“Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him.”
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White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.
If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.
Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin.