One-Term Barack

If President Obama is smart, he will try to salvage his term in the White House by announcing now that he will not undertake a hopeless campaign for reelection, and instead form a bipartisan national unity government to try to hold the nation together until his successor, inevitably a Republican, is selected in November 2012.

Historically, incumbent presidents who have sought another term have won them by a two-to-one margin. Those aren’t impressive odds. How many of us would bet on a horse with minimal chances like that? Since 1900 only one incumbent president whose party captured the White House from the other party four years earlier (Jimmy Carter) has been beaten. The other incumbent losers—Taft, Hoover, Ford, and the senior Bush—were from a party that had held the White House for two or more consecutive terms. But the key is that Carter and Obama are practically twins; both won the Nobel Peace Prize. Enough said. Moreover, the present moment is unprecedentedly perilous for an incumbent president. There’s really no comparison in the existence of the American Republic, save for about a dozen crises like the Civil War, economic panics, the Great Depression, world wars, and 9/11.

Democrats may also place false hope in the fact that the next presidential election will have a turnout twenty full percentage points higher than we saw in the midterm—probably about 40 million more people than voted on Nov. 2. No doubt these “midterm-missing” voters are disproportionately 18-34 years old and members of minority groups, segments of the population that backed President Obama by margins ranging from 62% to 95% in 2008. Obama can’t seem to get them to cast a ballot except when he’s on the ballot. Well, yes, he’ll be on the ballot in 2012, but they’re likely disillusioned with him, too.

NORTHERN VIRGINIA ELECTION INFORMATION

Via RedNova Where they have a ton of information on the races and candidates

Victory Parties (Tuesday Night)

Frank Wolf Victory Party – 7pm at the Dulles Holiday Inn (45425 Holiday Dr., Dulles, VA)

Keith Fimian Victory Party – 7:30 pm at the Mason Inn! (George Mason University) Directions and details here.

Patrick Murray Victory Party - 7pm at Bailey’s Sports Grille. (4238 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA, 2203)

Frank Wolf is running in the 10th district

Keith Fimian is running in the 11th district against Obamacare congressional rule breaking Gerry Connolly

Patrick Murray is running in the 8th district against anti semite Jim Moran

Greg has more on Gerry Connolly, Read it ALL
Bearing Drift also has a lot of last minute election and candidate information

Stalin Would be Impressed

Is George Soros planning to steal the 2012 election?

A group backed by Soros is gearing up to steal the 2012 election for President Obama and congressional Democrats by installing left-wing Democrats as secretaries of state across the nation. From such posts, secretaries of state can help tilt the electoral playing field.