2012: How Do You Not Re-elect A Nobel Peace Prize Recipient?

[stopbush]

Methinks this award has made it that much tougher for Obama to be unseated by the Rs in 2012.

Opinions?

[vadawg]

1. rpfl. you dont really believe that if Obama screws teh pooch then the nobel will keep him in office

[phantom power]

2. Certainly won't hurt. But if the economy is still bad or worse...

I think he can be challenged.

[vadawg]

5. i think the big one will be taxes, if the pledge of no new taxes under $250,000

is broken then i think that will be it... moreso than the the wars...

[Fresh_Start]

3. I don't think it will have a material effect on the election process

during economic hardtimes, the vote will be driven by the peoples view of their economic situation and future

[MadHound]

4. Because he continues to wage and expand war.

:shrug:

[el_bryanto]

6. I think it could go either way

Certainly if he lives up to the award than I think he will be a very strong candidate. On the other hand if after a few years it looks like he's all flash and no substance, well, than Republicans might well be able to use it against him.

Bryant

[jpljr77]

7. I wouldn't count on that.

I'm sure that the Right is going to go into overdrive to discredit the prize in the next few years (as if they hadn't already).

By the time 2012 rolls around, you'll see ads that basically say, "The last three Americans to win the Nobel Peace Prize were Jimmy Carter (cue circus music), Al Gore (cue ominous music)....and Barack Hussein Obama. So Obama is just like Gore and Carter. Does he deserve another four years?"

And that'll work on many, many people. Those people can kiss my ass, but it'll still work.

[Enrique]

8. jobs jobs jobs

Obama's Nobel isn't going to put food on your family.

[joeycola]

10. It will depend on the state of the economy--that I know.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. I wouldn't count on that

Britain chucked Winston Churchill out as PM in between the end of WW2 in Europe and the end in the Pacific. If a populace decides it has other issues (in 1945, Britain wanted a Labour government for domestic policy), they'll happily disregard international events.