Pollsters: Modern History Shows Obama Can't Win in 2012
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]• Option One: Move hard to the left and really push the class-warfare issue. By talking about taxes on millionaires and corporate-jet loopholes, Obama will energize and solidify his base. But it also risks unnerving the independents that Obama desperately needs to bring back into the fold to win re-election.
• Option Two: Encourage the GOP to make an “unforced error.” Towery predicts Obama will prod Republicans in the hope it leads them to make a self-inflicted wound. He says refusing to extend the payroll-tax cut in an election year is one obvious example. Too much talk of slashing Medicare and Social Security is another.
• Option Three: Rough up the GOP nominee and Republicans in Congress by painting them as extremists who would be too risky to trust with the presidency. “President Obama is weak,” Schoen says, “and I think what he is counting on is that Republicans will be weaker and less well regarded than he is.” Again, the risk is that smearing his GOP rival as a dangerous alternative could turn off independents.
One of these strategies -- or more likely a combination of all three -- could help Obama achieve what no politician since FDR ha
OK! Now that we know what they are going to try to do, let's get out there and put this thing to rest for the final time!!!