The red flags have been thrown and the warning lights are flashing. The re-election campaign of Pres. Obama is in trouble. It is to the President's credit that under the poor economy his numbers are not totally tanking. But this is small comfort when Romney's donations have topped Obama's for a third month in a row and Democratic enthusiasm is way down from 2008 levels. Things are going to have to change dramatically if Barack Obama is to win this election.
Democrats appear to be asleep, depressed, or on vacation. Mr. Obama has had a much better message the last several months, but Americans seem to sense he does not have the program to lift America out of tepid growth and historically low unemployment. It is true that Republicans have blocked every recent initiative of the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats on jobs. And Romney is clearly is own worst enemy, inspiring neither confidence nor enthusiasm.
The election looks much like that of 1960. A young Democratic candidate at least offered youthful energy. But many Americans found they could not put their full confidence in a relatively untried Senator. Barack Obama, of course, is already the President with a track record. But that record is not strong enough in the mind of the public. The reasons for this are complicated, as indicated above. But unless President Obama can make a stronger case for his own program as opposed to merely bashing his opponent, we are in for a harrowing experience between now and election day.
Washington Post on What Pres. Obama Needs to Do to Win in 20012
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