Its all relative to Obama who is perhaps single handidly the dumbest president i have ever witnessed. Blaming ATM Machines for job losses? Come on.
No, its really NOT all relative to obama.
If the GOP candidate can't raise money, the GOp candidate cannot defeat obama.
If there is no voter enthusiasm, there won't be the donations, the community GOTV effort, all that.
And its looking a lot like no matter how much obama is disliked, 18% of voters will stay home (see 2008).