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much better than they were. But now that he has to show that same strength on domestic issues -- especially raising taxes on the rich, maintaining Social Security and Medicare, creating jobs and making our trade policies fair to American workers.
If he falters on those issues, he could still face defeat -- a situation in which the Republican candidates are not broadly popular, but his core voters are just not enthusiastic enough to carry the majority vote.
The elimination of Bin Laden's threat appeals to most Americans, but it has stronger appeal for conservatives than for liberals, and in the end, it does not put food on the tables of struggling Americans. So, Obama has shown some leadership, gotten some results and won respect, but he still has a long way to go before he can be confident that he will win in 2012.
I'm glad Obama silenced the birther crowd (at least the more rational among them), but the Republicans are past masters at fabricating scandals, and Obama still faces potential bogus issues of all kinds. Sorry to be partisan at a time when Obama wants us to be united, but I put nothing past Republicans.
I really applaud the fact that Obama is reminding the country of the importance of unity. He showed courage in risking the attack on Bin Laden's compound, but more important, since the success of that attack, he has proved his wisdom by not crowing about it, by not hogging the credit for it and by emphasizing that it involved teamwork.
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