Watch out you big meanie Republicans!

Via The Hill:

The White House’s emerging strategy for the midterm elections is to run against a “mean” Congress.

President Obama has made that tack known more than ever in recent days. […]

Those in Obama’s circle say it’s no coincidence that, with the fall elections just months away, Obama is ramping up his attacks on a “do-nothing” Congress.

“All of us have always thought he’s better with an opponent and someone to fight against,” said Tommy Vietor, a former longtime Obama communications aide. “When you got an opponent, especially an opponent as absurd as the Republican Congress, he’s in a better place because he can point out their hypocrisy, their mean spiritedness, and he can do it with humor.

“The more feisty campaign tone is where he’s strongest,” Vietor continued, adding that the president’s recent Kansas City event, “felt like a campaign stop, and it felt like him at his best.”