I’ve had similar concerns. I sometimes feel a lot of the Beltway types in the GOP think it’s better to bide their time and take back the White House in 2016. They figure Obama in 2012 will be tough to beat, so why not wait? In 2016 Obama will be done, and Biden isn’t likely to be a viable candidate, leaving the door wide open for the GOP.
Now, I don’t feel that’s a sound strategy at *all* for those of us who’ll bear the brunt of Obama’s policies the next four years. For the pro political types who will prosper regardless of who is at the helm, however, it’s probably appealing.
as painful as it will be, far better for A republican to be at the helm if the wheels fall of the wagon than Obama. Obama’s strategy is to force the wheels off then implement lots of bad stuff.