freespirit, Thanks for the post; I had missed that (running errands good part of evening).

That sounds really good.  I had seen another discussion where people were saying Hillary will not run for 2012... and that was on CNN late yesterday.  Good to hear there is some good news on that from Carville... I interpreted as such. 

Hmm.. I've not been going to NQ for quite some time; got to add that back into my current-list. :) Thanks again.

-- Edited by Sanders on Thursday 4th of November 2010 12:41:18 AM

I agree, Jen. I totally think his ego can't stand a loss, and rather than risk it, he'll find a good reason not to run if his reelection isn't a sure thing. Of course, now that we know this about him, it provides more evidence (as if we needed more) that his 2008 "nomination" was a foregone conclusion long before the race for nom began.

It will be interesting to see just how much O is able to rebuild his image and increase his approval among voters. Some with MSM have already begun to lay the groundwork for this, speculating about what it will take to repair the damage done. And, of course, the die hard Obamanuts like some of the DU and DK crowd are sure that their leader can and will prevail. It was a real crack-up reading some of their comments from last night - crying, cussing the Pubs, and vowing to work harder for the O.

I think Obama's got a real hill to climb to be a real contender in 2012. The bar was set so artificially high in 2008 with all the hype and hoopla about him, there was no way he could live up to it. To make matters worse, he actually didn't know he had to live up to it. He thought that just being Barack was enough. Obama will always fall short of the carefully crafted rock star status he enjoyed then. He's become a has-been before he actually became anything.