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		<title>Obama Problem #3</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem number 1 will be the economy. He will be in charge of the world&#8217;s only remaining Superpower in decline, and possible economic collapse. Problem number 2 is Iraq. He claims to know what to do, and it&#8217;s entirely possible he will get the chance to prove whether he does, or will just screw things [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:QmE503QA8Mv-eM:http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/11_obama_lg.jpg" class="right">Problem number 1 will be the economy. He will be in charge of the world&#8217;s only remaining Superpower in decline, and possible economic collapse.</p>
<p>Problem number 2 is Iraq. He claims to know what to do, and it&#8217;s entirely possible he will get the chance to prove whether he does, or will just screw things up worse.</p>
<p>Problem number 3 will be impeachment. There is no way a candidate for President of the United States can raise $150 million in a month without his organization making some big mistakes. I predict that in the coming months, should Obama be elected, we will hear about a massive donation from somewhere horrifying. I guarantee that Senator Obama&#8217;s opponents have already begun investigating where the almost <em>quarter of a billion dollars</em> in donations in August and September came from.</p>
<p>He shouldn&#8217;t have taken the money. First, in doing so he broke an agreement with Senator McCain to take public funds, which would limit his outside fundraising. Secondly, studies show once you get to a certain level of money, incremental dollars don&#8217;t help that much, if at all. <em>He didn&#8217;t need the money</em>.</p>
<p>The problems associated with massive fundraising in my opinion (which I should tell the reader ISN&#8217;T backed up by any first-hand experience with political fundraising &#8211; just common sense) just aren&#8217;t worth the benefit derived from them. The more money rushing in, the more likely it is that some of it will be difficult and/or embarrassing to explain. I think the possibility exists that a President Obama will spend a great deal of attention during his first term explaining not a spot on a dress, but a million dollar contribution by someone he shouldn&#8217;t have taken a dime from.</p>
<p>Again, I believe an Obama Presidency, should it occur, will be an ugly time. And that&#8217;s unfortunate, because I don&#8217;t fear Barack Obama as a person at all. I think, if he were at the head of a <em>complete</em> overhaul of our political landscape in Washington, DC, we could do far worse in a President. But, it&#8217;s <em>not</em> a complete overhaul, and a lot of the same players are in charge in Washington. I don&#8217;t fear the results of a President Barack Obama, but I am concerned about what can happen with Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and Harry Reid in charge with a rubber stamp-providing President in the White House. </p>
<p>They are incompetent and corrupt and will play Obama like a fiddle.</p>
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