President Obama is in for a tight race this November.

While the president still holds a narrow 2.2 point lead over Governor Romney in the Real Clear Politics average, recent polling suggests that the numbers are on the cusp of moving away from the President.

Put simply, President Obama's vote share is coming down - as evidenced by the findings from the most recent Gallup and Rasmussen surveys in which the President trailed Romney by two points (45%-47%).

Moreover, with poll after poll showing President Obama's job approval rating down several points below the 50% mark, according to Gallup's latest poll, President Obama will be hard-pressed to garner either the turnout or the margin he enjoyed in 2008 when he defeated John McCain with 52.8 percent of the vote.

Even the populist rhetoric and politically motivated announcements the Obama campaign has pursued in recent weeks have fallen short in achieving their desired objective: mobilizing key voter groups whose enthusiasm for voting in the election could be critical to Obama's re-election chances particularly in key swing states.