Mr. Axelrod, I'll be blunt...

[BlueStreak]

14. The OP asks what we are fighting for (essentially)

If the President can't come up with a single thing to say about Social Security when he is standing next to a guy who will privatize it if he gets the chance, we have a problem.

It is both a POLICY and a POLITICAL problem. If Obama caught the "triangulation" disease, that will not work. This is an election where we have to draw a sharp contrast because, frankly, things aren't that great in the country right now. It is just not adequate to say "We inherited a big problem and we're making some progress, and give me 4 more years to make some more progress -- probably more progress than my opponent would make, but basically we agree on just about everything."

That is a loser. If you want our support, you have to show a contrast.

We have an opponent who is a plutocrat who will do everything in his power to continue the redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the top 0.1%. he is committed to privatizing Social Security, dismantling Medicare, and repealing the Affordable Care Act. If you cannot find clear points of distinction in that, you do not deserve to be reelected.

The good news is that Biden has an opportunity for that contrast this Thursday, and Obama has 2 more chances to see if he can identify anything he disagrees with Mr. Romney about.