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History Shows: Odds Against Obama's Second Term

Lonnie32 Wrote: Apr 01, 2012 11:13 AM

I strongly suspect that for a change, the Russians have vetted obama and have the goods on him that enables them to blackmail him. They will get whatever they want from him to just keep quiet. How odd that the Russians would support a muslim leaning president when so much of Russian strife is muslim directed and authored. So too, a Lincoln quote comes to mind... "you can fool some of the people ALL the time." Would we have an election as corrupt as a Russian one,,,,,, again. You betcha.

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History Shows: Odds Against Obama's Second Term

A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.

As he campaigns for re-election, Barack Obama pursues a profound and uncommon honor denied to nearly two-thirds of his predecessors. Contrary to a widely held popular belief, political history doesn’t anoint incumbent presidents as automatic winners or even presumptive favorites. The numbers show that most presidents fail in their efforts to maintain a long-term hold on the affections of the fickle public and that Obama will face an uphill struggle in attempting to reprise his epic victory of 2008.

Of the 42 men who served as president before...

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