Well said Buzz.
Obama is only doing as well as he is because the 'experienced' politicians are pretty much corrupt. It also does not hurt Obama that Bush has been a disaster.
Ron, you forgot to add that the last 8 years have had the highest spending (and contribution to the deficit) ever. Trying to pin it all on the DNC is wrong, though they have gone along for the ride. The price of
oil (and gas as a result) is up because the value of the dollar has gone down. The dollar is down because the government has (for the last 6-7 years) been spending and printing. There are other reasons as well, but this is one of the larger ones.
Also, the reason the economy was doing 'well' was because idiots were tapping into the value of their houses to go buy everything they could. The GOP did nothing to stop it (and I'm not keen on legislating against stupidity anyway) while it was happening, and now it is too late to do much except try to mitigate the damage.