would repubicans accept a 2nd obama term as legitimate?
 

just a meaningless poll.

i think it's moderatly unlikely he's re-elected given the economy but if it happens what are the chances the opposition accepts him as the legitimate leader of the country for a 2nd term?

moot point, Obama will be flushed in a landslide.

but to your question, what do you consider acceptance?
I mean unless there was something illegal or improper about the vote count that could be contested in court, what are they to do? draft a resolution saying "we don't accept the president"?
they would simply do what they are doing now which is to shut down his radical agenda.

the gop will get the senate next time, so even if obama pulled some hail mary and got another term, he would be reduced to being even more of a bystander than he is now. he'd probably love it, nothing but vacations, golfing, and speeches while the GOP fixes the mess we're in.

they could try to impeach him over a blow job.

because, you know, that's important stuff.

and obama won't win unless you folks manage to completely **** up the economic hand you've been dealt. which i don't put beyond your apparently retarded political capabilities. this whole disaster you seem not just unable to avoid but actually yearn for is a gift.

he'd have no chance with a 10% unemployment rate absent your insistence to grab onto the responsibility for it.

what radical agenda??

If you had to put your money where your mouth is ... seeing that Obama is heavily favored to win re-election and all ... who would you bet against him with?

Mitt Romney: 5.3-to-1 odds

Rick Perry: 7.8-to-1 odds

Michele Bachman: 30-to-1 odds

Joe Biden: 30-to-1 odds

Tim Pawlenty: 34-to-1 odds

Jon Huntsman: 36-to-1 odds

Ron Paul: 45-to-1 odds

Sarah Palin: 47-to-1 odds

Newt Gingrich: 165-to-1 odds


Do any of those prices look better than the 3-to-5 on Obama?

Rick Perry does.

I don't get the question. Why wouldn't they "accept" a second term? This isn't the Sudan.

Considering he has zero name recognition - at least around here - he seems to be where all of the money betting against Obama is going.

He's got good hair and can put on the Holy Roller routine and brag about how well Texas is doing in spite of Obama.

People are scared and they want a tough talkin religious man.

Add Jeb Bush to the list...


"Jeb Bush may run for President. Bush Presidencies are like 'Caddyshack' movies. They should have stopped with one." –David Letterman

Considering the number of right-wing extremists that don't accept the President's first term as legimate, I doubt they will change for his second.

LOL - What "radical" agenda? The health care reform was left over from Nixon and the 1980's Republicans. Obama's financial polices are pure center-right Republican.

Wait until he raises the debt ceiling next week without Congress and you'll see how people feel.. The smart folks will know that doing so saved the economy but the usual suspects will call for his head. Not a fan of his but he has been dealt 2-7 Offsuit is playing it.

Perry is already trying to distance himself from his crazy preacher friends that will tank any candidacy. He's taken millions in government bail-out money to try and save his state. He's just a male Michelle Bachmann. Another loon with fluffy hair and a personal pipeline to a god.

Jeb Bush won't run. The GOP works via primogeniture. It's Mitt's time.

Good point. Following the Constitution would enrage the Tea Party Pocket Constitutionalists. I've always thought Obama will do this Monday evening next, but now I'm not so sure. I'm changing my "final game" bet to be the House passing a clean, one-sentence bill Monday evening 11:30pm.

i'd take romney at 5-1. i think most of the party will coalesce around him as the "anyone but bachman" candidate after she wins iowa and s. carolina. he'll have enough money and organization to absorb those losses and fight on. and he's already running as the nominee. note his absence in the debt ceiling debate.

he'll be reasonably formidable. i'd put his fair odds at 7-5. it's going to be a much tougher general election than a lot of democrats think unless the house repubicans actually decide to fly an airplane into the economy.

3-5 that is going to happen:eek:

bodog just posted odds on the 2012 presidential election.

dems -155

reps +125

that's why i think 5-1 + on romney would be a great bet.