Posted on 09/29/2011 3:46:53 PM PDT by Rudder
In an interview with conservative radio icon Sean Hannity, former President Clinton adviser and campaign manager Dick Morris stated that, after speaking with a Democratic strategist, he thinks it is very possible that President Obama might acquiesce to requests from the Democratic leadership in Congress and bow out of the 2012 race, leaving the door open for him to return sometime in the future.
I asked a top Democratic strategist the other day and he thought that it was possible that, in January, Harry Reid comes to Obama and says, Look you cost us control of the House last year, youre going to cost us control of the Senate this year. For the good of the party you have to step aside said Morris.
And, then, (Obama) pulls a Lyndon Johnson, he says Im fighting to solve the recession, and problem is because of partisanship and my re-election people reject everything I say because of partisanship, so Im going to not run for president and focus my full time attention on solving this recession and then go out popular, Morris added.
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Gee, even his own kind don't want him.
This will never happen. He will be on the ballot next year.
Every Democrat should stand down after what they’ve done to this country.
Could his ego handle this?
I don’t see Obama as backing down.
What do you say ml/nj?
“It’s a trap!”
don’t believe anything leftists say
I believe it’s more likely that he’ll declare martial law and cancel the election by Imperial Edict than that he’d not run a second time. His ego could NEVER let him not run.
Does the Clinton mob have the goods on him?
IOW, he’ll run.
You are right. Morris’ ability to predict the future is not only zero, it is negative. Take the opposite! On the other hand, I’ve always found him reasonably astute at assessing past events and trying to make sense of them.
I had sort of mixed emotions that time, but won't this time!!!
with all this homo crap being talked about form the white house and appeasing them then maybe he was caught having sex with a donkey or another man.
Explains why MO is always angry anyway.
He can’t step down the investigations will destroy him forever....he needs to try and win to keep the investigations under control.
Wont happen. BHO is a narcissist, with delusions of godhood. He will just become more strident and angry until he explodes. More dems will start calling for him to not run and/or step down. BHO has enough money to run even if he never had another fundraiser and 90% of the country turns against him.
If Obama runs and loses, he's finished.
If Obama steps down and finishes with better popularity than now, he still is eligible for one more term. He could try another run in 8 years.
He would still be eligible even if he loses, but then he'd have the stain of being a losing president trying to run again.
-PJ
Possible? Yes.
Likely? No.
5% chance
I have to question the opinion of anyone who describes Sean Hannity as a “radio icon”.
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