Obama doesn't emphasize issues he fought hard for

BALTIMORE — Fighting for re-election, President Barack Obama is playing down his historic health care overhaul and the multibillion-dollar recession-fighting stimulus – two landmark efforts of his first three years in office. Those signature policies are unpopular, and voters clearly want the candidates to focus instead on jobs.

Dealing with a slow-moving economy, Obama is imploring voters to stick with him through tough times while promising that better days lie ahead – with him, not Republican foe Mitt Romney. The selling of Obama’s first term, however, isn’t so simple.