Montgomery (ALABAMA) Advertiser Endorsement: Obama merits second term
Montgomery Advertiser Endorsement: Obama merits second term
12:09 PM, Oct. 26, 2012 |
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We Americans are notorious for our short political memories, for not always acknowledging that considerable progress has been made even though times are still difficult for many of us. Given the truly awful state of the economy four years ago and the geopolitical strains created in large part by unwise foreign policy decisions by the previous president, it is fair to say that few presidents have entered the Oval Office with as daunting a set of challenges as those that faced Barack Obama.
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A president can’t do everything. Neither the human capacity nor the constitutional authority exists for that. But a president can – indeed must – exercise sound and decisive leadership when the very foundations of a nation’s economy are imperiled. President Obama did that and an economy that was spiraling downward stabilized and began to recover.
The president of the United States of America also plays an enormous role on the global stage. The words “leader of the free world” are so often attached to the office because history has shown the impact that presidential decisions can have on the world. Obama’s calm, analytical style may not excite the gung-ho types, but it is plainly the preferable approach in an increasingly complex and intertwined world. Our time is not the black-and-white 1950s, when the world’s geopolitical lines were so clearly drawn.
A president must govern in the present, but also should have an eye to the future, to pathways and possibilities that might not fully open during his time in office and thus may offer him no political benefit. This president has that sort of vision, as evidenced by his ceaseless efforts to emphasize education, technology, green energy and other longer-term undertakings that will help build an America of the future that can lead not only through military might, but also through innovation and economic strength.
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http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20121026/OPINION01/121026009/Montgomery-Advertiser-Endorsement-Obama-merits-second-term
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/26/1150903/-Go-show-the-Montgomery-Advertiser-some-support
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