Eight people Obama needs to fire to win in 2012

Clearly, Obama’s current strategy isn’t working. Both the West Wing and the campaign are plagued by internal divisions, driven by longtime staffers who have spent the last three years alienating the party base and knocking Obama off his message.

There is still an opportunity to change course. With 12 months to go until Election Day, the President has some time to shake up his team and reverse his downward spiral. But since Obama has so far been unwilling to make the tough calls, we’ve compiled some suggestions of who should get the boot.