MSNBC’s Chris Matthews argued that President Obama faces a very difficult campaign against Mitt Romney because of the ongoing weakness of the economy and Romney’s campaign organization.

Matthews suggested the economy has not recovered in a significant way. “It is not ‘steaming ahead,’ unfortunately,” he said last night. He was perhaps disputing the gist of Obama’s oft-repeated statistic about 23 straight months of economic growth. “The growth rate is well below 3 percent and that is not strong enough to bring people back to work in the numbers that will instill confidence that the country itself is headed back to business,” Matthews argued.

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