Obama's sidelined. That's why he's out there. He's got no new plan of his own. He's just whining, on the same broken record of "balanced approach," "shared sacrifice," scaring the sick & elderly, threatening markets, etc. He's gone stale.
The topic came up Monday evening and I was surprised to hear two 2008 Obama voters express they are sick of seeing him on their TVs and another outright say the "no Social Security checks" threat was a lie and it's just SS being used as a pawn.
Unfortunately memories are short and the election still 469 days away.