Point taken, but it would be fun at least to see another democrat or two run in the primaries against Obama. There have already been rumors that the French looking John Kerry is considering doing just that. (Did you know he served in Vietnam? sarc/)
A primary challenge would cause Obama to burn up a fairly decent sized portion of his re-election stash, and take some of the focus away from the Republican bashing in the media.
In the end, I think Obama would still be the nominee, but the rats would be even more fractured than they are now.
I would be tempted to go into the popcorn business if Barry had a primary opponent (or two).
Oh, I agree with that completely.
But what I do NOT want to see happening is Obama making an announcement that he is not going to run again and throwing his weight behind Hillary. Mind you, I don’t think his ego will let him do that — but if he did...
Hillary would scare Lurch away from running and no other Dem candidate would even consider getting in her way. So, yeah, sure. A contested Democrat primary would be nice if it went all our way... But...
I still remember all those wagging tongues who were just praying for the Democrats to nominate Obama based on the supposition that the United States is a Center-Right country and there is no way he could get elected.
We know how THAT turned out...