Kas, I'm surprised so many people are missing the import of what Caddell and Schoen said. It's not just that Obama should pull an LBJ and step aside, but that
he should step aside in favor of Hillary by openly endorsing her. This avoids the bruising primary battles that could bring in Howard Dean, Jerry Brown or some other ambitious Democrat waiting to make his move in the resulting political chaos. It unites the party around the new nominee well ahead of the convention.
Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum, and this would avoid the kind of power vacuum that splinters parties. It would also ensure that blacks would work for Hillary, thanks to Obama's blessing in advance.
It's not just that Obama should pull an LBJ and step aside, but that he should step aside in favor of Hillary by openly endorsing her.
It's not going to happen. No more than Johnson would have stepped down without Eugene McCarthy's primary challenge.
Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum ...
I see your whoever said that and raise you Frederick Douglass: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
Without Obama's hand being forced by a challenger he won't step aside.