DBWI it was Obama who ran for reelection?

Well, the results are in and Clinton appears to have won reelection. If Barack Obama, currently a senator of Illinois, had been the victor in the Democratic primary four years ago, and presumably in the general election, do you think he would have been able to win?
 
Well, the results are in and Clinton appears to have won reelection. If Barack Obama, currently a senator of Illinois, had been the victor in the Democratic primary four years ago, and presumably in the general election, do you think he would have been able to win?

Depends on how he does in his first term, I am really sick of hearing from my lefty friends "Oh if only Obama had won we would have a true progressive in the white house, somehow I think a single-term Senator with little to no political clout would be even more battered by the constitutionalists* then Hillary, and would have even smaller lee-way in getting any left-wing legislation passed.

It would also depend on who he is running against, if Palin still imploded and Huckabee never comes back to the game, against either of them it would be tough, but if he ran against someone like let's say Christie or even Romney he would have a fair shot.
*ITTL "Tea-Baggers"
 
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