Obama is pulling away from Romney. According to recent polls, Americans feel more optimistic about the economy and they trust Obama more than Romney on the economy going forward. Obama has highest job approvals in months and he is basically kicking Romney's ass in the polls.
Chris Mathews and Sam Stein floated a theory I have been convinced is a large reason Obama is surging, they suggested Obama is still benefiting from Clinton's convention speech. I totally agree.
In 1996 the GOP went after Bill Clinton with the same hate and venom they are currently dumping on Obama. The GOP robbed Clinton of a second term by impeaching him over nothing. Clinton is popular now but W Bush ran in 2000 against the moral missteps of Clinton.
Well, who is feeling the pain now? If Obama is reelected, I think Dem's will win in 2016 and unless the fatigue is severe 2020 as well. The GOP is "this close" to heading into a potentially fatal death spiral.
Clinton was partisan, tough, attacking, accurate and inspirational. Bill Clinton let the GOP have it with both barrels. He laid into the Republicans in a way he has never done.
Bill Clinton was dogged by Ken Starr in the 90's, but at that convention Clinton got his revenge against the GOP that impeached him. If Obama wins reelection, the Clinton speech will go down as the marker upon which the GOP of the 2000's was destroyed.