Why Obama Could Lose
We are now barely a week before the Presidential election and polls are showing the race pretty evenly divided between President Obama and his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney. Why are things so close?
*The economy has not recovered as well as many had hoped.
*Unemployment is still high.
*Although many had hoped electing a black man would resolve some of the racial issues in the US, in many ways it has only increased them.
*The youth vote that helped push Obama over the top in 2008 is not as engaged as they were 4 years ago.
*Many whites who voted for Obama out of "white guilt" no longer feel obligated to show how open and unbiased they are. This year the "prove you are not bigoted" vote could swing toward Romney due to his Mormon religion.
*The attack on the consulate at Benghazi, Libya, which was initially reported as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video, has now been shown to be a coordinated terrorist attack that killed 4 Americans, including the ambassador. It makes the Obama administration look weak and confused.
*The economy has not recovered as well as many had hoped.
*Unemployment is still high.
*Although many had hoped electing a black man would resolve some of the racial issues in the US, in many ways it has only increased them.
*The youth vote that helped push Obama over the top in 2008 is not as engaged as they were 4 years ago.
*Many whites who voted for Obama out of "white guilt" no longer feel obligated to show how open and unbiased they are. This year the "prove you are not bigoted" vote could swing toward Romney due to his Mormon religion.
*The attack on the consulate at Benghazi, Libya, which was initially reported as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video, has now been shown to be a coordinated terrorist attack that killed 4 Americans, including the ambassador. It makes the Obama administration look weak and confused.
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