Why some people stay with Obama despite his obvious shortcomings

NY Times:
Attachment to Obama May Be Key to Election

The challenge for Mitt Romney may be that even voters unhappy with President Obama remain emotionally tied to him.
I suspect in some cases it is tribal affiliation.  Blacks have been unreasonably loyal to Democrats despite the damage done to their families by Democrat policies.  Hispanics for some reason are concerned about keeping non citizen Hispanics in the country and giving them rights.

Both are self destructive in their own way.  Giving amnesty to illegals will send the unemployment rate in both groups even higher and they are already disproportionately higher than the rest of the country.

The young who have also been devastated by the Obama economy and Democrat student loan policies that benefit the liberal one percent in academia who live high off of predatory loans to unsophisticated borrowers. 

Persuading these people that voting for Democrats in not in their interest or the interest of the country is still a difficult challenge.  Romney has some smart ad guys working for his campaign and they need to find a way to address the problem.  A recent ad based on Paul Ryan's discussion of young people in their 20s having to return to their childhood bedroom is a good start.

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