Reply #152: My views have changed on this matter. When I voted for Obama in the 2008 GE I said

[StevieM]

that I already planned to vote against him in the 2012 Democratic Primaries. That was part of how I convinced myself to vote for someone who I strongly disliked.

I have since had a change of heart. I think Obama is doing his best under very difficult circumstances. I think he gets blamed for a lot of things that aren't his fault. And I definitely believe that he has made major changes that our country has desperately needed for a long time. We appear to be on the brink of health care reform passing. The president has given us an outstanding Supreme Court Justice in Sonia Sotomayor. There's a whole bunch of other stuff too: the Budget, the Stimulus, and various Democratic bills in a variety of areas.

Obviously, the 2012 election is a long way off. But I think Obama will be re-nominated and re-elected.

Steve