I have a buddy who's a Republican, and proud of it. He's a proselytizer, too, always making an argument for his side. I chortled when he claimed earlier this week that Obama was going to ruin the economy. Look at the unemployment figures, he crowed. Where's the stimulation that the stimulus was supposed to stimulate, he raved.
Pick your battles, my friend. If there's one thing that will look better when Obama runs again, it's the economy.
BHO may or may not get us out of either Iraq or Afghanistan, and the country might still be running massive deficits in 2012 when we get to have another presidential campaign. But I can guarantee that when people are asked, during that glorious season of debates and stump speeches, if they are better off now than they were four years ago, it will be the resoundingest "yes" we've heard in a while.
Tie your fortunes to Obama's health care reform agenda. Tie your political fortunes to his foreign policy, which will certainly include a blunder or two. Hope for a debilitating scandal that ensnares Biden and Pelosi and makes the D's look corrupt. But unless you're a complete idiot, don't bet on the economy tanking. Seriously people. It hit rock bottom with the Bush League, but those days are over and the adults are back in charge now.
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