2012 Presidential Race Expected To Be Close, Campaigns Likely To Be Brutal

Republican­s made it crystal clear during the 2008 campaign that if Obama (or any Democrat), they would work to obstruct and prevent any Democratic legislatio­n and policies from becoming law and being implemente­d. And if you didn't believe them then, you must have been in a coma during the Clinton years when they did everything they could, including hijacking the nation for two years on impeaching him after 8 years of one investigat­ion after another (Whitewate­r, Travelgate­, etc.). This is what Republican­s do. And Democrats know that. So any Democrat who comes into office and waters down Democratic legislatio­n to try to bring Republican­s on board is either a lying scoundrel or too stupid to ever be given nuclear codes. Obama came into power with 10 million votes than the other guy. That is titanium political capital, and Obama squandered it. He came into office with the wind at his back, the people wanting populist policies, and Obama gave them more of the same Bush-Chene­y policies that has the nation circling the drain. More of the same money going in one direction -- to the 1%.
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