2012 Poll

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I don't think that has ever happened in history where the incumbent didn't get the nomination. There was at least one case where the incumbent (LBJ) didn't run for re-election. But I don't think there has ever been a case where the President didn't get the nomination.

It happened fairly regularly in the nineteenth century (Millard Fillmore & Franklin Pierce to name two), but it hasn't happened in quite some time. In 1980 Teddy Kennedy launched a pretty serious primary challenge of incumbent Jimmy Carter but came up short.

That being said, the idea of Hillary challenging Obama in the primary only exists in Doreen's imagination. Anybody that knows the first thing about politics knows there is no chance that happens.