The (New York) Daily News reported (“Don’t count yer chickens, GOPers,” 1/3/12) that there is a chance President Barack Obama can survive attempts by the Republican Party to deny him a second term in office.
Obama has revived his grassroots organizing and depicted Republicans as elitists who are more concerned with taking care of the rich. He will also most likely blame Republicans for playing obstructionist politics, especially given the recent fight over extending the payroll tax cut. Furthermore, staffers and volunteers have been reconnecting with supporters and using social media to raise funds.
Obama’s camp is also creating a game plan with different scenarios for winning this November’s presidential election. One option is to target the Southwestern states with their large Hispanic populations. Another would be concentrating on Florida, while two others would be to focus on a few Eastern and Midwestern states that tend to lean conservative.
Many experts also predict that Obama will increase his use of rhetoric and portray himself as a populist president.
The only real blemish on Obama’s plans would be the state of the economy. Obama must campaign on how he has put the economy on the right track and tap into his campaign war chest.
I think Obama should give his re-election campaign everything he has. It is a shame he did not show his fighting spirit sooner, but it looks like he can still build momentum given recent events at home and abroad. Hopefully, the president plays his cards right and stays in the White House for another four years.
In other News:
- The New Yorker, “The talk of the town: Comment—Enemy of the state,” 1/9/12
- Daily News, “The Republicans are in trouble,” 1/8/12
- Daily News, “The gun laws we desperately need,” 1/8/12
- Daily News, “Bam rule change would aid immigs,” 1/7/12
- Daily News, “On the money: Study says workers feel pressure to be bad,” 1/6/12
- Daily News, “GOP dolts not talking to us,” 1/6/12
- Daily News, “Prez touts new military strategy despite cutbacks,” 1/6/12
- The New York Times, “One bad energy subsidy expires,” 1/6/12
- Daily News, “Bus drivers and motormen: The real environmentalists,” 1/5/12
- Daily News, “Fantasy Island no more,” 1/5/12
- The New York Times, “Harder for Americans to rise from lower rungs,” 1/4/12
- Daily News, “Ron Paul’s scary foreign policy,” 1/3/12
- Daily News, “New wed laws in Hawaii, Del.,” 1/3/12
- Daily News, “The Honeygoobers,” 1/3/12
