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Originally Posted by Azure
I agree that Biden stayed in the background. Then again, after Palin was picked, so did McCain. Blame the media, blame the GOP, DNC....whatever, but it was messed up from the day she got picked.
The crazies....well I don't disagree at all. Thats what turned me off from the pick. Seeing all the morons coming out and pledging their support. As if the social issues are the only things that matter.
As for McCain winning.....could be. I bet a lot of people are regretting their decision right now. Obama's approval rating is below 50% already. Worse than George W. Bush.
Bush was at 68% his first year, 71% his second year.
Then again, Bush didn't have to deal with a recession. And yet, Obama screwed the pooch big time there so he deserves all the negativity he's getting.
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Regarding approval ratings, I would say that a decent chunk of that poor rating is due to expectations. A lot of people put very, very unrealistic expectations on him that he had no chance at being fulfilled. He came into power trying to deal with basically most major banks on the brink of collapsing, the entire global economy heading into the biggest depression since the 30's, America having an extremely poor global image around the world, two unwinnable wars that have no end in sight.... There is so much wrong that he's not going to be able to turn America into a utopia in 18 months like some people were expecting.
I would say the job he's done so far is adequate. He's dropped the ball thus far on a few things like restoring civil liberties, getting rid of the patriot act, etc. but I feel his biggest shortcoming is this health care mess. That one would be hard to pin on him alone. From what I've been able to tell, its not his fault that it hasn't been done. It seems the republicans are trying to stop any sort of reform without trying to reach any sort of meaningful compromise. It simply seems like a tactic to put up roadblocks everywhere to try to make him look bad rather than trying to work with Democrats to try to improve the country.
It's a gong show down there and I'll admit that I'm relatively young and haven't been as politically aware as long as some, but this seems like the most divided their country has been in some time.