re: #245 NJDhockeyfan

I disagree. If that were the case Obama would have lost the election and John McCain would be president today. George Bush’s popularity was dropping in the polls as the economy and unemployment dropped toward the end of his presidency and the Democrats took full advantage of that.

As always I think it will come down to the Independents. The left is going to vote for Obama, the right will vote for Romney. Both sides have to convince the Independents to vote for their side and if the economy and jobs numbers don’t turn around and improve it’s going to be a bad day for the Democrats on election day.

I’m not sure I agree with you here. Obama’s Hope and Change message was really strong at the time. That, combined with the hype of his potential to become the first ever black President really helped him. Now a lot of people on both sides of the political spectrum don’t feel like they got the “change” they hoped for when they elected him.

And of course he can’t be the first black President again so the hype isn’t there as much.