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I think we shouldn’t take anything for granted. IMHO, Obama is going to be much harder to beat than most of us are giving that side credit for.

Not withstanding that the three potential candidates we have to run against Obama are less than stellar, to say the least, the game of politics has been moving out of the ivory towers of DC and a game of the informed, to a pop-culture game.

We won’t be fighting our usual battle of ideas and soundbites. This won’t be a policy versus policy contest.

I predict what we will see is a pop-culture contest akin to American Idol where, no matter how people’s pocket books have been affected or how much they may or may not agree with Obama’s policy, the attack will be on popularity and group think. The game that was run in 08 was just a shade of this compared to what we will see begin in the next few months.

There will be a full force media and pop culture assault on voters. Everything from SNL to Colbert to AI and DWTS will be used to prop-up Obama’s image while making his opponent appear to be a joke. The target won’t be the 20% who are informed but the 80% who just follow trends. The past 20 years of cultural and class warfare will be brought to a head. It will be positioned as the 99% versus the 1%. The craziest promises will be made. The most outrageous charges will be leveled with no fact checking whatsoever. Obama and his minions will be on every media program available. Anyone who opposes his re-election will be cast as a pariah or worse.

Hold on tight, it is going to be a bumpy ride.