While Republicans are tearing each other up during the debates and giving Obama plenty of new soundbytes, Obama is busy going from Republican District to Republican District asking the Republican base why their leadership feels they should be satisfied with unsafe bridges and dangerous roads.
"Let him die" will become one of the many new campaign lines used against the Republicans.
"Corporations are people, my friend" will become another one.
Then there's the whole "anti science" thing.
The list goes on and is growing. While all the cameras and press are focused on the Republicans bashing Washington, Obama is not even IN Washington. Instead, he's laying the groundwork for what is to come and laying it on his terms.
Republicans will say, "But look, Democrats lost Wiener's district". So what? A few months before Republicans lost a couple of districts in a similar way. Remember, the House has a "13%" approval rating. That means an 87% DISAPPROVAL rating.
By doing what he's doing, Obama isn't just running againt the Republican nominee, he's running against the entire Republican Party.
Soon, he will be in John Boehner's district asking why there are 195 bridges deemed "structurally deficient".
Bridges falling down, no money for infrastructure, two wars, failed economy, all these things happened on Republican watch or came from Republican policy. And we know from the debates, these are STILL their policies. Difficult to run on failed policy.
Republicans will say, "But Obama's policies failed". How will we know? Republicans and Conservative Democrats never gave them a chance. And many Conservative Democrats have already been voted out of office.
Looking forward to the next 14 months.
Obama is an almost failure. He did not spend the stimulus money where he promised. He duplicated Bush's failed bank bailouts and although not quite as bad, they were still a complete failure. Then he spent the first 18 months of a financial crisis, passing a POS Health Care bill that was
so bad, not one Dem mentioned it in the elections campaigns. He has done absolutely nothing about the economy and people vote with their wallets.
To prove I'm not just another right-wing whackjob who can't acknowledge anything he's done well, I will acknowledge the few things he's excelled at.
1. Repealing DADT. That was good.
2. Getting OBL. While the Far Right Brain-washed can't give him credit for this, he kept after him for two years until he found him. Then he authorized the invasion of a compound in a country that on paper is our ally but in reality is our enemy - all while he knew the GOP was just chomping at the bit for him to have a failed mission. Great job.
3. Under his administration, more active terrorist cells, with weapons, bombs etc... have been captured BEFORE they blew sh1t up, than anyone before him. So while the idiot before him can say "Well yah, but AFTER I totally f*cked up, I did a good job, Obama did so beforehand. Great job.
So, you know I am not some ConservaRepub who says he sucks only because my thoughts are fed to me by FOX.
Your campaign strategy ain't gonna cut it. People who can't afford to put a turkey on the table for Thanksgiving, are gonna vote for The Party That's Not In Power.
Unless the economy shows real improvement or photos of Perry in bed with boy scouts show up, Obama is probably cooked.