Given President Barack Obama’s ineptitude, many Americans wonder why anyone would think of giving him a second term.
But his fundraising ability, his support from special-interest groups and the unskeptical media coverage he enjoys guarantee that unseating him will not be easy, despite the dismal economy, the massive debt and the rising international threats that America faces — in considerable part because of his irresponsible policies.
And yet, we must acknowledge that the Republican prospects do not represent everything we want in a presidential candidate, either.
Any of the GOP hopefuls — former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich or Texas Congressman Ron Paul — would be an improvement on Obama. Each has considerable private-sector and/or political experience, as well as an understanding of the need to halt the explosive growth of government.
By contrast, the president’s lack of wisdom is apparent in everything from the disastrous $862 billion “stimulus” to unconstitutional ObamaCare to his unwillingness to confront the Iranian nuclear threat to his shocking belief that we should “negotiate” with the radical Muslim Taliban in Afghanistan, which sheltered the al-Qaida terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11.