Fosterdad: Way too pessimistic. Jimmy Carter ran against Richard Nixon, who had been out of office only 3 years and his party got creamed in the 1978 mid terms, following up by losing in a landslide in 1980. Of course, Carter was the singularly worst President in modern history, but let’s give Obama a chance, eh?
Actually, while I don’t think The One is anywhere near as dumb as Jimmy was, he still has 4 years of mistakes to make, sycophantic press or not. If he can avoid any unforced errors (like a giant tax increase in the middle of a recession) than maybe he can run against GWB in 2012 and win – but it depends on whether he gives in to his left wing idiot supporters and serves up a galvanizing issue for a conservative Republican with real political skill to run against him on. I know, you’re thinking “WHAT conservative Republicans with real political skill?” Trust me, they are out there. With a sitting President of their party out of the way, all they need is the right opening. We’ll see if Obama gives it to them.
