Another Call For Ending President Obama's Presidency, This One From His Home Town

Yesterday, we reviewed the far less than stellar performance of President Obama's first three years in office. Unfortunately, when you look at his body of work you find that his policies have been short sighted, nonstrategic, and mostly failures, his ability to grab history and lead has been non-existent, and he has stood idly by as his staff, his political party members, and others have insulted, threatened, and defamed honest Americans who had legitimate  differences of opinions with his policies.

As a result of this review, yesterday we called on the President to resign immediately. We do not expect his policies, attitudes, and compassion to change in the last year of his Presidency and we have witnessed the politicizing of the office of President so much so that just about everything President Obama does these days is totally focused on his future political career and not the best interests of America.

While it is next to impossible that the President will follow our resignation recommendation, we are not alone in our distaste and disappointment with this administration. Earlier this week, Steve Chapman, a well known columnist for the Chicago Tribune, one of the main papers in President Obama's home town called for the President not to seek re-election and step aside in 2012, presuming that Hillary Clinton would then become the Democratic Party Presidential candidate in 2012. Mr. Chapman is a 30 year member of the paper's editorial board, a paper that endorsed Obama for President in 2008.

The reasons for calling for a one term Presidency included the following:

• The President's approval rating is at its lowest level since the beginning of his term.
• His political party just lost two seats in the House Of Representatives, one of which has been held by the Democratic party for the past 88 years.
• He is going all in with his latest jobs bill, a bill that most Americans do not think will work.
• The weak economy is getting weaker.
• Unemployment is stubbornly high.
• Home foreclosures are still rampant.
• He battles daily with the Republicans who are quite likely to retain control of the House and possibly gain control of the Senate after the 2012 elections.

More broadly, Mr. Chapman points out that second terms are not often friendly for Presidents. Nixon resigned in his second term, Reagan had to deal with the serious Iran Contra scandal in his second term, and Bill Clinton got entangled with Monica Lewinsky during his second term.

Additionally, many veteran, established staff members decide to move on after the first term, leaving the second term President with a less experienced staff: "Administration officials get weary after four years and leave in droves. The junior varsity has to be put into service. New ideas are hard to come by."

Not a pretty picture. Imagine how far this Presidency has fallen. Less than three years ago Obama had sky high approval ratings. Today they have never been lower. He was supported not only by his home town newspapers but support from major newspapers and news magazines across the country and even across the world. Today, at least one of those home town papers are saying enough is enough. "Hope" and 'change" were actual things to aspire to rather than being bumper sticker fodder.

The reasons we outlined yesterday are basically in line with Mr. Chapman's recommendation of one term. This Presidency has fallen short of all expectations, life in the country is worse than it was just three years ago, his administration has introduced unheard of levels economic uncertainty, tax uncertainty, and self doubt into the national conscious, and this President is more focused on next year's election than reversing the multitude of serious negative trends.

Thus, maybe he should accept Mr. Chapman's recommendation, as laid out in his column: "If he runs for re-election, Obama may find that the only fate worse than losing and is winning. But he might arrange things so it will be (Hillary) Clinton who has the unenviable job of reviving the economy, balancing the budget, getting out of Afghanistan, and grappling with House Majority Leaders Eric Cantor. Obama, meanwhile, will be on a Hawaiian beach, wrestling the cap off a Corona."

It is a scenario that many Americans, Republicans, Democrats, and independents, are becoming increasingly comfortable with.


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