it appears whiny. therefore it's a job for surrogates, not the potus.

but in any event, he's running against rmoney, not congress.

I'd also add, there's a significant part of the voting population who think Obama's just blaming Bush to cover his ass and those people are waiting for any hint from Obama so they can pounce and say "See! I told you so!"

Obama knows this.

don't listen to facts, only feelings. They only want to hear nice things. He has to tell the truth, but only the truths they like. It's frustrating, I know...

"If he couldn't work with them before why would anyone think he can accomplish anything next time."

There are many possible answers, but unless you can convince an undecided that the house will flip it's better to avoid the subject. Someone (even a D) who thinks we need big changes may be willing to accept Romney with hope that the senate will cooperate but keep him in check rather than stick with Obama where nothing will get done.

There's also "blame fatigue". Justified or not, a lot of the country doesn't want to hear who's fault it is, they just want it fixed.

socialists, gays, "urban" people, atheists, democrats, etc.

interesting how the "blame fatigue" only seems to work in one direction....

and his kissass white house media idiots.