>>>>I would wish him luck, but I sincerely believe he is out to destroy the US. I think he is a globalist and he thinks our idea of work, get paid, purchase is not the way it should be. He thinks big government should steal from the workers and give to his voters (many of whom will not work, and don't pay taxes.) May he fail miserably, if my assessment is correct, and obviously, I believe it is.
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>>>I too have been thinking that lately too. I don't think he has a chance to win an election again. The only way he can stay in office is to create big crisis and postpone the election until he has - Umm let's call it - "handled the situation." If it comes to that, my basement and a couple of spare bedrooms are available. - And I ain't kidding. :-)
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>>Not a chance, you say. Let's make this interesting and place a friendly wager on it. I say Obama will be reelected. If you are interested, you can suggest the stakes. Nothing big; a friendly wager. The last time I did this I won. It doesn't even matter that the loser (someone I like quite a bit) welshed.
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>It's a wager not worth taking. AFAIK, only four times did the incumbent lose and one doesn't really count. Jimmy Carter, George H.W Bush, William Taft and Gerald Ford (the last doesn't count as he wasn't elected to be President). A known identity is better than the unknown in most American's eyes... no matter what has occurred during his Presidency, no change until his 2nd term ends I think.
It's hard to beat an incumbent. There has to be widespread dissatisfaction with the incumbent (check) and also a viable alternative (open). Unless the Repubs come up with someone Obama will be reelected by default.
I had a really enjoyable weekend in your home state. Saturday morning we went to the farmer's market at the state capitol, then went in and walked around. You can get in again, although it has changed. Only one entrance is now open and you have to go through a TSA style security check. They will arrest you if you put up a sign. The upper levels and the legislative chambers are now locked off. But you can still take in the sheer magistry of the building itself. When you stand at the center of the first floor and look up at the dome, for instance, I don't know how to describe it usefully other than to say it's impressive. It humbles you. My most excellent tour guide informed me that the sizable Italian community in Madison started with the guys who brought over green marble and knew how to work with it.
Less prosaically, she pointed out a now hidden historic site where peanut brittle was invented. None of us probably knew that, did we? ;-)
UPDATE: Some photos of the capitol --
http://www.google.com/search?q=wisconsin+state+capitol&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=FrE&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivnsum&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=brO-TcvLEY_TgQe55YnXBg&ved=0CGEQsAQ&biw=1693&bih=980"Whose house?"
"Our house!"
