I see things quite differently. Here's why.
Those who voted for Obama out of white guilt have already paid their dues. What happened in 2008 won't occur again. That debt has been cleared.
The economy is Obama's albatross. The Republicans need only pound home just how bad Thanksgiving and Christmas 2011 were. All across America, stores were empty (or shuttered). Holiday meals were meager and children didn't get the Christmas gifts they wanted. Massive unemployment scars the landscape from coast to coast.
That dreary picture is now compounded by soaring gasoline prices with no turnaround in sight. Job growth is non-existent because of Obama's campaign against the well-to-do who create the employment opportunities.
Furthermore, the gloves will be off in the 2012 election. Unlike 2008, the Republicans can and will (thanks to Citizens United) bombard the airwaves with advertising showing Obama's links to black radicals and to domestic terrorists.
While I won't engage in hyperbole stating that Mickey Mouse can easily defeat Obama, this election offers a tremendous opportunity for our most Conservative candidate to eject the current corrupt regime.
>> Furthermore, the gloves will be off in the 2012 election.
I’m not so sure about that part; I *hope* you’re right, though. There is plenty of material to work with if someone has the will to do it.