If need be, the Chicago politicians in the White House will make the dirty tricks of the 1972 election look like a Sunday school picnic to ensure a second term for The One. The question is whether he’ll be willing to step aside for another Marxist in 2012 or will find a way around the two-term limit. There’s always the “Lurleen” option (with Michelle as Lurleen).
Oops...I meant 2016, not 2012. Obviously Barack will be running again in 2012—he’s already indicated that he regards this as his “first” term.