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Originally Posted by RichieLion
"If President Obama is not willing to seize the moral high ground and step aside, then the two Democratic leaders in Congress, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, must urge the president not to seek re-election—for the good of the party and most of all for the good of the country. And they must present the only clear alternative—Hillary Clinton."
This is the core of the story in the Wall Street Journal by Patrick Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen. An interesting think piece with reference to historical precedent for a President to step aside for the good of the country and his party if it becomes apparent that he could not effectively govern even if elected.
I thought it fascinating.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj |
richielion: i started a new thread the other day about this same story entitled Queen of Mean........ It was interesting to find that Caddell was a pollster for Carter and Schoen a pollster for Clinton. We know of course that the push for Hillary being made by these two pollsters is unsolicited. It can be they are fronting for the Clinton's. Hillary played her cards well after her defeat in the 2008 primary. However Obma made a bad move by allowing Hillary to stay viable and continue to build hber resume' by appointing her Secretary of State. If she could the Queen of Mean would push Obama right down the stairs.
As you recall the authors of this article claimed Obama's poll number very low and that he would have to wage the most negative campaign in recent political history to survive and even if he did he would not be able to govern.
Obama is too ego-centric to step down it it just not in his DNA