Out on the campaign trail,
Rick Santorum kinda sorta said he'd rather see Obama reelected than Mitt Romney win.
"You win by giving people a choice," Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there."
Santorum added: "If they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future."
80% chance he sets the land speed record for backpedaling, 20% chance he doubles down and makes "a vote for Romney might as well be a vote for Obama" his new stump speech. No doubt he's taking shitloads of heat for it, but the grand irony is that people like George Will and William F. Buckley have been basically saying the same thing since January.
Yeah, 2016 might be wild. I can't seriously see the Democrats lining up behind Biden as the heir-apparent, assuming Obama wins this fall. Might be another scenario like 2008 where there's no incumbent or Vice President running and it's a real free-for-all.
I still have hopes that Brian Schweitzer (Dem. Governor of Montana) make take a shot at the WH. Eh is a cool guy who uses a branding iron to veto shit and doesn't afraid of anything.
Speaking hypothetically of an Obama reelection, I can't even see Biden running in 2016. He'll only be a year or two older than John McCain was when he ran in 2008, but that would still make him the oldest man ever to run for President. I do kinda expect Hilary Clinton to run, and while I also expect her to lose the nomination again, I can't imagine to whom. How many Democrats are there with the national recognition and wherewithal to run after two terms of a Democrat President? Brian Schweitzer's not impossible, but he sounds more like "also-ran to VP" material; Jennifer Granholm maybe; Bill Richardson will probably run again; I've heard mention of Andrew Cuomo, who's certainly in the realm of possibility, and that's everyone I can think of. There's a few other governors out there like Bev Perdue who might think they can try, and that's enough for a field, but none I can see as of now winning against what's likely to be a very well bolstered Republican opposition.
Honestly, if Obama does get reelected, he'd have to learn to walk on water like Reagan and FDR if he hopes to see the third time in a century for a successor of the same party after two terms. A lot of people are wondering why there's all these "reasonable" republicans like Chris Christie sitting out this election, and the easiest guess is because they know 2016 will almost automatically go to the Republican.
Yes, that was an FDR joke. Savor it.