Obama has lost his political advantage after winning the past election. What does this mean for those who are desperately swimming toward safety before the undertow takes them all out to sea ?

This may come as a surprise to some of you,  but the running gun battle that Obama has decided works to his advantage,  has backfired on him,  putting all that he hoped to do  -  what I call his “incidental agenda” – on the ropes.  And I say “incidental”  for this reason:  gun control,  as an example,  is only a populace phenom,  drawing its energy from the sad circumstance at Sandy Hook Elementary.  Before Sandy Hook,  Obama had a “F” rating from the anti-gun lobby and the Brady Campaign,  an “F” that included his non-stance on any kind of weapons ban and/or background checks, universal or otherwise.  He didn't support any of this.   But Sandy Hook happened,  and Obama immediately politicized the event.  As time has dragged on,  however,  his once strong popular opinion on gun control,  has evaporated.  In this event,  his losing effort (to date) with gun control,  Obama is dealing with a negative “spin off”  as to public opinion on his handling of the economy and his continued support of ObamaCare.  Good news for the hapless GOP.  If current trends continue,  popular opinion might give the GOP an advantage with the midterm elections,  just a little over 18 months from now.    

Understand that the economy continues to be stuck on or at “zero”  with no real change in sight before the coming elections.  Further,  nearly all of ObamaCare’s negatives will have come to the light,  as well,  during the months remaining before November of 2014.  The Democrats loaded the cheap benefits of this program,  at the front of its legislative effect:  covering pre-existing health problems (which are being limited according to recent news releases) ,  adding 2 years to the insurance age of children (from 22 to 24  - whoopty do), and,  insuring the fantasy that you will be able to keep your doctor of choice  (we all now understand that this is not true).  All the “good stuff” in ObamaCare  has already happened.  What is left,  is the ugly truth (not yet fully known or written)  and the effect of ObamaCare tax after tax after tax  -  700 billion dollars in new taxes effecting everyone from the poor working class,  to well-to-do middle class and the rich.  Unless repealed,  this law,  all by its lonesome,  will change this nation’s work dynamic.  We are being told that within the decade,  40 percent of all jobs will be free lance, including the self employed and/or  part-time.  Add to this fact, the reality that another 15% will move into the underground economy,  thus avoiding taxes they cannot afford to pay,  and you have a very new "work dynamic" that results in a lower standard of living in perpetuity, for more than half the nation's population  and a loss of tax/revenues that cannot be replaced without doing more damage to an economy that is not advanced via ever increasing taxation.  

The tide has changed for Obama.  Since we all are adrift in the same sea of circumstance,  will this changing tide take us all down before we see and move to change what is happening?