The Tortoise in the Race

The Hare was the in the lead. He was the odds favorite to win. He knew he was fast, he thought his race against the hare was a joke. He underestimated his opponent. The rabbit was so sure that he was going to win that he let the tortoise take the lead; he just knew he could catch up. The tortoise seemly kept it moving. He never stopped; he stayed focused. The tortoise saw the hare as his opponent and knew to win; he would have to give his best. The tortoise wins the race, proving that persistence trumps odds. Obama may be the incumbent but because of the state of the Economy he is not the favorite, my words to the president “Don’t be afraid to be the tortoise, those are generally the ones that make the biggest comeback.”

A slow, small, marginal, but still positive increase in the poll numbers for President Obama. According to a Reuters/ Ipsos poll taken on Friday the race for President next year would be neck and neck between Romney and Obama next year, leaving Alfalfa’s cowlick hair stick to be the difference between winning and losing.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the poll was conducted from October 31 to November 3. It interviewed 1,106 adults, of whom 937 were registered voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.9 percentage points for all adults, and plus or minus 3.2 percentage points for registered voters.

According to MSNBC, the Results

• Forty-nine percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president, up from 47 percent in an October poll.
• Obama's disapproval rating held steady at 50 percent.
• The percentage of Americans who believe the country is headed in the right direction also increased, to 25 from 21 in the previous survey.
• The percentage who feel the country is on the wrong track slipped to 70 from 74, the survey said.
• The poll showed Obama would finish just behind Romney if the November 2012 presidential election were held today, with the former Massachusetts governor at 44 percent and Obama at 43 percent among registered voters.

• o It was the first Reuters/Ipsos poll to show Romney ahead, although his slim lead is within the survey's margin of error and technically a dead heat.
• o Obama led Romney by 6 percentage points when the same question was asked in a poll in September.
• • The Democratic president was ahead of two of the other Republicans vying for the nomination to oppose him next November.
• o He led businessman Herman Cain by 46 percent to 41 percent and was ahead of Texas Governor Rick Perry by 47 percent to 41 percent.

This poll shows that President Obama may be down but he is not out. He may not be on easy street, but is on the yellow brick road, hoping that it will lead him to the white house for the second time. Nothing worth getting is easy, keeping his seat will prove harder than getting it. It’s easy to say all you can do, but its harder when you have to explain why you didn’t do. The underdog has the benefit of being underestimated, but the champion has to constantly prove himself; he must constantly defend his title. President Obama if a second term is what you want, than click your heels three times and you’ll end up in the oval office. Google and see all that you have to do to stay there, and then make it happen.