How much longer before the economic Hopenchange begins?

“The prospect of economic growth getting up to a point and unemployment getting down to a point that is comfortable for an incumbent are declining by the month, and are now not very high at all,” said William Galston, a policy adviser in the Clinton White House and a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns…

Even more challenging for Obama is that some of the hardest-hit states, such as Florida, Nevada and Michigan, are critically important for his reelection strategy…

GOP strategists pointed to recent polls showing Obama’s weakness on the issue. A CNN poll published late last month found that 58 percent of Americans — including nearly two-thirds of independents — disapproved of the president’s job on the economy. Independents are viewed by Obama aides as a group crucial to his reelection bid.