Why Obama and Axelrod are Failing: Urban Politics Fails Against Real Republicans

The New York Post reports:

If it suddenly seems like the Obama campaign doesn't have any idea what it's doing, maybe that's because it doesn't.

Barack Obama has never run a campaign against a real Republican. And his main strategist, David Axelrod, is way out of his areas of expertise.

Axelrod specializes in urban politics. He's run a bunch of mayoral races (usually in cities with lots of blacks), plus contests in true-blue states like Massachusetts and New York.

You'll want to read the whole article.What's normal in Chicago might not be so normal in the rest of America.