‘If Not Obama…?’ – Keith Olbermann Discusses George Soros Meeting with Sam Stein

Wow, that didn’t take long.

Minutes after we predicted that George Soros‘ comments at a meeting with progressive donors would fuel speculation about a 2012 Democratic primary challenge to President Obama, Countdown host Keith Olbermann interviewed HuffPo’s Sam Stein, and asked him just that. While both Stein and columnist E.J. Dionne successively threw cold water on the  suggestion, Countdown’s producers labeled the segment “If Not Obama…?”

Of course, we thought Glenn Beck and company would be fanning these flames, not Olbermann. Is Keith Olbermann ready to ditch Barack Obama?

Soros reportedly told a private gathering of progressive donors that “We have just lost this election, we need to draw a line, And if this president can’t do what we need, it is time to start looking somewhere else.”

Olbermann interviewed the reporter on that story, Huffington Post’s Sam Stein: (from MSNBC)

Stein is probably right to believe Soros’ explanation that he wants to fund groups like The Center for American Progress, along with outside groups like the ones who dominated the midterms for Republicans, but Olbermann is on to something when he identifies Soros’ wording as something of a “purpose pitch,” a warning to the administration to back up off of the bipartisan home plate.

While it’s hard to believe anyone would seriously consider a primary challenge at this stage, though, Olbermann doesn’t seem all that perturbed by the possibility. Maybe he’s just got a good poker face.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

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