Despite a less-than-rosy economy, President Obama won re-election due in large part to the fact that he made the race a referendum on Mitt Romney and his “47 percent” ideology. Two years later, the economy looks better on paper, but voters aren’t seeing it. That means Democrats will once again make an election a referendum not on how good things are under Democrats, but how terrible they will be under GOP rule. It may work. It may not. But, it’s the only play they’ve got. And, Republicans have done little to nothing to change perception that they, like Romney, are “out of touch” with the concerns of average Americans. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report