Barack Obama is firmly on course to become a one-term president

By Nile Gardiner World
Last updated: December 20th, 2010
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There is no sign of recovery for President Obama (Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

2010 is a year President Obama will definitely want to forget, after his party’s humiliating drubbing at the hands of voters in the November mid-terms. As I’ve noted previously, there is no sign at all of any kind of recovery for the president, and several new polls show that Barack Obama continues his steep downward spiral. On current projections, the president looks on course to become a one-term president, and a pretty undistinguished one at that.

According to the latest Fox News/ Opinion Dynamics poll, just 29 percent of US voters predict that Obama will be re-elected in 2012 – with 64 percent saying that he will not succeed in winning another term, an 18 percent increase from a year ago. Only 35 percent of Americans think Obama deserves re-election, compared to 53 percent who believe the country would be better off with someone else.

When asked how Obama’s presidency will be judged by history, only 29 percent expect him to be rated as “one of the country’s greatestâ€