Good points... I honestly think Obama has already been told by the DNC (and others?) that he will NOT be running for re-election for the good of the party. It seems they are trying everything possible to save the Democrat Party, save for actually admitting they were either duped, or in cahoots with Obama himself re: eligibility...
As I said though — all speculation on my part.
Way back in 2008 I posed the opinion that Barak H. Obama has more to fear from his high-level supporters than he does from crazies on the right.
As long as his administration is successful and raking in cash (where HAS all that stimulus money disappeared to!) he would be safe and protected. That is no longer the case with this Blagojavich trial on the immediate horizon.
Obama is a growing liability, inflating like a zeppelin, getting ready to crash and burn like the Hindenberg. None of his money men/handlers want to be along for the ride.
What I am going to say next is truly scary: that Obama has more value to those “progressives” as a dead black martyr than as a sitting President.
He’s never really had to fear right-wing crazies. It is the stab in the back from his fellow criminals and disappointed supporters that should terrify him and his family.