You are assuming that 0bama is as skilled a politician as Clinton.
0bama’s successes are mainly due to Pelosi’s scorched-earth tactics with her own party.
I am not saying that what you have written is not possible, but I’m not so sure that 0bama is anything more than a great campaigner, without Pelosi.
Not exactly -- in fact, I think Obama is probably the weakest link in the entire Obama team. The question is whether or not that actually matters.
What I am assuming is that the political deck is still stacked in Obama's favor, in the sense that the media are very unwilling to go after him the way they did Bush, Reagan, or even Clinton -- and the media will certainly go after whatever opponent springs up to challenge Obama.
I think that's likely to remain the case. Team Obama's response to their present political crisis will be built on that foundation.
If my assumption is correct, then Obama has plenty of time to assemble a team to put him over the top. There are a lot of very able true believers, and even more very able cynical opportunists, who would be willing to help re-shape Obama's message -- just to beat the Republicans, if nothing else.
Whatever the general population may think of him now, cannot be assumed to last forever. Their opinions are malleable, and the right strategy can at the very least make public opinion fear the opposition more than they dislike Obama.
They can even more carefully manage Obama's appearances and public utterances, and they can shape the message using all kinds of different media outlets.
The Democrats are very, very good at this sort of game. We ignore it at our peril.