has to be prepared to stay there until the rebels can undo gadhafi. it s not just the rebels. it s the people who will ultimately undo gadhafi. it s also going to be economic sanctions. freeze of his assets. $30 billion his assets have been frozen. but do we have to stay there so long as he s in office? not necessarily. depends on depends on whether or not the other means, the economic means, the political means succeed and it depends on whether or not the people are able to contain him and ultimately remove him. the military mission is clearly stated, not to remove gadhafi. i didn t hear a lot of protest, by the way. the mission was stated to be limited. and stated that it s not going to be a mission which continual expands. the military was very much worried about a mission which would creep, as they put it. they wanted to know what the goals were. they were limited set goals, no troops on the ground.
about and we fear it for our children, our own lives as we go on. if the economy is going down and 9% or 8% becomes the new normal, and young people coming out of college don t have the chance that the kids 10, 20 years ago are having, and that looks real and permanent and this president s not changing that, how can he get re-elected? objectively. depends on who s running against him. really? how can you blow it if you re facing an incumbent who s admitting he can t do anything about a downturn. he s a good, talented politician who s able to inspire hope and change and hope and changey stuff. he s good at it. you have to have somebody who s good up against him. i think the conventional wisdom has gagner too far saying he s a shoo-in. unemployment is the key. as long as republicans want to talk about the size of government like bill kristol is, they re missing the point. it s about jobs, it s about economic security. it s about hope. and winning the future, it may sound grea
and young people coming out of college don t have the chance that the kids 10, 20 years ago are having, and that looks real and permanent and this president s not changing that, how can he get re-elected? objectively. depends on who s running against him. really? how can you blow it if you re facing an incumbent who s admitting he can t do anything about a downturn. he s a good, talented politician who s able to inspire hope and change and hope and changey stuff. he s good at it. you have to have somebody who s good up against him. i think the conventional wisdom has gagner too far saying he s a shoo-in. unemployment is the key. as long as republicans want to talk about the size of government like bill kristol is, they re missing the point. it s about jobs, it s about economic security. it s about hope. and winning the future, it may sound great as the president keeps saying. how about winning the present? are they smart in saying it s the deficit s fault, the reason the
are having, and that looks real and permanent and this president s not changing that, how can he get re-elected? objectively. depends on who s running against him. really? how can you blow it if you re facing an incumbent who s admitting he can t do anything about a downturn. he s a good, talented politician who s able to inspire hope and change and hope and changey stuff. he s good at it. you have to have somebody who s good up against him. unemployment is the key. as long as republicans want to talk about the size of government like bill kristol is, they re missing the point. it s about jobs, it s about economic security. it s about hope. and winning the future, it may sound great as the president keeps saying. how about winning the present? are they smart in saying it s the deficit s fault, the reason the economy s not growing in in other words, that s the problem? that s a round yabtabout way of saying it s about jobs. they re talking about their own
former vice president dick cheney says that president obama will be a one-term president. is he right? jamie in st. louis, depends on who runs against him. if palin or gingrich wins the republican nomination, obama wins the presidency in a land side. if chris christie would run, it would be a close election. a third party candidate would also throw in a wrench. if hillary clinton runses against obama in a primary, i think this time she d win. mark writes, yes. when $5 gasoline and 12% unemployment hit the american public in two years, obama will go back to organizing communities. jeff in georgia, mr. cafferty with more than a year until the gop nominates its candidate, it s premature for cheney to make that prediction with certainty. if the republicans have a dynamic ticket that can garner the independent vote, they ll have a great chance. if not, obama wins a second term. john writes from new jersey. yes, cheney is right. it s been obvious from the