Blame Obama for Brown? Not so fast...

Republicans may be making a mistake by focusing on Obama:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/us/po … ll.html?em

Poll:

>>1) "Americans blame former President George W. Bush, Wall Street and Congress much more than they do Mr. Obama for the nation’s economic problems and the budget deficit,"

2) "They credit Mr. Obama more than Republicans with making an effort at bipartisanship, and they back the White House’s policies on a variety of disputed issues,"

3) "For all the erosion in support for Mr. Obama, Americans say he better understands their needs and problems"

4) "Mr. Obama and his party continue to have an edge over Republicans on which party would do better in dealing with health care and job creation."

5)"The poll found that 51 percent of Americans now view the Democratic Party unfavorably, nearly matching the highest in the history of the Times/CBS News poll. At the same time, 57 percent have an unfavorable view of the Republican Party."

6) "half of respondents said the Senate should change the filibuster rules that Republicans have used to block Mr. Obama’s agenda."<<

The article points out many advantages for Republicans, but they may be overreaching:

"As the party in power, Democrats face a particular risk from any wave of voter discontent; unfavorable views of the Democratic Party are as high as they have been since the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994, though Republicans continue to register an even worse showing."

There is plenty of good news for Republicans in this article, and I would point it out, too, but the point of this thread is to say, if you make this about Obama, you are going to fare worse than if you make it about Congress and the party in power there.