Potential Obama Challenger in 2012 Is ... Howard Dean? - Roger Simon: White House knows it's foolish to ignore possibility:
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(Newser) – The jockeying is well under way among Republicans to see who will emerge as the GOP challenger to President Obama in 2012. But at Politico, Roger Simon says the White House is keeping a wary eye on a Democrat: Howard Dean. 'While today it looks impossible' that Obama would face an intra-party fight, 'in politics you have to prepare for the impossible.' Many top Obama aides simply don't 'like or trust Dean,' writes Simon, and the midterm beatdown could give him the opportunity he needs.
Clearly just speculation, probably soon to be denied, but still ... it's an intriguing thought.