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Obama in Trouble

For today’s poll question, MSN asked readers who had previously voted for Obama in 2008 presidential elections if they would do so again for the 2012 election.

About 62% of those who voted, voted that he was a “one and done” deal.

Only 32% voted that he should be given more time to turn the economy around, with another 6% saying they were not sure if they would vote for him again.

Indicative of Obama’s Current Approval Ratings

MSN’s poll results are almost a mirror image of the current presidential landscape at this time. According to an MSN report, President Obama’s approval rating is at an all-time low, as only 44% of the nation approve of the job he’s doing.

Even worse, when Americans were asked about the economic situation of the country and Obama’s handling of the problem, only 37% approved of the direction he’s heading with the economy.

All of this information leads up to Obama’s planned joint Congress session to be aired on national television this Thursday, September 8th. In the session, Obama will address his economic plan, and his strategy for turning the country’s current blight around. This address may be Obama’s last chance to win voters over before we get into the meat of the 2012 presidential election and race.

Republican Front-Runner

Along the lines of the 2012 presidential race, it looks like Perry has taken an early lead over Mitt Romney in a(n) MSN report. Among GOP voters, Perry would be the first choice for 38% of them, while only 23% of Republican Party voters listed Romney as their first choice.

Paul and Bachmann, the other two GOP presidential candidates at this time, sit a distant third and fourth place from the two front-runners. Paul garners 9% of the first-choice vote, with Bachmann coming in at just 8%.

Bachmann’s campaign manager recently left her post, saying that Bachmann was no better that a “third-place” candidate. This tidbit certainly does not bode well for Bachmann, who may be a little too eccentric in her opinions for many voters. As for Perry, he’s been picking up steam in the race to see who will face-off against Obama next year ever since winning the Iowa straw poll.

Lastly, Romney’s Mormon counterpart, Jon Huntsman, sits a very distant fifth in the GOP presidential candidate race at this time.

Several of Beiber’s concerts, performances and appearances have been canceled due to public unrest and nuisance. Cops have had to threaten him with arrest so he wouldn’t leave his hotel and cause a riot.

What gives this boy his power? Well he was discovered by Usher. I wonder if Usher thinks about the Beibster in the same way Einstein does the nuke?

We’re soon going to all have to sign Anti-Beiber Proliferation Treaties.

To many of us it’s too early to be thinking of who can be the most viable GOP Candidate for 2012. Maybe there will come upon the scene our ideal, unblemished candidate. Someone waiting in the wings with an armful of conservative credentials to burst out into the spotlight; clean,  constant and compelled to run. Now others will be thinking in terms of “So What?’ That question may be followed up with an introspective inquiry about who will be the most viable of the Democrat divas. Well here is a brief analysis from AP writer Phillip Elliott. What are   your opinions and insights; and does it matter, because you think President Obama will triumph in ’12.

By PHILIP ELLIOTT

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is the godfather of what Republican critics call Obamacare. Newt Gingrich is an adulterer on his third marriage. Tim Pawlenty is too green — environmentally, that is.

Jon Huntsman worked for President Barack Obama. And Haley Barbour has come off as dismissive of racial segregation.

Is any potential Republican presidential nominee without vulnerabilities that could alienate voters, especially those in the GOP primaries, and provide ready-made attacks for opponents?

Not in this crop.

The 2012 Republican field is deeply flawed, lacking a serious GOP contender without a personal misstep or policy move that angers the party base. Each of those weighing bids has at least one issue that looms as an obstacle to White House ambitions, and that could derail the candidate if not handled with care.

 

So who do you see as the best of the best to run this country at this time in our history?