A Republican strategist frets:
“Time’s running out and it’s not just one bad day here or there, it’s been two bad weeks. We should be playing offense,” “It just seems like they ought to be doing better, like they ought to be winning, and every day the last few weeks is a bit worse than the one before it. People are worried and frustrated.” “They look like a losing campaign, and Romney to me looks like a losing candidate, and that’s the problem — it’s the perception. The reality is the polls are still pretty close, but they have the stench of a losing campaign,” “There are cascading controversies and problems and they’re drowning out any positive message Romney wants to put out there and any ability for Romney to do a sustained attack on Obama.”