Cobert King:The President runs the risk of having a progressive Dem run against him in the Primary

[bigdarryl]

Because he's LOOSING his base He said this on Joe Madison show

[quaker bill]

1. Perhaps true,

but the run will not go well or last long. It might last past Iowa and perhaps New Hampshire, but will die either before or shortly after South Carolina.

[bigdarryl]

2. BUT it divides the party and sets up a Rethug winning the General election

that was the point he was making

[quaker bill]

18. Only to the extent

that the attempt is remotely successful. It will not be close to successful. If one divides the party momentarily into two factions, one representing 95+ percent and the other representing 5 percent or less, it will not be relevant to the general election results. If one breaks up the party much nearer to 50-50 and carries the division to the convention floor, the general could get ugly.

My prediction would be that a challenger from the left will earn the Kucinich vote, and be largely pointless and without meaningful impact.

[FSogol]

3. BS. Who would that be? Mike Gravel? Cynthia McKinney? n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. Both of them have already left the party

[Thrill]

4. yeah and gurantee a Republican win

[Tesha]

6. Right now, a Republican win is pretty-much guaranteed either way. (NT)

[JNelson6563]

5. I'd like to think there's no progressive that stupid

But I look around DU and realize, yeah, there probably is.

[cali]

7. I'm sure the possibility of Dennis challenging him has him all shook up.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Cannon fodder

Go right ahead.

[LiberalFighter]

9. What are his credentials that qualifies him to assess the political atmosphere?

Laughing gas?

[Kaleva]

11. Obama is in no danger of losing the Afro-American vote.

It will be extremely difficult for any candidate more progressive then Obama to mount a serious challenge to him in a primary by getting less then 10% of the black vote. Add the fact that polls show that well over 80% of liberal Democrats approve of Obama's job performance at this time and I just don't see any chance for a credible challenge to Obama.

[goclark]

12. I' ve never heard of Colbert King

I'll stick with the opinions of others that are raving about his speech and his deeds.

[amandabeech]

16. It's Colbert King, and he is a columnist with the Washington Post.

He won a Pulitzer in 2003. There's a Wiki.

He's also African American.

[Peacetrain]

13. I am his base.. He has not lost me.. What base is this guy talking about?

[treestar]

14. This guy doesn't even know how to spell losing

[Nedsdag]

15. WHO is going to challenge him?

This isn't 1980, Mr. King. Get over yourself.

[depakid]

17. Two years is a long time

No one thought anyone would challenge Carter or Johnson at this point in their administrations, either.

Nor did many expect (though many dismissed) the rapid growth of the Green party in the 1990's.