I'm becoming increasingly convinced that NO Republican candidate will be able to defeat Obama in 2012. I base that on the encroaching realization that the U.S., in fact the entire West, in entering a Depression. At some point, even the American public will clue into the fact that this is a direct result of Free Market (Free Trade, Monetarism, Deregulation, Privatization) that have controlled the global economy since the early 1970s.
It's true that Obama has not had either the courage, sense or political will to do anything but tow the Global oligarch's line, but he is the LEAST wedded to it as political philosophy than any Republican. Every Republican candidate is a RADICAL global free market libertarian and 'small government' conservative.
I think he will be re-elected, simply because he is a known quantity, presumably more flexible than his opposition, less beholden to political pressures in a second term. Like the Great Depression, the electorate will be looking for a progressive economic dirigiste as Chief Executive.
The only problem is Obama is NO Franklin Roosevelt.. or certainly has not proven himself anything like that in his first term.. which has been inept, inconsistent, and led by events. That will have to turn around completely if he's going to be up to the challenge of a series of economic shocks that we are already seeing on the horizon.
It's true that Obama has not had either the courage, sense or political will to do anything but tow the Global oligarch's line, but he is the LEAST wedded to it as political philosophy than any Republican. Every Republican candidate is a RADICAL global free market libertarian and 'small government' conservative.
I think he will be re-elected, simply because he is a known quantity, presumably more flexible than his opposition, less beholden to political pressures in a second term. Like the Great Depression, the electorate will be looking for a progressive economic dirigiste as Chief Executive.
The only problem is Obama is NO Franklin Roosevelt.. or certainly has not proven himself anything like that in his first term.. which has been inept, inconsistent, and led by events. That will have to turn around completely if he's going to be up to the challenge of a series of economic shocks that we are already seeing on the horizon.
