Democrats: You know, Hopenchange may doom us in 2012

While Debbie What’s-her-name Schmuck is trying to polish a turd, other Dems are much more realistic than she is.  From Politico:

Obama looms large in every calculus for House control. Buffeted by sinking approval ratings that recently hit sub-40 percent lows, Democrats privately express worry about running on a ticket with his name at the top.

“It didn’t have to be this way,” said another House Democrat who requested anonymity in order to speak candidly. “Obama’s presidency has fizzled. It’s going to be every person for himself in 2012. There just won’t be any coattails, and any effect he does have on the ballot will hurt us.”

“It’s hard because we’re inherently linked to the president and his number,” said a top Democratic operative close to party leadership. “It’s got us all pessimistic.”

Let’s see: B.O. is way upside-down in FL (sucks for Obama’s lap dog, too, in Sen. Bill Nelson).  A Dem poll shows 60 battleground districts all trending Republican, more so than in other elections (including last year’s bloodbath).  ObaMao’s stewardship of the economy has us longing for the Bush economy that supposedly sucked.  So yeah, I’d say that the pessimism is warranted.