yeah, I'll be voting for him too, but to be honest I'm a bit disappointed with him. He proves too willing to compromise, leaving the stimulus, healthcare reform, and the latest debt ceiling deal, horribly watered down and ineffective. He feels as though compromise will work with the republicans in Congress when they have made it all too clear their sole aim is to ensure he's a one term president (so to hell with jobs, the economy, or our credit rating; the President must go). In my opinion, he's too centrist-right. However, I have to agree with him when he says "we shouldn't let the good be the enemy of the perfect" and feel he's much more qualified than the republican alternatives of Gov. Jesus McBangbang, Rep Historically challenged teaparty darling, or Gov. Flip-flop.
I would also like to state, that I read an article (its 7 am and I've been up all night studying, so if needed I'll find it later) where a republican strategist called the current party a death cult opining that their aim is to make Obama look ineffective to increase the resonance of their message that government is ineffective (increasing teaparty turnout and demoralizing Obama turnout). So while I'm not entirely happy with Obama, I don't endorse sitting at home come election day as that is their goal and we end up stuck with a tea-bagging lunatic. (Again not that Obama is perfect, but compared to those bleach-drinking luddites, I'm glad to have someone who can read and whose foreign policy isn't "Yee-haw")
