The Republican Dems fear most is NOT Sarah Palin, but Dick Cheney. Has been the case for years.
I've been telling a friend of mine that Obama will have a very difficult choice to make as president....and maybe that time is already here. He will dismantle all the work that Bush and the GOP did (Iraq, Guantanamo, etc)to score a short term political victory and ‘I told you so’ moment or he will do what is best for the country and continue pushing forward on the work that was begun in the previous administration.
Either way, Obama loses something. He's put himself in a very difficult box over the last year or so. My guess is he won't sacrifice the safety of the country and continue on with the Bush/Chenney work...if for no other reason, his reputation is on the line. However, eating crow is never easy, and Barack strikes me as a particularly disdainful fellow.
In any case, Barack’s incessant need to keep going back to the ‘failings’ of the past administration tell me only one thing. He has no plan. The fact is, he's never had to have a plan for anything in his life. There is no more ladder to climb and now he's clueless.