Current Event #3: Obama plans to turn anti-Wall Street anger on Mitt Romney and Republicans

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-plans-to-turn-anti-wall-street-anger-on-mitt-romney-republicans/2011/10/14/gIQAZfiwkL_story.html


As the Occupy Wall Street protests gain momentum, President Obama is taking the opportunity to attack his leading GOP opponent, Mitt Romney. Although Romney is praised by supporters for his experience as a high-ranking investment executive, political scientists are thinking that this sets Romney under Obama's potential line of fire for his reelection campaign ("portraying him as a wealthy Wall Street sympathizer").


Obama seems to be becoming more desperate as the election year draws close. With poor approval ratings, he's upped the snarky political commentary in an attempt to target the opposition's flaws and gain support. Recently, the Wall Street Protests are being used as leverage. 


Perhaps Obama might think that this tactic is effective, but I think that the majority of people can tell that it's nothing more than a tactic. Both parties are at fault here, and partisan political squabbles aren't going to gain votes, they'll just cause frustration (for party lines and for voters).