by Russell Popham

Created on: March 01, 2010   Last Updated: March 02, 2010

THE REPUBLICAN STRATEGY TO WIN BACK THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2012

The Republicans have in place a strategy which could very well win them the Presidential election in 2012. This is not hyperbole, nor blatant fear mongering, but in my honest opinion a very real possibility. It is possible because of several factors which have come together, not unlike a grand alignment of the planets, the portents of which, however, casts a forbidding shadow over the political landscape and threatens to block the reelection of the most promising political leader of our time.

Now there are many, and especially those who are loyal followers of President Obama, who might simply scoff at this idea, and not without justification. After all, the current crop of would-be challengers are not really an impressive lot.

If you were to take a poll today and match any of them head-to-head against Obama (whether Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown or Mike Huckabee for instance), he would beat any of them fairly easily, and for obvious reasons.

I admit that this was my initial thinking as well - that, barring some unforeseen catastrophe or economic meltdown, that there was little to no chance that the Republicans could win back the White House in 2012.

Now in case you haven't already guessed, I am a strong supporter of Barack Obama. However, I do not do so blindly, and I am fully aware of his short-comings as well as his strengths as the leader of this great nation of ours.

In spite of his failure to live up to certain campaign promises, I, like many reasonable Americans, am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and concede that he has had, and will continue to have, a lot on his plate, especially considering the absolute mess this country was in when he took the oath of office a little over a year ago.

But the public's patience is beginning to wear thin and for many this growing restlessness and outright displeasure, by default, falls squarely on those currently in power. And whether fair or not, there is much of this displeasure and frustration that is probably warranted.

Now some of the blame can obviously be attributed to a young administration still learning the ropes, as it were. Mistakes were made and, as I mentioned before, they were certainly handed a steaming pile of you-know-what to deal with from day one.

It's hard to see how any truly objective observer could claim than anyone else might have done a better job in the short run, and indeed most could easily have done far worse,

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