It doesn’t look good -

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Obama Promoting Agenda In Key Battleground States

Media reports are casting President Obama’s trip to Denver (where he’ll sign the stimulus bill this morning) and Phoenix as an attempt to boost popular support for his economic agenda. Moreover, says the Los Angeles Times, the tour “reflects a decision by the president to escape the Beltway and touch base with the rest of the country at least once a week” and a recognition “that congressional Republicans were gaining traction in the debate.” The Politico says that “in turning their fire on the capital’s process-and-power-obsessed political class,” Obama’s aides are “actually indulging in a time-honored Beltway tradition.” Both Arizona and Colorado “are…key to Obama’s reelection strategy,” notes The Hill