Obama 2012 Campaign Off To Rocky Start [UPDATED]

[dreadfulpenny81]

The campaign for the 2008 Presidential election is going to look like an exhibition game compared to the 2012 campaigns, and it's not because Republicans have a strong contender (because, let's not sugar-coat things...we really don't). Barack Obama announced the start of his re-election campaign yesterday, ironically touting the CHANGE slogan again

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[byrontengu]

And all of that was Obama's fault... Nothing can be blamed on an abuse of the filibuster? Nothing can be blamed on a minority party holding legislation hostage for two years while trying to re-ignite the red scare...

OK, sure. Lets go with that.

[dreadfulpenny81]

Yeah, some of it could be contributed to a Congress stuck in limbo. But the things like the 9/11 terrorist trials (which I think would have had better outcomes in civilian court) or closing Gitmo are things HE could have handled himself. Several of the things he's promised to do could have easily been solved with an executive order.

[cherokee_kid]

You just got I don't know how many cool points, yo.
I doubt the man will get far at all. In fact, I hope he doesn't.

[dreadfulpenny81]

I doubt running on a campaign of CHANGE now would work anyway when he didn't change anything the first time.

[cherokee_kid]

Exactly! I saw a bumper sticker once that said "how's that hopey changey thing going for ya?"

[dreadfulpenny81]

I prefer this myself...