The Republican catchphrase that needs a knife in it quick: "trickle down government"

Obviously, they've done some work on that one, focused grouped it and all that and now they're as proud as a baby who figured out he can make an ashtray out of his own poop.

Democrats should have hammered that as soon as it came out of a Republican candidates mouth:

"That's a funny phrase you use, because it connects a failed Republican idea, 'trickle down economics' that gives to the rich and hoping it benefits the rest (which it doesn't) that people have realized is a failure, with 'government' that since the New Deal people have realized CAN work when our private sector falters, and not by 'trickling down' but directly helping the people who need it most."

Obama could have done this himself with his grandfather and the GI Bill, himself and student loans, unemployment insurance, Social Security, and other programs, in all those cases, we didn't give money to the rich or some remote part of the government hoping it would somehow trickle down to those who need it. We gave it directly to them. And it worked. And continues to work. Unless you build yachts, train dressage horses, or answer the phone at a bank in the Cayman Islands, REPUBLICAN TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS is not going to help you.