Do You Regret voting for Obama?

I think he's done an ok job, so I certainly don't regret voting for him. Further, I don't think I could regret voting for Obama no matter how bad the last year had been given what the alternative was. If anything, I would ask Obama voters if they wish Clinton had won the primary instead.

 

(D) I do not regret... because I remember the alternative.

 

I don't regret voting for him but I still think Hilary would have been a better president. McCain lost me when he picked Palin.

I do think this was the wrong time to pick up health care. The economy is doing poorly with record deficits and the focus should be on that.

But the real problem right now is congress. The republicans are being the party of "No" and the democrats can't get their act together to get anything done without giving out special interest money.

 

G - did not vote for obama





(or mccain. i voted bob barr)
though, if i was given only these choices, i would have voted D, rep who does not regret. for the most part, he hasn't done anything to surprise me.

 

I regret voting for him, but I am sure mccain would have done the same thing.Our two par system is really one party. The corporate party.

 

Just watch the video of the Q&A with the Republicans.

If that's not the guy you want as President then I don't know what you would want. Just remember the President is not a dictator and the Democratic party is not a homogeneous organization of followers like the Republican party. Our government is purposely set up to retain the status quo and our elections are funded by a system where the people with the money dictate the discussion (or diversion). Change that goes against the money is very very hard. (change with the money can be done by bureaucratic dictates and executive signing statements).

I trust his instincts, values, logic and judgment. I'm glad he in there fighting the good fight. If it were me, I would have had to b**** slap some morans.

 

When Obama upset Hillary, I was delighted. I was happy because he seemed to exude a new American vision for itself -- opening the political process, putting the race issue to rest, restoring friendly American relations with the world, implementing health reform and reining in Wall Street.

Yes, I was opposed to his methodology, but I figured the Congressional legislative process would moderate the initiatives, leaving us with rational solutions for the aforementioned issues as well as others. Too, I was always afraid of Obama's running buds, but I had no idea how scary (at least to the general populace) they really were (are).

In reflection, (oh, how I hate writing this!) I think Hillary would have been the better President because, like Bill, she is more pragmatic than Obama. Obama and Hillary had the same amount of administrative and leadership experience, but Obama is proving so inept that the conclusion IMO is that Hillary could not have done worse.

As far as McCain, the country wanted a change so he really had no chance.

 

Basically

Rocket River

 

Someone just shoot me in the head if I ever decided that voting Sarah Palin one heartbeat away from the presidency would have been the right decision.

I still say that if McCain hadn't lost his mind with that insane choice, he would have won the election. Just my opinion.

 

I wanted Hilary all the way for the reason you listed. It wasn't so much that I didn't like Obama, just that I felt a lot more uncertainty about him. As oppose to Hilary who's a hard-core politician who can play dirty with the best of them.

And unfortunately, those fears have come true to a certain extent so far.

That said, voting Obama over McCain was definitely a no-brainer. I'd shudder to think what would be happening if McCain is the president right now.

 

I don't regret voting for Barack at all. People tend to forget the mess he inherited when becoming president.

He may seem to be "scattered", but I cannot find fault in a leader who has ambition to solve some of our biggest problems. Many are losing patience because they want short-term solutions, but the problems in the U.S. are long-term issues. He's addressing them methodically, and even trying to bring conservatives in with him. The "guy" before him seemed to have tunnel vision with one war that he could not resolve. He forgot about the other issues.

Obama hasn't.

I'd vote for him again if given the chance.

 

It would be nice if the people that were screaming about history vindicating Bush the lesser, would afford the same courtesy to the current president.

But yes, I am very proud of the job Mr. Obama is doing and will continue to do.

 

He's too ambitious. The biggest thing I thought he had going against him was lack of stubbornness. A president must be a little hard-headed to achieve what he feels is necessary for this country. Asking for bipartisanship and trying to get the other side to help create legislation is nice for the cameras, but it rarely works.

He's not been a real leader in my book. It's nice to see him focusing more on jobs now, but that should have been the priority last year. He's just came out and said "Hey I want to do this, this and this" but really hasn't laid out guidelines on how to achieve them. With him all but admitting health care reform is essentially dead, I hope he's going to come down a little bit and focus on one or two core issues, work to solve them and move on to the next.

 

Wow - poll fail. Only 2 BBS republicans signed up as Democrats who regret.

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/char...0-2?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

He has to be ambitious. He's got 4 years to work on the issues people trusted him to take a look at. It's not like he can sit back and wait for good timing on everything. There isn't good timing for the huge losses in jobs or healthcare. He's trying to take care of it, with the roadblocks, like he stated during his campaign.

I would be upset if he only had one or two priorities. That's incredibly limiting for Americans.

 

Agreed - and with healthcare, we're now seeing exactly why he pushed it so much last year. The window to deal with such a contentious topic is tiny. In yr 2 and 4, you have elections. In yr 3, you've generally suffered midterm losses. If you get re-elected, in yr 5-8, you're a lameduck President.

 

I voted for Obama and while I don't regret it, I'm a tad disappointed. He certainly was, by far, the best candidate in the election. 100 times out of 100 I want somebody who is smart, intellectually curious, and pragmatic. McCain and Palin embodied none of those qualities. However, I am disappointed with his lack of drive on issues like health care and the bailouts. It seems as though he's too insulated and when he does address public concerns, the liars paid off by the industries have already gotten into the brains of a small, but vocal part of the electorate.