Your entire post was a good one, very thoughtful. Although I don't necessarily agree with it, it's an honest take on the matter.
I think your last sentence is absolutely spot on. If the economy were to rebound, there is no one who can beat the bamster.
I disagree. If the economy rebounds, I think Sarah Palin is the only one who could beat Obama. She’s on a different plane. Some things in history have happened that seem to have been ordered from on high. More and more I get the sense that she’s one of them. Woe to those that try to hurt her. The worn out catch-phrase, “she’s just like us”, is just not true. She’s different and better than all of us and especially better than the tokyo roves of the world and his fellow beltway strategists/commentators/writers..