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In 2012 Obama Has to Prove a Negative
In 2012 Obama must argue that the policies he put in place may not have turned the economy around immediately but that they managed to keep the country out of the economic collapse it was headed toward. Obama’s argument on the economy will boil down to this: "You should have seen how bad it would have been."
Proving a negative, that things might be bad but it could have been much worse, is a tough argument. People tend to see things as they are, not as they might have been. The statistics are the statistics.
In 14 Swing States from the 2008 election, unemployment has risen in all of them since October 2009. When one looks at all of the economic categories, there's very little to crow about.
With all of the snickering about the so-called dismal GOP field, ultimately this bad economy will be the deciding factor. Richard Nixon's corpse would beat Obama at this point.
PS-Newt Gingrich appears to be perfectly suited for the presidency: his campaign has already racked up $1 million in debt!
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When a newspaper posed the question, "What's Wrong with the World?" G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: "Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton." That is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.
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