Why Obama won’t face a primary challenge
President Obama is faring poorly these days, but he can console himself with the fact that he’ll probably be spared the fate of previous presidents who fell on hard times: a primary challenge. Those groups within the Democratic Party that might otherwise be shopping around for a more forthrightly progressive alternative are deterred by two factors: the likelihood that any challenge will end up helping a radicalized Republican Party and the fact that ... Full Story »
Posted by Barry Grossheim - via Google News (Republican Party), Fabrice Florin (t)
Unless Obama is able to recapture his base on the left, it is quite possible that the Republican right could capture the White house in a 3way race. Progressives should perhaps think carefully about forming their own party and endorsing major party candidates that endorse real reforms.