President Obama is key to making sure the supreme court tilts towards sanity.
imagine a Democratic congress and President with conservative justices retiring.
We will not have to worry about right wing justices. The court will then strike down so many of the messed up rulings that led to this dark period in history. Furthermore, president obama will help progressive candidates for congress get elected. Alan grayson ran on President Obama's coatails. They will need President Obama. Obama can still bring out the crowds. He raised so much money for re-election. He has outraised all the republican candidates combined.
Add in the Democratic PACs,crowd turnout, and a very weak republican field, he should win re-election easily.
The base is behind him. He has 80-90% approval among liberals. Look at the PPP polls.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
there are raw numbers of 80% to 90%.
President Obama's approval ratings are higher than Bill Clinton's and Ronald Reagan's in much easier times.