"Ironsides, you mean to say that this issue (Obama supposedly bowing to the Saudi king) is going to stay alive until 2012, and that Republicans are going to run on this issue? By ‘erase this’, I assume you are referring to his supposedly bowing to the Saudi king.
If that is the case, I feel sorry for Republicans indeed. If that is the case, Republicans may as well concede the 2012 election now and end all the suspense, rather than get slaughtered in 2012.
I can just picture the 2012 campaign, Obama running on his record (assuming he has been able to turn the economy around), promising to cut the budget deficit in his second term, and what is the Republican candidate’s (Joan of Arc, or whoever it is) slogan? Obama bowed to the Saudi king, so vote for us."
SirJosephPorter, it is not as simple as that. The very essence of being American is that no American bowes to royalty. They are amused by them they laugh at them, they pity them, they ridicule them, but NEVER EVER bow to them.
The fact that Obama displayed - literally and figuratively - that his spine is as soft as linguini and as straight as a snake, will never be forgotten by Americans.
So be as complecent as you want to be. Nobody in his right mind would have predicted in April 1977 that a Republican lanslide would come in 1980.
And, of course, follow your trend of ASSUMING again, as far as the economy.