You have to read further than the tabloid headlines. Obama is actually admitting that the Democrats are losing touch. Here is the quote from the actual interview in Rolling Stones:
QUOTE And I think that part of it has to do with our inability, our failure, to reach those voters effectively. Part of it is Fox News in every bar and restaurant in big chunks of the country, but part of it is also Democrats not working at a grassroots level, being in there, showing up, making arguments. That part of the critique of the Democratic Party is accurate. We spend a lot of time focused on international policy and national policy and less time being on the ground.... UNQUOTE
