Will
the Black President have a second term in the White House?
Although
the latest opinion polls suggest a close fight between Barack Obama and his
rival Mitt Romney, both Democrats and Republicans have claimed victory ahead of
today’s elections.
The
latest Washington Post-ABC tracking poll released yesterday gave Obama (50%) a
three point lead over Romney (57%); but it is still within the margin of
statistical error.
The
poll also finds that Obama remains the favorite, with 55% of voters saying that
he will win. Only 35% believe Romney will win.
However,
CNN and the other major news networks believe that the polls are too close to
call.
My
own opinion is Obama will be hard to beat, especially by someone like Romney whose
positions on the critical issues continue to remain nebulous, perhaps
deliberately so. If Romney’s positions were half as clear, fixed and honest as
president Obama’s, then he would have been vanquished a long time ago. His
campaign consisted of mostly sloganeering!
Secondly, (and perhaps the only
clarity about his campaign is) he favours the rich and wants to return to the
Bush policies which were the main precipitant of America’s economic decrement.
And perhaps most importantly, Romney has not been honest and transparent with the
American people by his unwillingness to make full disclosure about his taxes.
My
own view is Romney may have disqualified himself, with only his PR bonanza
keeping him afloat! Why would Americans want to elect a man who is so inconsistent, who flip-flops so much like Romney to be
the president of the world’s greatest superpower?
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