Reply #9: "Primaries do not work against incumbents." What about 1968? [View All]

[Cyrano]

Lyndon Johnson had passed Medicare, the civil rights act, the voting rights act and so much more. Yet, Vietnam did him in. There was no way that incumbent president Lyndon Johnson could have won, he knew it, and he dropped out.

(I believe that if Bobby Kennedy had not been assassinated, the past 40 year history of our country may have taken an entirely different turn. But, then again, it's easy to play "what if.")

So let's play "what if" with Obama. What if he gets a (meaningful) public health care option passed? What if he can find a way to make jobs available for anyone who wants one? What if he can nullify the Republican propaganda machine? If he can do all of these things, we might just get a chance to amend the constitution and give Obama a third term.

But what if he keeps on his current path of letting blue dog Dems (and Olympia Snowe) drive the health care debate? And what if he continues to let Wall Street, credit card companies, and the rest of corporate America to keep screwing us to the hilt? Do you really believe that he wouldn't be challenged in 2012?

A lot of different issues will come up between now and then. And how he handles them will matter. But as of right now, his handling of our national problems leaves much to be desired. As I stated in the OP, he must stop being Mr. Nice Guy. It's way past time for him to bring the power of the presidency to bear on those who have been fucking us since the day that Ronald Reagan became president.

If he continues down his path of "bipartisanship" and "Mr. Nice Guy," you can bet that he'll have primary challenges in 2012.