Charles Gibson, the former anchor of “ABC World News,” predicted President Barack Obama will win re-election while lecturing before a crowd of more than 800 on Sept. 20 at Quinnipiac University.
“Folks, Barack Obama is going to win,” Gibson said. “I don’t say that just because Mitt Romney is running an inept campaign which he is. He made a very maladroit statement on the Middle East and his 47 percent on the dole, etc. You now hear backstage rumblings from prominent Republicans who have basically written him off.
"But I say it because Barack Obama won 365 electoral votes in 2008. That’s 95 more than he needed for election. He can lose states like Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, all of which he won four years ago, and still be elected comfortably," Gibson said. "Every electoral map projection I’ve seen puts 237 electoral votes pretty solidly in the Obama column this year. That means he only needs to pick up 33 more.”
Watch the entire lecture. Gibson makes his prediction at the 23:10 mark of the video.
http://www.examiner.com/article/gallup-poll-60-percent-of-americans-don-t-trust-mass-media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkbmzwfkazY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
y Steven C. Johnson and Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK | Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:16pm IST (Reuters) - Barack Obama often gets slammed for his stewardship of the U.S. economy, but for stock investors, he's been one of the best presidents since World War Two. At 1,400, the S&P 500 on Friday was closing in on a four-year high and was up 74 percent since January 20, 2009, the day Obama took office. Not since Dwight Eisenhower's first term has a president had such a strong run for their first term.
a historical analysis of job growth percentages shows that Obama still fares better than some recent presidents. As of July, Obama is averaging +0.84 percent annual job growth in his term. That places him ahead of Bush, who saw +0.51 percent growth in his first term and -0.84 percent in his second term. Obama is also tracking better than George H.W. Bush, who presided over +0.69 percent growth during his one term in the White House.
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2012/02/welfare-spending-under-obama-dramatic.html?m=1
Private sector jobs: If looking at hiring by businesses, the gap is actually much wider -- the private sector has actually added 415,000 jobs since Obama took office. But it had cut 1.6 million jobs during a comparable period of Bush's first term. The difference is that budget-strapped state and local governments have slashed their staffs over the last four years while they were adding workers when Bush was in offic
Bush has been out of office four years this is Obamas mess, own it.
Im just wondering if you honestly buy your stuff;if you know its disingenuous nonsense, or if you are just copying and pasting some left wing blog? Your numbers are ridiculous. So just wonder if you post them here because you are dishonest or ignorant?
Just a couple of questions , with respect to your numbers and claims for miracle working by Obama. If the stock market is obama --then why cant the economy be obama? Arent they linked? In your mind, is it really obama who guided the stock market higher , despite being against trickle down economics, while he allowed the middle class and poor to languish , unattended and unemployed? How can the economy be bush, and the stock market obama? Dont you feel somewhat dirty, making these arguments? Obama took down Osama, but he had nothing to do with other actions by soldiers? Seems rather disingenuous. If you, Warren , lend me 100 mio dollars and I buy a yacht, a 15 mio dollar home in Greenwich and one in the South of France--a couple of Ferraris and nice shoes, am I rich, or do I just look rich, and actually owe more than I am worth? Since the election of Obama (ill employ your numbers game) the public debt went from 6.3 tril to 11.3 tril. (under bush 8 years went from 3.7 to 6.3) 2.6 trillion, despite all those costly wars under bush and 5 trillion in 3.7 years under obama. He is borrowing 4 times as fast as a guy you all say was terrible. The Obama economy is terrible, and ON TOP OF IT--its smoke and mirrors. Bernanke can keep printing all that money-and it has little place to go, but stocks--but its a bubble that is being inflated--and does not represent true value.
Warren, I encourage you to ask any person who owns a small business, what they think of Obama. Im serious. You all want to blame the stagnation on a lingering hangover from Bush--but ask small business owners about the costs , with Obamacare --the paperwork, the real out of pocket costs, and then you may have a clearer picture of why unemployment is so high. Most small business owners will simply say :you'd have to be crazy to hire someone with all the crap that exists now. This all sounds like the rhetoric that Republican politiicians try to get out --and are muted by the main stream media--but it happens to be true. I think the big mistake that Republican politicians have made surround their social agenda. The Media hates these policies-and therefore hates republicans-and spins stuff....but the truth about the economy-is that obama is terrible.
The popularity of the United States has been a centerpiece for democrats----its was terrible under Bush-and dems wanted a less cowboy-like hawk in the white house to improve this. So the result has been a somewhat better realtionship with Europe--worse with China, worse with the middle east--worse with Israel-- about the same with North Korea and South America....But dems will tell you ---they just feel better. Now with the flag burnings and anti american protests and a State dept that suddenly seems grossly inept and looking to cover up things, Obama's popularity is growing. --So somehow it doesnt seem to matter , in this regard anymore either. Strange. As for foreign policy-what is Obama's? we take out ghaddafi because he is slaughtering Libyans (who the Cia says are Al Queda that we are protecting-)because of French oil concerns. But allow Syrian citizens to die en masse --because France has no oil concerns. The Dems were outraged that Bush went into Iraq and cited oil as the disingenuous reasoning.....probably true-- but what about Libya? Why were we REALLY involved? Sorry- its all crap--and you guys should understand who this guy really is.
Media Having Trouble Finding Right Angle On Obama and Hillary's Double-Homicide... Propaganda anyone?
And the biggest problem the Liberals can come up with Romney is his taxes. I'm more worried how well he'll handle the economy and my taxes then how much he paid and donated to charity to lower his tax rate. Yes the 53 percent of us who do pay taxes are concerned.
jr, capitalism has saved more people from poverty than any system EVER (what? You mean your College professors didn't mention that?). So while you seem to be worshipping Castro and Clinton give that some thought.
Its not amusing to 'watch' left wing dolts, imbibe the kool aid that is spewed by the main stream media. To wit--the mess we got into is as a result of the bush policies , particularly deregulation. (marine corps pat, you have heard this right? Prove it--or admit the MSM is not a great news source) 2) Obama created 4.5 mio jobs. True Marine corps pat, but what is the NET job count since Nov 2008? Why does the MSm not challenge this total deception? You believe it no doubt. But the fact of the matter is, when Obama was elected the Unemployment rate was 6.5%. It stands now at 8.1% , after being over 10%. Now we are actually hearing how he has done a good job? And people buy it? Because of all the false numbers? "the economy when obama was elected was losing 800k jobs a month!! True. For about 5 months, 2 under bush and 3 under obama that is true. But, if the economy was so bad, (and it was) then why did Obama focus his efforts on Obamacare? "The GM bailout was good. 1 why? The american taxpayer simply was asked to pay for GM union retirees pensions. The company was never going to stop making cars. It simply needed to rid itself of the burden of overly generous retiree benefits, that had it going to bankruptcy. 2--GM is headed for bankruptcy again. Then what? More hoopla on how great a job that is to pay for union workers, while most of the country struggles with their own problems?