You are correct the economy is gaining strength in all sectors and whoever wins will benefit from the coming expansion. Obamacare will actually save the government money and reduce the deficit over the long run. But you're right healthcare won't become affordable by the ACA alone. Imo only single payer can do that. But Obama did what he could given he didn't have the votes in the Senate for a public option, which as Tom likes to say would certainly lead to single payer eventually.

If Obama is reelected, the first order of business is the fiscal cliff. Obama will have huge leverage because he can kill the bush tax cuts by doing nothing and then passing equivalent cuts for the middle class only in the following Congress. No one wants the sequester either, so Obama has said he will seek a grand bargain to fix the deficit and debt responsibly over the next decade, while providing investments in education, r&d and infrastructure in the short run. The president has said he will seek a 2.5 to 1 ratio in spending cuts vs revenue increases. He has also pushed hard for tax reform since closing corporate loopholes and ending corporate welfare will vastly increase government revenues.

I respect you Rob. You may be misinformed (for example: when you say the president doesn't care about the deficit), but at least your arguments are not based on all the terrible lies about Obama so many republicans believe.