If Obama lets the Banks "Off the Hook" I think his re-election is a "Non-Starter"

[JoePhilly]

70. Its starts in the media. They need a close race.

And the only way to get that is to intentionally manipulate the turn out.

In the span of 10 minutes on the news, you will see a right wing pundit and then a "liberal" pundit, with each complaining about Obama, using opposite arguments.

The right wing pundit will call Obama a socialist, the liberal pundit will call him a corporatist. They don't care which one of these you or I internalize, just so long as we internalize one of these views.

Those on the right will be more likely internalize the socialist position ... get angry, and become more likely to vote against Obama.

Those on the left will be more likely internalize the corporatist position ... get angry, and become less likely to vote for Obama.

Obama beat McCain by 6% in 2008. All you need is a 3-4% swing in the turnout, and an election that Obama should win easily, becomes close.

As these totally opposite "Obama bad" memes spread out into the blogosphere, they find their way to places like DU, and Free Republic.

If you disagree, think of any liberal argument against Obama, and then spend 30 seconds thinking about its right wing totally opposite alternative. Probably won't take 30 seconds for you to think of it.