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  Barack Obama, One-Term President?
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Last EditedJason  Jul 19, 2010 06:53pm
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AuthorGreg Valliere
News DateThursday, June 3, 2010 06:05:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionFor the first time since Barack Obama’s inauguration 16 months ago, we’re beginning to think there’s a reasonable chance he’ll be just a one-term president.

Even though the economy is enjoying a modest recovery, there are three compelling factors that are making us think Obama is in serious trouble in 2012:

He has a tin ear: The Gulf oil spill disaster has highlighted a major Obama flaw – he doesn’t do empathy very well. Cerebral and aloof, Obama spent over an hour in a recent press conference (his first one in 10 months) describing the Gulf crisis in clinical terms, before he discussed his daughter’s plea to cap the well. Bill Clinton could empathize better than any recent president; he felt your pain 24/7. It’s a skill set Obama simply doesn’t have.

The press has turned: So much for the press being in bed with Obama. Reporters are furiously digging for more evidence of lax oversight of the oil industry in the revolving door climate in which regulators get hired by Big Oil. The media refuses to believe that an economic recovery is underway, and seems to be rooting for a good story to boost ratings and circulation – and what better story than the endangered incumbents? Reporters clearly adored Obama during the 2008 campaign, but the bloom is off the rose.
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