A post by Bill Whalen at Ricochet makes what I think is a common error among the right when he states that the 2008 election was ” largely about cult of personality.” That may explain why Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton for the nomination in the Democratic primaries the last time out, but the Republicans lost that election because their years in power were disastrous. Whalen may have memory problems, but in 2008 the country was involved in two foreign quagmires and teetering on the brink of another depression. If Obama loses in 2012, it will because he has failed to undo the massive damage done by Republican governance.