Obama's barb worked because it had the ring of truth.
With different backgrounds but matching policies, the former Minnesota governor is on Mitt’s short list for running mate.
New Hampshire Republicans generated little enthusiasm on the campaign trail and underwhelming turnout on Tuesday.
"If you look at Obama’s White House," says The Nation's Ari Berman, "it’s very much now a top-down, insider White House, following a very conventional Washington playbook. And the whole spirit of grassroots organizing and energy that really defined the Obama campaign has been largely absent."