bring it on, I don't care which.

While Obama has disappointed me on several fronts, He stands heads and shoulders above the current crop of Republican candidates being discussed.  The main problem, the cow-towing the tea-baggers. Mainstream America wants nothing to do with theses fruitcakes. Additionally, the current crop of Republican governors is doing a great job showing how extreme the the current make up of the party actually is.  They are blinded by their own ideology and are clearly trying to balance budgets on the backs of the eroding middle class.  

On top of that, the Obama has a great deal of success to build upon:

1. Health-care reform
2. Saved the US Auto industry
3. Recovery Act kept unemployment from being actually worse than it could have been and bailed out a large number of states.
4. While he inherited the TARP...those dollars are being paid back.
5. Ended large scale military operations in Iraq. (Now we need to get out of Afghanistan)
6. Banking reforms...although we stiall have a way to go.
7.  Middle class tax cuts

The Neo-Cons in the republican party left a huge mess...they have clearly demonstrated that they cant govern what they hate. Why would we want to go back to that.

There is another issue that I think will keep the republicans from getting a strong candidate in the next election.
The fact of the mater is that the current cuts being pushed, even if they all get through, will not be enough to hit the deficit.
We are going to need cuts to military, medicare and soc security; and more taxes.  People are going to be pissed and whoever singes it into law, their political career will be over.
You will not get a Republican President to do this in his/her first term.  
Unless you get a kamikaze Tea Party candidate, which would not happen due to the independent vote.  Even that would probably not work due to the taxes that will be needed.

Obama proved one thing with the health care reform bill, regardless of the known political fall out, he will do what he thinks is necessary to address a major problem.
If we put a republican in office in 2012, there will not be any major progress on the deficit till 2016 at the earliest.

Ya but, what about the other guy??? One of your typical responses!

I was specifically addressing fiscal conservatives who want some solutions to the national debt. I was assuming they, most likely, would not be voting Democrat. Try reading the post and not give your knee-jerk reaction.