Unfortunately, I'm certain in the end the GOPe - the same guys Obama regularly abuses - will pull the b*stard back from the brink.
Agree on all your points but praying the GOPe doesn’t save his sorry butt.
“The best thing that could happen would be for BO to fail in front of the entire world on this vote. Such a cockup would likely have happy repercussions in a dozen other imprtant issues, foreign and domestic.”
Which is exactly why this is absolutely crucial for him to win (which unless he gets lots of help from the GOP he will not). After this failure, he’s going to be pedaling backwards and playing defensive until election 2014, and after that, he’s basically a lame duck for two years. Again, unless the GOP rescues him or fails craptastically, as it has in the past.