Earth to Obama........Over

In another sign that Democrats are worried that Obama may lose, there is an article in the New York Times by Matt Bai in which blame is assigned for the failed campaign strategy of the Obama campaign. Guess who is at fault? That's right, Obama is falling behind because of bad advice from Bill Clinton.

Let me explain: Obama ran his campaign with the strategy of "killing" Romney. In other words, Obama devoted enormous energy and resources ($300 million of negative ads) to portraying Romney as an evil plutocrat who cares only about the rich and who will stomp on the middle class as president. That entire effort went up in smoke when America got to see Romney in person during the debates. Clearly, Romney came through as a knowledgeable man who cares deeply about restoring the economy and who (unlike Obama) actually has a seemingly viable plan to accomplish that goal. Romney even came through as likeable while Obama seemed petty and nasty. Much of the polling movement of the last two weeks has come as these new clearer perceptions of Romney have moved voters from Obama to the GOP.

Supposedly, the Obama team was deciding whether or not to use the "kill Romney" strategy or to go instead with a portrayal of Romney as a flip-flopper. Clinton advised Obama to go with "kill Romney". According to Bai, that makes him responsible for the loss.

All I can say is "Huh?" Obama, and not Clinton, was in charge of the Obama campaign. Obama and not Clinton made the choice of strategies. Obama and not Clinton should be responsible for decisions made by Obama. But like everything else that has gone wrong in the last four years, Obama always blames the result on someone else. For two years, anything that went wrong was the fault of George Bush. Even today, we still hear about the economy that Obama "inherited" from Bush, as if it were some sort of surprise to the president once he took the oath of office. Bush did not push through the stimulus; Bush did not ignore the economy for two years to pass Obamacare over the objections of a majority of Americans; that was all Obama. Still, the problems that this conduct caused were blamed on Bush.

Obama now seems to be moving on to blaming the Clintons. First Hilary got to take responsibility for the disaster in Benghazi. Now, the election problems are due to Bill. In reality, this tells us much more about Obama and his team than it could ever tell us about the Clintons. Team Obama and its leader still think that if they say something, it will be accepted as true and it will be more important than actually doing something. Well, the people of Earth need to get a message through to Obamaland to tell the inhabitants that this view just ain't true. No number of articles planted in the New York Times will change reality. If Obama loses, he will have only himself to blame. Bill Clinton had nothing to do with it. Indeed, Clinton gave Obama probably the best moment of the campaign with his speech at the Democrat convention.