Ann wrote:
Or maybe I'm just wrong about all of this, and 2012 will be the year that America gets its first female President.
That's interesting. Are we all assuming that President Obama will be a one-term guy? Barring a health-related situation involving himself or a member of his family, I would anticipate that he would run for re-election in 2012, at least in the Democratic primary. And the last sitting President to drop out of a primary race was Lyndon Johnson in 1968, largely due to the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam and the media-driven public perception of his role in America's increased involvement. Obama is a better communicator than Johnson was, so I would not expect him to be trapped in a similar situation.
