In Case You Missed This... Yarmuth (D-KY) Critical Of White House Economic Team

"Economy is going to be the overriding issue, and the challenge any Democrat is going to be to separate themselves from Obama's policies," says Al Cross, a veteran Kentucky political observer who now teaches at the University of Kentucky. "We got a saying down here, you gotta get the talk right. There is no talk for . There's just no resistance to this anti-Obama mantra that you find coming from Republicans and Fox News."

National Democratic strategists agree. Schultz says that Coakley's Senate campaign failure came in part because of her focus on the legacy of late Sen. Ted Kennedy and President Barack Obama's health-care plan, not on her record as a crusading attorney general who held corporate interests accountable. In an anti-incumbent climate, Democratic candidates need to cast themselves as agents of accountability, not part of a movement.

Public favors Obama’s economic policies over Bush’s by wide margin.

Public favors Obama’s economic policies over Bush’s by wide margin.
As congressional Republicans double down on President Bush’s failed economic policies, a new National Journal/Pew Research poll finds that Americans believe President Obama’s “policies offer a better chance at improving the economy over the policies of his predecessor.” Interestingly, more Democrats favor Obama’s policies than Republicans favor Bush’s, while independents overwhelming side with Obama. Overall, despite continued tough economic times, 46 percent of Americans say Obama’s policies will do more to improve the economy, compared to just 29 percent who say the same of Bush’s:




The poll also found that only 30 percent of Americans support retaining all the Bush tax cuts, while a similar portion believe they should all be allowed to expire. Twenty-seven percent favor repealing the tax cuts for wealthy, while maintaining the rest, as the Obama administration has proposed