Progressives consider 2012 primary challenge to Obama Reports are surfacing that progressive Democrats might run a primary challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012, an indication that theyâre not too happy with his recent compromise with the GOP on the Bush tax cuts, among other things. The left-wing blogosphere has been blowing up with rumors of who might challenge Obama in 2012, with some ridiculous possibilities and some more plausible ones being bandied about. Even The New York Times reported Wednesday that former presidential candidate Howard Dean would appear to be the front-running liberal to take on the president. While the idea may be far-fetched, it is being discussed with some seriousness. Massachusetts Democrat Michael Capuano said Obama âmay or may not beâ the Democratsâ best candidate for president in 2012. âI donât live in an ivory tower,â Capuano said. âI have to pick the best amongst those people who are running, and it may or may not be President Barack Obamaâs reelection.â New York Democratic Rep. Joseph Crowley said itâs âprematureâ to say whether Obama should get challenged in a primary. MSNBC liberal commentator Keith Olbermann even hinted at a 2012 primary on âCountdownâ Tuesday night. âIt is not disloyalty to remind the president that he was elected by people to whom he had given a clear outline of what he would do for them, and if he does not steer out of the skid of what he is doing to them, he will not only not be re-elected, he may not even be re-nominated,â Olbermann said in his 10-minute âSpecial Commentâ on Obamaâs tax cut compromise. In addition to Dean, whose name has popped up almost everywhere as the go-to-guy to challenge Obama from the left, a blogger on the left-wing blog The Daily Kos suggested former Vice President Al Gore, outgoing Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold and superstar actor George Clooney as other possible alternatives to challenge Obama. About Gore, the Kos blogger wrote: âHis credibility has gone way up since âAn Inconvenient Truth.â I think he has the chops to win an election and also be a great president. The only downside is a sex scandal in Portland that would come to heavy scrutiny were he to challenge Obama.â Clooney, the Kos blogger wrote, is a âgreat progressiveâ with the âspeaking skills and presidential airâ a president needs. Robert Kuttner, co-founder of The American Prospect, vilified Obama in a Huffington Post column, saying he has confirmed progressivesâ âworst fearsâ since the midterm elections. Kuttner named Dean, Feingold and outgoing North Dakota Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan as potential challengers. Secretary of State Hillary Clintonâs name has also floated through the headlines as a primary challenger, too, but sheâs shot down those rumors. Even if someone were to challenge Obama from the left, it wouldnât necessarily mean they were trying to win against him. In the Washington Post, Tikkun magazine editor Michael Lerner argued that a primary might be a âreal way to save the Obama presidency.â Lerner said a primary opponent would force Obama back to the far left from the center, pressuring him to take âmuch more progressive positions and make him a more viable 2012 candidate.â In the most recent incident of an incumbent president facing a primary challenger, commentator Pat Buchanan made a strong showing against then-President George H.W. Bush in 1992, challenging Bush from his right. Buchanan ultimately ended up dropping out of the race and throwing his support behind Bush. Bush went on to lose the general election to Bill Clinton. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/08/p...012-primary-challenge-to-obama/#ixzz17Y3GiZE5
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Rather than trying to "transform" America into a Socialistic, Communistic CRAPHOLE... Why don't the Leftists all emigrate to Venezuela and let Hugo run their lives? Hey, the society and economy they covet IS ALREADY IN PLACE... All they gotta do is move there and blend in. So, why all the effort to "change" America? BECAUSE OF THE MONEY! If America "had nuthin'", they needn't bother. But they DO "bother".. because they "want the money"... nothing more than an attempt at LEGALIZED THEFT!! And on top of everything, they preach RIGHTEOUSNESS about their lies and crimes...