Obama's problem is he has not nailed down his party's base. If you look at where he's spending time, its too max up the Democratic turnout. With the PUMAs disaffected, he's not able to go after the swing and independent voters. I think his big mistake was not in uniting his party well before the convention and if you have to do that during the general election, you're behind the curve.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Obama's problem is he has not nailed down his party's base. If you look at where he's spending time, its too max up the Democratic turnout. With the PUMAs disaffected, he's not able to go after the swing and independent voters. I think his big mistake was not in uniting his party well before the convention and if you have to do that during the general election, you're behind the curve. This pretty much sums it up for me. I will add that his decision not to accept public financing is also killing Obama right now. He has to keep firing up his base voters in order to continue raising money. But when he does this, he hurts himself with the rest of the electorate, most notably the swing voters and independent voters. And then there was his decision to pick Biden over Hillary, which I predict will come to be seen as his fatal mistake in this election.