Question of the Week #3

With Obama's approval rating hovering at an unimpressive 42% the question that many are beginning to ask is if Obama's chance at reelection is as assured as many had claimed. With an approval rating like the one he has now it seems like Obama is going to have quite an uphill battle from this point on especially with the increase in unemployment that is going to occur with the return of U.S. troops from Iraq. The only way Obama can save his approval rating is if there is a dramatic upward shift in the economy or at the very least evidence that the economy is on the right track begins to develop.
Now although Obama's approval rating is around the lowest it's been throughout his career, he still might inch out a victory in the 2012 election for the sole reason that the Republican party is split between hardcore conservative Republicans (who support such candidates as Newt Gingrich) and more liberal leaning Republicans (who support candidates such as Mitt Romney. Now if the Republican Party can become amore cohesive group in the months leading up to the election than Obama is going to get a run for his money, but if the Republicans cannot achieve this than victory will most likely go to Obama. Between the two front running candidates though it has been shown in polls that Romney has a much greater chance defeating Obama one-on-one in an election than Newt Gingrich does.