Guest EXPAT Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 This is the kind of reality that makes Sean Hannity's head explodes. So far, the GOP candidates have been running against a fictional president with a fictional record. Obama didn't campaign to increase government spending, but inheriting what was in the final quarter of 2008 an annulaized contraction of 9 percent of GDP, he opted for a stimulus. That accounts for much of the spending. I know we are supposed - along with Fox News - to have total amnesia about the spending record of George W. Bush, who had nothing like the recession Obama inherited to counter. But there it is. Along with the fact that of the last seven presidents, the top three are all Republicans. One worry I have about a president Romney is exactly such a scenario. He has proposed to slash all taxes and increase defense spending by a stupendous amount. He has yet to identify the massive cuts in discretionary and entitlement spending he would need not to explode the debt as his GOP predecessors have done in the modern era. But if you're going by the records, and want fiscal restraint, you'd be crazy at this point to back a Republican, without examining the fine print in extreme detail. Pity there isn't any for Romney yet. Which tells you something in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hitoallusa Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I think Obama will get easily elected. I don't think he will be too distracted by the election and focus on issues at hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EXPAT Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I think Obama will get easily elected. I don't think he will be too distracted by the election and focus on issues at hand. I hope you are right. I suspect that we will be bombarded with election stuff from September to November to the point of total exhaustion. I anticipate 3 presidential debates during those months and they will be probably some of the most watched debates ever due to the negativity of the Republican race so far. Obama is the better debater by far (even against Gingrich, I think) so it should show his knowledge and skill. It will just come down to people who would never vote for Obama regardless of what he did or does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
