I love political threads on GetBig... as if someone in high powered politics is thinking "Damn, do you see what they're saying about me on GetBig??"
Bottom line is, Obama is President and most likely still will be after this year. I'm not saying anything about him as a president one way or another, but I will say that the GOP has a very weak front runner and not much should be expected from Mitt if he wins.
incumbent presidents are VERY tough to beat. It's only happened once in 32 years... and it's only because Perot soaked up 18% of the overall vote (mostly fiscal conservatives) in 1994. Bush1 would have crushed a novice like Clinton otherwise.
The 'serious' contenders sat out in 2012. Thune, Jeb, and a slew of good governors who would be dignified and respectful all didn't want to shoot their load in 2012 when they knew an incumbent would be hard to beat. I mean, look at who ran... newt? santorum? washed up fox weirdos with no mainstream appeal. Mitt? The guy stands for nothing excpet saying whatever is popular. the dude signed an assault weapons ban and then spoke to the NRA...reallly? lol and the other - Cain? Sheesh. A joke. And he was up by 20 points at one point? pathetic.
Everyone knows it's very tough to beat an incumbent. Obama probably won't be beaten in 2012, and the 2016 repub winner probably won't be beatable in 2020, let's be honest. Most potential candidates knew it. Santorm won't get a second look in 2016... he had to use 2012 to up his profile for a radio show or whatever.