Peggy Noonan on the Obama Administration's Agenda and Tuesday's Election

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013004574517751596221752.html

Interesting Peggy Noonan article about Obama's support to Democratic candidates, and its rapidly slipping hold on American voters concerned about the economy:

A president has only so much time. Mr. Obama gives a lot of his to health care. But the majority of voters in New Jersey and Virginia told pollsters they were primarily worried about joblessness and the economy. They're on another path, and they don't like the path he's chosen. A majority in a Gallup poll out Wednesday said they now think the president governs from the left, not the middle. The majority did not expect that a year ago.

The president chose promises made before the recession fully took hold, rather than more pressing and pertinent public concerns. In the language of marketing that has become the language of politics he thereby, in his first year, damaged his brand.