All those empty Obama speeches about the prosperity of the middle class, a safer world, better health care, immigration dignity, etc. — coupled with the optics of a president who is seen more often at parties, golf courses and fundraisers than at the office working — provide a nearly impossible hurdle for Democrats.
The question isn’t whether the Democratic Party will suffer a net loss in November; the question is how long the ghost of Obama will haunt his party.
And, please, don’t take my word for it.
Take Hillary Clinton’s. She already wears a hazardous materials pantsuit when anywhere near the president and his policies. She dissed him in her book, as did her husband’s acolyte, former Obama CIA Director Leon Panetta. Stand by for a lot more of that kind of nasty infighting.
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