Democrats worried that Obama is ‘blowing it’

Democratic Party leaders are beginning to worry about losing the presidential election.

After the Democratic National Convention, they though Obama (pictured) could order monogrammed sheets for the White House most any time.

Polls showing John McCain tied or even ahead of Barack Obama are stirring angst and second-guessing among some of the Democratic Party’s most experienced operatives, who worry that Obama squandered opportunities over the summer and may still be underestimating his challenges this fall.

It’s more than an increased anxiety … it’s a palpable frustration. Deep-seated unease in the sense that the message has gotten away from them.

Another worried that the Obama campaign was slow to recognize how the selection of Governor Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate would change the dynamic of the race.

They were slow to adjust from Hillary Clinton to John McCain and Sarah Palin.

A major Democratic fundraiser described it a good bit more starkly after digesting the polls of recent days: “I’m so depressed. It’s happening again. It’s a nightmare.”

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