Monday Matters #12

From the three columns Steve Chapman has written lately on Obama's chances at re-election it is easy to discern that Chapman is not the type of person to pick sides. He presents the information on Obama objectively citing different resources such as members of congress, his Republican opposition, and political critics and gives it to the audience in a balanced manner, giving as much good information as bad. From the core, however, Chapman seems to support Obama because no matter which issues he addresses that seem to be prime reasons to mar his reputation, he still pulls out postivive elements from them, such as several economic reforms Obama pushed through as well as scrapping the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy in the army. However, being the realist that he is, Chapman notes that no matter how good of a person or a leader Obama really is, it is always hard to get reelected when the economy is at as bad a state as it is now, and with Obama's middle name changing slowly from 'Hussein' to 'Hoover', there is no better time to pull out of the presidential race than now. Chapman sees how overly critical society is of public figures in general and does his best to offer a moderate view by objectively analyzing the situation and offering a realistic way out.