Saturday, August 6, 2011

Don't Count on the GOP Scoring an Own-Goal in '12

Steve Kornacki, Salon
How many times in the last few months have you heard something like this: "Obama would be in serious trouble in 2012, if only the Republicans had a serious candidate"?This kind of thinking is fairly typical at this stage of an election cycle. Even when an incumbent's approval numbers are dangerously low (as Obama's now are) and when there are strong signs that the campaign will be waged under adverse economic conditions (as there now are), there's a natural tendency to overstate the weaknesses and liabilities of that incumbent's potential...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/06/don039t_count_on_the_gop_scoring_an_own-goal_in_03912_260965.html

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