2012 Prediction

[Wall St. Wiz]

Random thoughts:

-The economy stabilizes and rebounds, thought not a sharp recovery.  There is a massive explosion in annual deficits and the debt.
-Obama runs a Clintonesque administration, where the goal is to keep approval ratings high at all costs.  He smostly succeeds, and the country is seen as returning to relative peace and prosperity.
-No terrorist attacks occur on the US homeland
-In 2010 the Democrats reach 60 in the Senate, the GOP picks up a few seats in the house
-The GOP's best and brightest decide to pass on 2012 and focus on 2016.  Bobby Jindal, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, John Thune, etc won't run.
-Romney wins the GOP nomination, defeating Huckabee
-Obama wins a crushing victory in 2012, 450+EV, 12% PV
-GOP continues to lose seats in the House in Senate in 2012, the conventional wisdom is that the party can no longer compete nationally
-Obama/Democrat fatigue begins to set in.  GOP does suprisingly well in the 2014 elections.
-2016 all the best the GOP have decide to run.  Jindal wins the nomination and selects Paul Ryan as his VP.  Hillary Clinton chooses Evan Bayh as her running mate.   In a re-run of the 2008 election, with Jindal representing change and Hillary the status quo, Jindal defeats Clinton 50.25-48.75 and is elected the 45th President of the United States..

-If there is a terrorist attack here during Obama's term(s), this scenario goes out the window and the GOP returns to power.