Reply #24: May i step in to say that the parallels to LBJ are

[rurallib]

overstated. My recollection is that beside the war - which the right wing loved and the left hated - Johnson's policies were fairly well likes by the left. The Great Society had some major successes. But he got bogged down in Nam. Even though some try, the Bush Wars seem only a blip in the MSM and the the public mind.

People may strongly disagree with this, but my theory is that Johnson would have been easily nominated by the Dems and probably would have won the election.

To his credit I believe Johnson stepped down so he could concentrate on his job for the final year. That plus he was really, really burned out.

Considering that Obama's problems are somewhat self-inflicted but also to a major degree a product of republican obstruction, I would bet he would see no reason to step down. Bor do I see anyone to his left ousting him.