Clinton could run on a strong economy. Obama cannot run on a weak economy - he can’t claim success, and he doesn’t have enough of the voters dependent on government to get a majority (like the PRI in Mexico did).
“Obama cannot run on a weak economy”
That is why I still don’t believe he will be the candidate in 2012; even the leftist media is mocking him at this point. No matter how much they tried to run interference for him, they could never convince an unemployed voter that unemployment isn’t at a critical level, and they could never convince someone buying gas for their car or groceries for their family that there is no inflation. In the end, when asked, “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?”, at least 80% of Americans will say NO! Right now Occupy Wall Street is composed of people who’ve been losing their jobs since the Kenyan Pirate was elected; his media even had to admit one of those kibs actually shot at the White House. With exception of those gubmint workers that have survived layoffs, no segment of his base isn’t worse off than in 2008. Blacks, Hispanics, femi-Nazis, sexual deviants, etc. - they’ve been bearing their share of unemployment, foreclosures, etc.