I think we will see a replay of the 1980 Carter re-election campaign.
First a strong primary challenge (can you say HILLARY?), which will leave him so bloody and battered he will stagger into an arse-whoopin’ against the Republican nominee in the fall. Like Pat Caddell on the Friday before Election Day, Bam’s pollsters are going to tell him he will lose, and exactly how badly he is going to get his butt whacked, and we will be treated to a weekend of deer-in-the-headlight footage a la Jimmy Carter.
The left and MSM continuously assaulted Reagan daily from the point he was elected. I remember the pounding he took and it reflectd in his approval ratings.
However, 85 posts of gratuitous praise and analysis and not one person has mentioned the single most influential reason Reagan won in ‘84.
The attempted assasination in ‘81. After that, Reagan became the teflon man.