This election should be a referendum on the Tea Party, not Obama
Although Blue Dog Democrats were a problem for Obama, the reality is that the direction of our government is in danger of being controlled by the Tea Party. They vote as a block, force the Republican hand, and even stop bipartisan legislation on everything from debt reduction to immigration reform. The Tea Party itself is headed up by racists. Do a search for 'Republican apologizes' in google and you can literally find several dozens instances of Tea Party leaders apologizing for racist, sexist, Islamophobic, and homophobic remarks and emails.
The Tea Party is not only actively involved in disenfranchising American citizens, it's involved harassing Hispanic Americans with its anti-immigration laws that racially profile, targeting women who seek contraception, going after gays who want to get married, replacing scientific thought with Bible stories in schools, gutting services for the most needy, pushing a downward wage spiral by fighting unions and laying off government workers, promoting corruption in politics, even legalizing discrimination. While Americans may not be thrilled with Obama, the fact is that the Tea Party is trying to restore the special rights of the few by returning our nation to the failed policies of the Gilded Age. I think if Americans are forced to choose between Obama and the Democrats or Romney and the Tea Party, the American people will win again as they did in 2008.