re: #71 HappyWarrior
Nah, he’s distancing himself from Romney. Obama won his state by a big margin and he’s up for reelection literally next year. He is positioning himself though as defacto head of the reality based wing of his party though.
I think it depends on what direction the Republican Party takes post-election, with the first indication coming with how they deal with the upcoming “fiscal cliff”. If they stay as hardline and unwilling to budge at all on compromise (which early indications show that very well may be happening), and coupled with the night-and-day difference on how he was treated in the run-up to, as well as the aftermath of last weeks’ superstorm - ie Romney/Republicans thinking of him only as a campaign tool, while Obama/Democrats working their asses off to get help to his constituents - I can most definitely see him becoming an Independent governor.