Poll: 51% Want Obama Defeated in Primary

51% of Democrats, that is. Only 47% want him renominated.

Will he be primaried? Not seriously. Maybe as a protest by either an old DLC type or someone of the open left.

No one can primary Obama because even if you won the nomination you'd lose the general, with the critical bloc of black Democratic voters strongly turned off by it all.

Still, if this sentiment persists, he might take another page from LBJ. "If nominated, I will not run, if elected, I will not serve..."

If we assume, correctly, that Obama is all about adoration and isn't very happy about having the first real job of his life (and first real accountability), the Obama Declares Victory and Goes Home scenario becomes more likely.

He needs an easy gig, like running some kind of foundation or think tank. Something where he can work ten or twelve hours a week, golf with celebrities, and receive adoration of (smaller but more, um, selective) crowds.

posted by Ace at 02:54 PM

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