No, things stop being "politics" when the wrong ox is being gored.
I was here when Bush's deficit hit $400 billion. It was like hearing a banshee chorus.
And this is just one of dozens of examples. Things that were "core issues" a few years ago that suddenly just aren't part of the picture any more.
The guy you voted for has added more to the debt in one term than Bush -- who added a hell of a lot himself -- managed in two. And who cares? As far as the Democrats are concerned, the Obama administration started in January of 2011, and only the Republicans have kept him from performing all the miracles he promised.