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@Jan '13 c 272 comments V 618 votes

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Hoosierdaddy

v Yes

Well I'm always hopeful

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9MileTrucking voted

v No
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rojopa voted

v No
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LEC

v No

No, partially because of the obstructionist tactics of the Right and partly because Obama can't settle in on Who He IS.. he keeps trying to emulate various past presidents and that keeps him from finding his own stride. Too bad.. there really was a lot of hope for his Presidency.. I doubt you can find too many people who feel that way now.

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DesignerLM voted

v No
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Bill2E

v No

Let me restate that answer, HELL NO

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May 18
iraya voted

v No
May 18
Koma voted

v No
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May 18
DrSilicon voted

v No
May 17
DanielZ endorsed Russell797

v Yes
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May 17
buckilaked voted

v Somewhat
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May 16
N0rthman endorsed CaryNickel

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May 15
LilliB voted

v No
May 14
RadAuthNat endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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May 13
Fyi1957 endorsed Raptor

v Yes
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May 12
URBS endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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May 12
Michael_Taylor endorsed RedFloppyShoes

v No
May 11

OpenGov

v Somewhat

I'm a single issue voter, and Obama has shown strong support for Open Government. No telling how this will affect business as usual, but it's a step in the right direction!

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GunPolitics endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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carljacord voted

v Yes
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May 9
anc713 endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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May 9
Tripod endorsed mimi57

v No
May 8
slov endorsed RedFloppyShoes

v No
May 8

Prime_Meridian

v No

I once was optimistic about President Obama's second term. Sadly, I am no longer.

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Remember2Wipe endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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May 6

The_Bald_Guy

v No

One positive note:.we.will definitely be.done.with him after.this one...

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May 5
tomincali endorsed RedFloppyShoes

v No
May 5
joyshusband voted

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TheHandsomeOne

v No

I've not been the slightest bit optimistic about anything to do with government since Perot promised to tear down the halls of congress and GIVE the government back to the people.

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May 4
Randolf endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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Nemesis3X endorsed RedFloppyShoes

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May 3

Mr_me

v No

I am hopeful but don't expect things will turn around. I would love to see this economy improve see folks get back on their feet. I don't care who gets the credit

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May 3
Jackie312gm endorsed mimi57

v No
May 2

NoAmnestyEVER

v No

The only two things I'm optimistic about are that Obama's mass amnesty of 33 million illegals will fail miserably and that we'll have a Republican president in 2016.

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May 2

Chromalord

v No

The GOP has made it clear that they can ill-afford any victories by the White House and hope to still win in 2016. That plan didnt work out to well for them before, I wonder why they are still pursuing it. Obviously the people that get hurt are the same people the GOP puts on the back-burner behind their own greedy interests. I'm still not convinced Obama's ethnicity is completely off the table.

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May 1

Concerned_Cit

v No

He's the biggest SCAM that has been perpetrated on America so far.

B2

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May 1
Deste66 voted

v No
May 1
AntiPorcheria endorsed RedFloppyShoes

v No
Apr 30
Keystroke voted

v No
Apr 30

darkmoonman

v No

Can't move the Rethuglicans to even appear to be reasonable.

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Apr 30
FFX_VA voted

v No
Apr 30
GuitarGuy19 voted

v No
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Apr 30

Angry_man

v No

Hell no and I'm not optimistic about his third either.

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Apr 29
Drgeezer voted

v No
Apr 28
Mnementh voted

v No
Apr 27
O_S_Thomas endorsed Russell797

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Apr 27
blueberrysyrup voted

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Apr 27
toledodude voted

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nickhotrod voted

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Apr 26

Big_jeff

v No

Is this a trick question?

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Hoosierdaddy

v Yes

Well I'm always hopeful

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LEC

v No

No, partially because of the obstructionist tactics of the Right and partly because Obama can't settle in on Who He IS.. he keeps trying to emulate various past presidents and that keeps him from finding his own stride. Too bad.. there really was a lot of hope for his Presidency.. I doubt you can find too many people who feel that way now.

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Bill2E

v No

Let me restate that answer, HELL NO

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May 11

OpenGov

v Somewhat

I'm a single issue voter, and Obama has shown strong support for Open Government. No telling how this will affect business as usual, but it's a step in the right direction!

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May 8

Prime_Meridian

v No

I once was optimistic about President Obama's second term. Sadly, I am no longer.

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May 6

The_Bald_Guy

v No

One positive note:.we.will definitely be.done.with him after.this one...

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May 5

TheHandsomeOne

v No

I've not been the slightest bit optimistic about anything to do with government since Perot promised to tear down the halls of congress and GIVE the government back to the people.

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May 3

Mr_me

v No

I am hopeful but don't expect things will turn around. I would love to see this economy improve see folks get back on their feet. I don't care who gets the credit

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May 2

NoAmnestyEVER

v No

The only two things I'm optimistic about are that Obama's mass amnesty of 33 million illegals will fail miserably and that we'll have a Republican president in 2016.

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May 2

Chromalord

v No

The GOP has made it clear that they can ill-afford any victories by the White House and hope to still win in 2016. That plan didnt work out to well for them before, I wonder why they are still pursuing it. Obviously the people that get hurt are the same people the GOP puts on the back-burner behind their own greedy interests. I'm still not convinced Obama's ethnicity is completely off the table.

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May 1

Concerned_Cit

v No

He's the biggest SCAM that has been perpetrated on America so far.

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Apr 30

darkmoonman

v No

Can't move the Rethuglicans to even appear to be reasonable.

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May 2

NoAmnestyEVER

Like giving amnesty to 33 million illegals is "reasonable".

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May 2

darkmoonman

@NoAmnestyEVER They admitted publicly that they oppose everything, not because their supporters want them to, but because they've vowed to block everything. Also, they admitted they don't care what the people they represent (e.g. you) want - they'll vote any way they please.

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Apr 30

Angry_man

v No

Hell no and I'm not optimistic about his third either.

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Apr 26

Big_jeff

v No

Is this a trick question?

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Apr 26

4PeteSake

v Yes

The only thing I am pessimistic about is how far the Obama-Haters will go to try and wreck everything so they can blame him.

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Apr 25

jmiller94

v No

Second verse, same as the first. Lies, skyrocketing unemployment, lies, expansion of government, lies, murdered Americans and non-combatants, lies, higher taxes, lies, uncontrollable debt, lies, did I mention lies? Oh and infringement of civil liberties.

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Apr 25

RightWingJive

v Yes

Yes. To an extent, the racism has toned down on the part of the far right. Obama beat them some convincingly, that many Republicans and right wingers are just beaten down. Also, I believe the Dems will take congress in 2014 which should end the right wing reign of terror. The President is such a great leader that he will find a way to continue to preserve American principles, and continue to protect us against the tyranny of the far right wing. The bottom line is that America had to be protected for the hateful and racist right wing. He has done that. That, in itself, is a success.

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Apr 24

MarkColwell

v No

I don't think it's going to be pretty, not as bad a Romney presidency... but still pretty bad.

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Feb '13

Kevinjnelson

v Somewhat

The only reason I am saying I'm somewhat optimistic is that Reagan came to power from the Carter era, so maybe we'll get a new conservative movement from this term too. History repeats itself, right?

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Jan '13

Jlwolff2012

v No

HAHAHAHAHA... no. I wasn't optimistic about the first! He has drug this nation down into an economic, security, and spending hole! Yes, he has a great leader and friendly look to himself as well as his family, BUT he has been neither of these in the past four years, and will NOT become one in the upcoming four.

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RedFloppyShoes

v No

There will be higher taxes, more restrictive laws, more out of control EPA regulations, fewer jobs, higher unemployment, more debt, more out of control spending...and the list goes on. So no, I am anything BUT optimistic.

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Jan '13

CaryNickel

v No

Nearly half the electorate didn't vote to re-elect Obama, nor do they support his policies, yet he governs as if he had some sort of mandate with his "my way or the highway" attitude, alienating half the nation. His definition of "compromise" is everyone agreeing with him, yet he is actually the least experienced President we've seen in my lifetime. His interest is only in furthering his marxist agenda, the Constitution and liberty mean nothing to him. He ignores the deep rooted problems our nation's economy faces while working to "fundamentally transform" our nation into something it was never meant to be. He ignored the economy during his first term, opting to push s...

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Jan '13

Russell797

v Yes

Yes, but only if he grows a pair and stops giving in to the intransigent right, and pushes harder to represent the ideals he won a majority of the vote to do. Clean, renewable energy and infrastructure improvements should be at the top of the list. Both sorely needed, and a great way to boost the economy.

B3

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Jan '13

mimi57

v No

The last four years were bad, I can't even imagine what what he has in store for the next four ...or more. He's taking our Second Amendment Right, and working on taking the rest, some people can't accept he is leading us into Socialism or worse. They either can't understand it, or even scarier, is the fact that many seem to embrace it. That's only because they have always known Freedom and our Freedom came from much blood shed by our courageous patriots that fought and died for this great Nation...it's a New time , and one I know many will have regrets for the decision they made. Socialism/ Communism or Fascism doesn't work and we are headed in any of the three direc...

B4

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Jan '13

PNWest

v Yes

I believe that Obama's biggest failure in his first term was in trying to be a post partisan President. He got that completely and totally wrong. He assumed that the GOP would work with him to fix the country's problems. He should have known better. From the beginning the GOP has put party ahead of country and has obstructed as many of Obama's initiatives as they could. Over the last 2 years or so Obama has realized it and I think he will not only fight FOR America in the next 4 years but will fight GOP obstructionism instead of trying to compromise. The American people are with him in this effort and I expect to see more progress.

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Jan '13

DogLady_1

v Somewhat

ONLY if Americans stop looking to the president as the answer to all our problems and start making their own elected representatives responsible and hold them accountable. I am not that optimistic about congress right now at all. Presidents can't do much without some cooperation and proper statesmanship from the legislature. "Everyone thinks about changing the world, but no one thinks about changing himself." -Leo Tolstoy

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Jan '13

Raptor

v Yes

I am very optimistic about Obama's second term!

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Jan '13

Liz29

v Yes

Yes I am I believe if the right finally puts the Country ahead of corporations & the 1% the President's agenda will take America up & forward .

B1

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wangotango

v No

Hard to have an optimistic view with an already failed presidency

B3

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Jan '13

armed_liberal

v Yes

He won't be able to fix the budget until the Republicans are ousted in 2014.

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