Byline: GREG HINZ AND PAUL MERRION
David Axelrod's above-the-fray political strategy turned U.S. Sen. Barack Obama from promising first-termer to presidential front-runner, but his game plan is starting to show its limitations as the struggle with U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton drags on.
The Chicago-based chief strategist and media maestro for the Obama campaign crafted a message of change and hope that resonates with college students, urban professionals and political independents. But it's falling flat with the biggest part of the Democratic base: blue-collar voters equally skeptical about their economic security and the sweeping platitudes of a relatively untested ...