Obama Blames Himself for Midterm Losses

“Just days after his party was routed in the midterm elections, President Obama said that he and his White House team had not succeeded in effectively selling the benefits of his policies to the American people, calling it a ‘failure of politics’ that he must change in the final two years of his presidency,” the New York Times reports.

Said Obama: “It’s not enough just to build a better mousetrap. People don’t automatically come beating to your door. We’ve got to sell it. We’ve got to reach out to the other side and, where possible, persuade.”