Five stumbling blocks Democrats must overcome to avoid a November wipeout

For an entire year, while polls showed the economy at the top of the list of voter concerns, President Obama and the Democrats focused on health care reform. The economy is one of five potential stumbling blocks the Democrats may face in the 2010 midterm elections, according to The Hill:

Democratic strategists and independent political experts identify roughly five stumbling blocks that the party must overcome to avert big losses: history, jobs and the economy, an apathetic base, ethics and anti-Washington sentiment.

Almost every Democratic strategist acknowledges the party will lose seats in Congress this fall. The question is whether the loss will be moderate or severe, or even enough to give Republicans control of the House.