From Political Wire:
Here's another good nugget from the New York Times Magazine piece on President Obama: "Obama advisers expect to incorporate the reelection campaign around March and think the Tea Party ultimately will reelect him by pulling Republican nominee to the right. They doubt Sarah Palin will run, figure Mitt Romney can't get nomination because of his Massachusetts health care program and guess that Obama may end up running against Mike Huckabee."
This assumes centrists will pull away from the Tea Party candidate. Its just an assumption, but history demonstrates that ideologically motivated factions within parties can nominate unelectable candidates: Barry Goldwater and George McGovern for example. It's an old story.
More from Andrew Sullivan. As rough as things might be for Obama, other political figures aren't doing much better
