How about you let the GOP finish the nomination process

I believe the republicans started the whole mess and Obamma didn;t get the chance to fix it all.I am a independent voter and I believe he won,t give up his post like Mitt Romney did as governor.Maybe if president he wood give it up to

The Republicans caused all of the problems and left this mess for Obama to straighten out. It can't be fixed overnight; he just needs more time, and things are definitely heading int he right direction. Building and remodeling has definitely picked up in the last year and there are more jobs available. So far, thins are looking good for the coming year.

Josephine: Oh please...the Republican Party didn't cause all the problems, and whatever part they may have had in it, they absolutely did NOT do it all on their own, they had *plenty* of help from the democrat party! Flinging poop around between the parties will never solve ANY of the problems we are facing...never has, never will.

obama has had time to make vast improvements, if that were his goal. But, instead, he and his cronies heaped more problems onto the burning ship, and we have been sinking more and more into the deep. Just because, now with a little push and shove with a House run by the Republicans, the sinking has been slowed, and a little patch work has helped to pump some of the flooding waters out of the boat...doesn't relflect much in the way of obama or his associates' abilities to pull our economy, and society, back from the brink in their desired way.

Four years have been more than enough.

Robert...same thing! But, though I agree with you about romney, I also never want to see obama as president of the US again after his first...and only...four years are up.

Carter 2.0

This is a contoversial poll. I am glad to see I am in the majority who thinks our current President should NOT get a second chance at ruining this country. Now hopefully that will resonate throughout this country.

If you think President Obama did a bad just this term, imagine what he would be like if he didnt have to worry about getting re-elected! I think we all heard the video of him talking to the Chinese. It is imperative that you get out there an actively work to get a new President, voting is not enough. I for one will be actively working for whoever is President Obama's opponent. Mitt Romney has more delegates that ALL of the other candidates combined, so its just a matter of time before he is officially the Republican nominee. I'm not saying the Republicans are perfect but they have to be better than what we have now! I've had all of President Obama's change I can stand.

Obama did inherit a mess... But as President, he has failed to lead or get anything done. President Truman had a sign on his desk that said "The Buck Stops Here" which means - for all who aren't aware of the meaning of the phrase - to lead and take full responsibility for missteps and failures. President Obama treats responsibility and leadership like a hot potato, never acknowledging his role as The Commander in Chief. I have nothing against the guy, but his lack of experience set him up for failure. Is that his fault? No, its the voters who lacked the understanding of the job they assigned him to undertake in the first place. He simply has not gotten anything done, and his finger pointing throughout his presidency, most recently scolding the Supreme Court over his Obamacare, shows he hasn't learned on the job. It would be a huge mistake to give him another chance, all he has proven is he cannot lead nor take responsibility, only speak smugly and point the finger.

I'm no fan of the bailouts and the fact that those dollars paid obscene executive bonuses. But for the record, the bailouts came from the Fed and cost taxpayers $0. Yes, they were guaranteed by taxpayers and COULD HAVE cost money, had the banks or auto companies defaulted. BUT, they didn't. Much of that money has been paid back at a profit. While the bailouts feel wrong, they did, in fact, work. The auto bailout saved the industry and hundreds of thousands of jobs. The bank bailout prevented a Depression.

The auto bailout stiffed the bond holders, steamrolled bankruptcy law, and bailed out the unions, not the industry. The industry was doing just fine. So consumers buy Hondas made in Ohio instead of Buicks made in Michigan. Who cares? And of the US automakers, the one that didn't take a bailout, Ford, is doing the best.

This was all about handing billions of dollars to unions. Nothing more, nothing less. So, now the government has foisted Volt on GM, making taxpayers subsidize its production to the tune of $200,000 per vehicle over and above the tax credit consumers get if they buy one, launched an unprecedented attack on its largest competitor, and declared new CAFE rules that will virtually eliminate the sale of their most profitable vehichles. And BTW, taxpayers are out billions of dollars, because despite what they want you to believe, GM, has not repaid all the money taxpayers gave them. This is what happens when you let hacks pick economic winners. Let this crowd stick around long enough and we'll all end up driving the Obama version of the old soviet Volga.