Analogies for the 2012 presidential election

[Democratic Hawk]

It, essentially, depends on the economy as to whether this president is re-elected or not assuming that there are no major defense, foreign or national security mishaps

Much depends on whether the president can hold the pragmatically moderate center - and should he be successful, he will

I'm not betting on 2012 being either 1980 Carter or 1984 Reagan

Dave