Director Spike Lee attends the 2012 NBA All-Star Game at the Amway Center on February 26, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Spike Lee admits he does not think President Obama will have as easy a road to re-election as some think, but he does see the president improving in the polls once the election picks up. “Once we get to the debates my man is going to tear him up!” Lee said in a new interview with GQ.com. “It’s going to be obvious who should lead this country for the next four years once they go head to head, toe to toe, elbow to elbow, butt to butt. And I don’t think Mr. Romney can hang with him. He just can’t!” The Huffington Post reports:

Spike Lee doesn’t think the reelection of Barack Obama is the slam dunk that many might expect, but he’s confident things will change once the presidential election kicks into gear.

“Once we get to the debates my man is going to tear him up!” Lee said in a new interview with GQ.com. “It’s going to be obvious who should lead this country for the next four years once they go head to head, toe to toe, elbow to elbow, butt to butt. And I don’t think Mr. Romney can hang with him. He just can’t!”

The outspoken Lee — whose new film, “Red Hook Summer,” hits theaters in August — says he understands why people have soured on Obama, and it doesn’t have to do exclusively with the president’s race.

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