One and done: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012

President Obama must decide now how he wants to govern in the two years leading up to the 2012 presidential election. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Jon Mitchell - Nov 12, 2010 - 4:24 PM PST
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Edited by: Samuel W. Velsor IV - Nov 17, 2010 - 8:00 PM PST
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by Jon Mitchell - Nov. 16, 2010

The authors are entitled to their opinions, obviously, but I think anyone could write a column like this. It just has no facts in it. It's like something that some stranger on the barstool next to you would say if you got him talking politics. It's so lightweight, it almost doesn't matter if these observations bear on reality. "Okay, you think Obama shouldn't run for president. You think he could do a better job if he concentrated on closing out this term. That's mildly interesting. I'm going to turn the page now."

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Nov. 17, 2010

I found this to be bad journalism to the point that I have reduced my rating of The Washington Post by two points and that's being kind.

This is so wrong on so many levels that I will not even try to count them. Do you for a second think the party of no - the Republicans would do one thing more for the country if the President did this then they have in the past years.

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