There are still about three months to go until the presidential election, but if it were held tomorrow, I think President Obama would likely win. However, with three months to go, there's still a lot that could happen to alter the tides in one direction or another. I do think there's one move Obama could make which would all but assure him of being re-elected - that's make Hillary Clinton his vice presidential candidate.
Obama should likely do fairly well with women voters as Democratic candidates tend to do. However, this would likely be the icing on the cake (so to speak) to swing women independent and undecided voters to his/their side. Mitt Romney made his move in announcing Paul Ryan as his running mate and has seen a very slight (below-average) bounce in the polls due to it. While I personally find Joe Biden to be a likable guy, I honestly don't believe from an election standpoint, he either adds or subtracts anything from the president's standing. I believe Hillary Clinton would add to his standing and if he/they should win, provide for a nice segue into her being the party's nominee in 2016.
In the end, I highly doubt President Obama will do this, unless Biden makes the gaffe of a lifetime (which I suppose he is capable of) or is caught in a major scandal. However, I doubt that is going to happen and Obama will stick with Biden by his side. If things get a bit too close for comfort, though, or he's in the middle of a seemingly never-ending negative-news cycle for a week and can't seem to dig his way out of it, I really think making Hillary Clinton his VP candidate would do a number of things - all positive - for him and his re-election chances.
Obama should likely do fairly well with women voters as Democratic candidates tend to do. However, this would likely be the icing on the cake (so to speak) to swing women independent and undecided voters to his/their side. Mitt Romney made his move in announcing Paul Ryan as his running mate and has seen a very slight (below-average) bounce in the polls due to it. While I personally find Joe Biden to be a likable guy, I honestly don't believe from an election standpoint, he either adds or subtracts anything from the president's standing. I believe Hillary Clinton would add to his standing and if he/they should win, provide for a nice segue into her being the party's nominee in 2016.
In the end, I highly doubt President Obama will do this, unless Biden makes the gaffe of a lifetime (which I suppose he is capable of) or is caught in a major scandal. However, I doubt that is going to happen and Obama will stick with Biden by his side. If things get a bit too close for comfort, though, or he's in the middle of a seemingly never-ending negative-news cycle for a week and can't seem to dig his way out of it, I really think making Hillary Clinton his VP candidate would do a number of things - all positive - for him and his re-election chances.
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