Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.
The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.
While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.
Moreover when Reagan and the President were compared on the handling of a series of issues of foreign affairs and dealing with Congress.
Reagan is close to or ahead of the President in being seen as able to handle inflation, unemployment, government spending, and crime.
The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.