COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama had been stuck for weeks in Washington D.C., working with Congress to raise the debt ceiling to avoid a catastrophic default. The debt ceiling was raised, catastrophe was averted, and the president got back on the campaign trail.
The place of choice for his comeback: the Midwest. In my opinion, this was definitely a poor choice of venue for his campaign restart. He selected an area of the country that has lower unemployment compared to the US, at around 6 percent in Iowa, 7 percent in Minnesota, and 8.6 percent in Illinois according to the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The goal was to preach jobs and economic growth to rural America and to grab some attention away from the Republican candidates in the Iowa straw poll. In the few days of his bus tour, he made a feeble attempt at promoting his agenda and trying to rally his campaign numbers from the depths in a state that seemingly isn't feeling the full pain of the U.S. unemployment situation. But will this be enough to turn the tide of public angst against him? I don't think so.
I don't think that president has done enough to help his campaign chances. Personally, I think he has the ability to do a good job as president, and is a charismatic leader that could harness the populace and bring the hope and change he said he would bring. But that's the problem, the hope and change he wants is not what America wants. America wants less bureaucracy, and to make their own decisions, not be forced to do something, like by health insurance. The Internet is already full of comments from individuals who are embarrassed that they voted for him in 2008. What does this say about his re-election chances? It says that the president will have to re-market himself if he wants any chance of keeping his job. In 2008 he didn't really have a record that would reflect on him. But with the Affordable Care Act, Operation Gun Runner, Libya, runaway deficits, high unemployment, and a sour market, his record doesn't reflect what he is campaigning. The hope and change he brought seems to be for the worse.
There is still more than a year before Election Day, and a lot of governing to do until then. What he does between now and November 2012, will decide whether will be re-elected. In my opinion, if he keeps going in this direction, he will join the rest of the unemployed in January. As for the future, I'm not sure who I am voting for next year, but I'm pretty confident in who I'm not voting for.
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