Obama 2012

Obama's re-election chances for 2012 are looking pretty good. He's got a ton of things going against him like the economy, deficit, war, etc but the Republican party doesn't have strong candidates nor do they seem eager to run against him. During the last two election cycles by this time in 2003 and in 2007 there was plenty of people already raising money and openly campaigning.

Today John Thune announced he's not going to run (GOP had high hopes for him) and even Mike Huckabee said running against Obama is going to be tough (he might not even bother to run). Haley Barbour can't get a vote outside of the Deep South and obviously Sarah Palin won't seriously end up running. Mitt Rommey and John Huntsman have a good shot but they are hated by their own party.

Yes, Obama can have an internal battle in the Democratic party from somebody emerging from the far-left but whoever decides against running will have an uphill battle since Obama's general approval ratings are doing rather well and he's got the black, hispanic, LGBT vote in his pocket along with major donors too.

I'm curious to see how the Republicans end up picking (if anybody decides to step up to the challenge).

It's all up to Obama not to fuck this up.

YES WE CAN (AGAIN) 2012!!!