At CBS News, I make the case that President Obama will be a greater albatross than aid for vulnerable Democratic incumbents locked in tough reelection battles. And, like Clinton before him, Obama will lead Democrats to the slaughter house this November.

A sampling, though do read it in its entirety.

Drowning in a sense of political deja vu–the fear that burgeoning anti-incumbent sentiment is sweeping the nation in the same devastating fashion as it did in the 1994 midterm elections–one vulnerable Democrat after the next is fleeing to higher ground – preferably ground not occupied by President Barack Obama.

For his part, the President has been assuring wayward Democrats on Capitol Hill the recent losses in Massachusetts, Virginia, and New Jersey hold little implications for the national political landscape. The hope endures and the fight continues, he insists.

According to Representative Marion Berry, who Sunday announced his surprise retirement from Congress after thirteen years in office, Obama is finally laying some personal credibility and political capital on the line in 2010.

The President, in a meeting with White House political brass and Blue Dog Democrats, told Berry the parallels between 1994 and 2010 are overblown and sensational, at best. “The big difference [between] here and in ‘94 was you’ve got me,” Obama crowed, according to Berry.

Indeed, Democrats have got him, but do they honestly want him? If the loss of the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat is any indicator of the President’s impotency on the campaign trail, Obama may be a greater albatross than aid for Democrats.

Despite appealing to moderates of both parties in 2008, Obama has, in short order, become the most politically divisive figure in American politics. President Obama’s job approval index ratings among Democrats and Republicans has reached an all-time high for first-year presidents, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday, which found a 65 percentage-point gap between Democrats and Republicans.

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