U.S. Presidential Elections and 2012

OK, so we've all been hearing so much about the Democratic nominations this year.
We all know there's a pretty good chance that the Presidential winner this time around is most likely going to be a Dem, as most Americans are fed up with Bush.
(don't blame me- I never voted for him!)
So, it's kind of a shoe-in, which is why the press is covering Obama vs. Hillary like it's a Hollywood scandal.

*Note to self: The media largely controls the general populace's opinion, so more coverage=higher acceptance rate=Democratic winner...

Now think about this - McCain is seventy-something, so it's not probable that he'd run for a second term, even if he did win. It would make perfect sense for the GOP to trot out a "weak" party candidate if a Dem. win was likely. And when I say "weak", I mean the age factor that I mentioned, and also his "too liberal" standing with the GOP on many issues. If I were the GOP, I'd throw someone like McCain to the wind, while I prime my next "Sure Thing" for 2012.
Who do you think they have in mind?

I couldn't possibly know, as I'm not really up to snuff when it comes to politics.
But I can wager some comedic guesses.

I'm thinking it will be the most popular American Idol winner between 2010-2012.
C'mon- the GOP is so crusty, and the younger Prozac generation is frighteningly impressionable as long as you're making them feel good or telling them they're schmexy...
I want to be the first to call it - right here, right now.
I'm banking on a celebrity of some sort.
Not like the days of Ronald Reagan, but somebody new and hip. The party will look at how Ron Paul has been infiltrating the youth, and take a queue.
(I saw a Ron Paul advocate handing out bumper stickers at an M.I.A. show a month or so ago!)

Well, I guess it doesn't really matter if you subscribe to the Mayan calendar which runs out on December 21, 2012.
Don't worry - we're not all necessairly going to die, but the human race may transform.

I know that if I see Clay Aiken or the like running for office, I might skip the excitement of the apocolypse and just Off myself a month early...