The natives are restless. The fear of a possible impending defeat is making them nervious.
Yep, they are head to full on blame the people not the policies. This is what they will later use to argue for the next guy supporting similar policies.
Maybe conservatives made an error claiming Carter was the worst president in X number of years or ever. Maybe Carter was a well-meaning and effective president who adopted terrible policies that would not work no matter who was president. Obama certainly has been an effective president at getting his agenda passed. Obama regardless of whether he is well meaning or not is doing poorly as president because he has adopted terrible policies. This is important to drive home.
It is not the Dim who is president that is the problem or the only problem. It is the policies that all Dims support.