At this point I do not believe Obama starts 2012 with 242 electoral votes in the bag. I am not even positive that he will be the nominee.
I wonder if he will even seek the nomination.
The National Enquirer (among other tabloids) has been ‘floating’ the Obama Sick; Obama Lung Cancer; etc., stories to go along with his ‘weight loss.’
Who knows...they do ‘plant’ foundations for these stories to grow from (remember the Edwards has a mistress tales?)