You know I made a half whimsical post earlier about Obama falling into a phony coma a couple weeks before the election and playing on the sympathy vote of which you speak. I can see the nightly Union/OWS candle light vigils now - until the election.
If he was re-elected he would suddenly come out of his coma.
If he lost he could disappear to Cartegena or Venezuela and never have to concede the election - being the narcissist that he is.
Not too far-fetched. Wilson was paralyzed with a stroke for the last year of his presidency.
I still think LBJ plotted the killing of JFK.
LBJ was apoplectic that the snot-nosed youngster bought the primary with his daddy’s money. LBJ felt that HE was the rightful candidate.