Alvin S. Felzenberg Author, "The Leaders We Deserved" :
A pick-up of between 50 and 60 House seats are not beyond the realm of possibility. I would appear that President Obama and David Axelrod are doing everything they possibly can to bring this about.
Rather than offer the country a vision for how retained Democratic control of Congress will positively improve the lives of the American people, they persist in pressing an issue that is getting them absolutely no traction: the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has a better brand than the administration. Ask anyone on the street what they think of when they hear the words "Chamber of Commerce" and you will hear things: 1) "jobs," and; 2) "those nice people who steer visitors to a town to hotels, restaurants, and theaters."
Centrist and independent voters who once thought Obama was different from the kind of politicians who have for so long given Washington a bad name, must be shaking their heads in disbelief as he repeatedly engages in smears, half truths, and distortions. Somewhere in the great "out there," the spirits of Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn are polishing a trophy engraved to David Axelrod. Why Obama lets him on television is hard to figure. One more Sunday of his rants and the handicappers will be predicting a GOP pickup of 100 seats - and, perhaps, a Rove presidential run.
Question for the president: "We understand that Axelrod will be leaving after the first of the year to run your campaign. Why is he just not leaving?"