The resulting ugliness might be a way to finally break the black vote out of the Slave Party column for good, especially if Steele wins in Maryland.
I think the Libs will cynically USE Obama. I think they'll run him when they know he CAN'T win, then blame and shame "racist" Republicans {Conservatives} for a generation.
The "why Obama lost" myth will parallel the Prop. 187 {CA} myth.
Obama will serve their cause much more as a political sacrificial lamb than as a President.