Right, but it's a different era now. If the dems frame all this around the narrative, "Imagine how difficult things would be if Obama didn't win in 2008" -- which is quite possible, those numbers won't matter. We're not dealing with a particularly well-informed, well-reasoned electorate.
Pandering crossing the line into rank stupidity didn't get Kerry elected, and it won't get Bobo re-elected...
2008 was a Perfect Storm. The Amish aren't even going to come out for him like they did in 2008.
Lobotomized Bobo voters aren't going to switch to the GOP, it's that enough of them are going to stay home on Election Day. And we saw just exactly that in VA a week ago!