Controlling the political narrative: Obama needs to step up his counterpunching game. Republicans have dominated the airwaves in terms of messaging to the public, while a laid-back Obama has leaned against the ropes taking devastating body blows without retort on too many occasions.
In many quarters of the country, particularly in the conservative and extreme-right quadrants, Obama has been successfully portrayed as a socialist hellbent on infringing on the democratic rights of its citizens.
