President Obama spoke in an ABC news interview saying how he's absolutely the "underdog" in this competition, but that he's used to it. In the interview, he also said that Americans will re-elect him because they will see he has “a vision for the future that can actually help ordinary families recapture that American dream.” Mr. Christie, a New Jersey governor, disagrees. He doesn't think, as most Americans don't, that Mr. Obama has been successful in unifying us as a nation. Obama has been shrugging off comments like that for awhile. He uses the excuse that Gov. Christie could potentially decide to run as a Republican candidate, and that the things he has been saying would just be to boost himself in the polls. And, actually, they might. Taken in a Washington Post-ABC News poll, about 55% of Americans expect a Republican to win the White House, while only 37% expect Mr. Obama to be re-elected.
In an effort for Obama to not "make news", he has been avoiding answering questions about his views on topics like same-sex marriage. He says he's still working on it. Some suspect he simply doesn’t want to come out for gay marriage ahead of the 2012 election, for fear it will alienate voters who disagree. One can infer from previous events as well as what is happening currently, though, that Obama only has slim chances of making it back to the White House next year.
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