"He did everything but address the problem he was elected to fix"

If Obama loses next year, that would be a fitting epitaph for his administration. He was elected to fix the economy yet wasted his two years of real power, with huge majorities, going after other priorities, especially futzing around with healthcare (which singlehandedly blew the better part of a year and said huge majorities, his filibuster-proof Senate majority before that, not to mention his single reconciliation bill for 2010, which could have been used to avoid the government shutdown showdown and the current debt-ceiling debacle). Now he finds himself with no ability to do anything, having to fight to keep the Republican House from blowing the brains out of the economy. This article illustrates the problem quite chillingly.

There is every probability that he will lose, unless the GOP nominates a total Tea Party nutbag like Bachmann. This is a prospect I don't relish, especially with the Republicans holding the House and in a good position to take the Senate.