It’s difficult to overstate just how depressing May’s job report is – and how much damage it will inflict on President Obama’s chances for re-election.
It’s not simply that the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 percent to 8.2 percent, or that it’s remained above 8 percent for 40 consecutive months, or that in May we gained less than 70,000 new jobs. Nor is it simply the fact that in May the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) increased from 5.1 million to 5.4 million. Or that the average work week fell to 34.4 hours. Or that, as John points out, March and April’s jobs reports were revised downward. Or that in May, stocks suffered through their worst month in two years.
All of this matters quite a lot, of course. But what’s particularly injurious to the president’s re-election prospects is that May was the worst economic month in what is turning out to be a very bad economic year. The trajectory of events is down, not up. The economy is slowing down. Consumer confidence is dropping. Virtually every economic indicator is getting worse, not better.
This would be very troubling news for any incumbent president – but for one who has virtually no achievements he can point to with pride, it is triply damaging. Whatever fault one wants to ascribe to Obama’s predecessor, and whatever excuses the president can dream up, what is now beyond any reasonable dispute is that Obama has no clue how to fix things. That is not a political judgment; it’s an empirical one.
Barack Obama may be well-intentioned. He may be a fine father. He may have an excellent jump shot. And he may be a first-rate community organizer. But as president, he is simply — and by now almost undeniably — overmatched by events. By Obama’s own standards – by what he said and by what he promised — he is a failure.
For Obama, that is a politically lethal conclusion for a majority of the American people to come to. They were well on their way to arriving at this conclusion before today. They’re now further along than they were. And soon, very soon, there will be no way to undo it.
So then, what is the chance that Mr. Obama will be dumped by the Democrats prior to the November election? Is that probability nonzero? n nIt increasingly seems to me that if Mr. Obama is not removed from the ticket, the Democrats are otherwise looking at another trainwreck of an election, as they experienced in 2010.
Did you forget that when the president won the election in 2008 that he moved the Democratic party to Chicago for all intents and purposes? That his reelection campaign and the DNC are essentially the same thing?r nr nYour question is the logical equivalent of asking if he will dump himself. This is Chicago politics you are addressing… there are no options, there are no other powers in the party. There are no other choices, just like there are no other alternatives to the Mayor of Chicago.r nr nIf we are careful and can contain the vote fraud, we may have a chance to restrict this cancer back to Chicagoland instead of letting it spread and stay in the rest of America. The Democrats WILL go down with Obama because they ARE Obama… they have no choice now.
I think the chances are zero. The only Democrat who could challenge him for the nomination is Hilary Clinton, and she already tried that in 2008 and failed. It would be even harder for her to challenge him, a sitting president, for the party's nomination. It would be viewed as divisive and Obama does not tolerate division in his own party. He loves dividing the country for his own political purposes, i.e., to get re-elected, but Hilary would have hell to pay if she tried to challenge him now. The party would view it as a betrayal, since Obama gave her an important post in his cabinet. Having said all that, I do not think Hilary's policies would differ much from Obama's. The Democrats of today are all cut from the same cloth. They all pretty much believe in big government and higher taxes to fund big spending. This election will present the voters will a very clear choice: do they want to go down the same big spending, big government direction Obama and the Dems want to go, or will they choose limited government, private industry, that Romney and the GOP want to take?
Don't blame me. Early during the 2008 Democrat primaries, I described Barack Obama as intellectually shallow and poorly read. It was also obvious that too many people were overly impressed with his Harvard credentials. They were unaware of the inflated grades and overall corruption pervading the Ivy League schools. Obama was an affirmative action beneficiary.
Man oh man, we get it. He's colored. Is there another topic in here?
Don't blame me, either. I said in 2008 that Obama's election would aggravate rather than ease racial tensions, because his supporters would ascribe all opposition and failures to “white racism.” And sure enough…
Colored? Do you really think that this Commentary piece has anything at all to do with Obama's race? He's half white don't forget. Who cares what color he is? As a voter in the November election, I am color blind. I don't care if our next president is black, white, yellow or red. I just want him to be competent and know how to lead us out of this mess. Sorry, but Obama is not that man no matter what color his skin happens to be. And I think most voters will agree with me on this point, except, of course, people like you who focus only on the race issue and refuse to face reality about this president's abysmal failure in office.
Ah, another liberal thinking our dislike of obama is his color. You forget he is half white….So you sir are the racist.
And another 3/8ths Arab Muslim, too.
Why is it always liberals who feel obliged to throw the race card? Is that really all you've got? This president has proven to be a hard driven idealogical nightmare who has placed in positions of power people opposed to almost every industry that runs. He has placed burdensome regulations and promises to create more "programs" and "stimulus" based on more taxes to corporations and individuals. Obama seems to have a loose grasp on the key fact that taxes on corporations always are paid by consumers. I don't know about you, but I have noticed that the groceries I used to buy for $90 a week have escalated to $130 a week based on higher costs of manufacturing and transport. That's not how you "create jobs."
TexasTruBlu: cuz that's allll they got. Purely vapid nothingness…
Because most normal people find being called a racist abhorrent. So it effectively stops the conversation. Which us exactly what liberals do when they have no answers for the hard questions.
Libs pull the race card when they don't have any answers for the tough questions. Most people find being called a racist so viscerally abhorrent that it effectively stops the conversation. And then the libs dont have to try to defend their position. I am not a racist, but I DO NOT agree with this POTUS's policies, or his ideology. n
They can hardly brag about their policies which FIRST appeared on a Joseph Stalin Agenda VERY CLEARLY LABELED "FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA FROM THE INSIDE"! n n Published in the Congressional Records on January 10, 1963.
I completely agree with you. I am as conservative as the next person and I dearly hope for Obama's defeat. However I have to admit that many people who seem to think like me really cannot articulate their reasons in a rational fashion. They simply attack the man's personality or his mannerisms or they use code about affirmative action. This comes across as pure vitriol. I hesitate to accuse people of racial bias but only because I have no proof and only suspicions. Fortunately the present article is well reasoned and lays out the anti-Obama case pretty well.The man has failed at the main job we expect from an executive; to define the problems that are blocking progress and to focus on those where good solutions are possible. In this regard his focus on Afghanistan and the middle east was an obvious disaster. He had good intentions but he completely missed the Arab spring and he got us stuck in a quagmire, expending vast sums in a place where we have no vital interests at stake. He should have focused on trade and China in my opinion. Domestically he chose to focus on health care despite the fact that millions of people were losing there homes, unemployment was rising through the roof, the general economy was entering the worst recession since the 1930's. He ignored the advice of his own economic advisers (e.g. Romer, Goolesbee) who were screaming for a bigger stimulus program. No wonder his whole economic team has resigned (except for Geithner). His approach to the most vital aspect of his position was to through a little money at the problem and assumed that things would get better by themselves. He never considered the possibility that we might need major structural reform of the tax code nor did he worry about our debt and deficit nor our obscene excuse for a tax code. Finally he has been very divisive and has failed to bring the country together. He is slicing and dicing the electorate and focusing his political efforts on a building a collition based on different small segments of the society; unmarried women, latino's, gays, blacks, students, environmentalists, teachers, high tech workers. I find it very damaging and discouraging.
Geithner has not resigned because HE doesn't have to – BEING THE SON OF OBAMA'S MOTHER'S WORLD MONETARY FUND BOSS. n nAND they will always insulate him as well as they can from the General Public, while diffusing news of and from his office through other surrogates so he doesn't snag any attention.
"…or they use code about affirmative action." n nBarack Obama has even admitted of taking advantage of affirmative action policies. There is substantial evidence available to easily argue that a white man with similar grades and accomplishments would have never been admitted to either Columbia or Harvard. One does not need to be sneaky and use "code" to make this case.
And the color is pink
There were many of us, David, who tried to tell those with stars in their eyes that Barack Obama was totally unqualified to be president. Unfortunately, not enough of them listened. Let's hope that enough of them have now come down out of the clouds to where we won't be stuck with Obama for another four years. I'm not sure the country can survive it.
Didn't matter in 2008. n nRNC conspired with FRONT-LOADING STATES for OPEN PRIMARIES to let CROSSOV ER DIMS give us McCAIN, who was/is in ALL points AS BAD OR WORSE than Odrama Queen and/or Hillary. nSince we don't have the cajones to stand up for ourselves, we let ourselves get stuck with a candidate who required 20% crossover DIMS to get the Nomination, who then went home and voted Odrama Queen in the General, laughing at us for giving us THE #1 MOST HATED GOP POLITICIAN BY GOP VOTERS winning every poll for it for like 15 years… n nWe are just "lucky" we didn't get all this PLUS SHAMNESTY by 2009, out of McCain and be left holding all the blame for all this same garbage.
It is not empirical that Obama has no clue what to do to right the economy (or at least what policies could be pursued). It is quite possible that: (A) he knows precisely — or has been advised–what should be done, but he is so bound by ideology and Leftist claptrap that he refuses to take the necessary measures, or; (B) he is prevented from seeing the truth by Leftist ideology, or; (C) he actually does not want the economy to rebound for some reason. Or he could be clueless, as you say. A real dimwit.
or Obama could be an empty suit *and* the economy could be at its new normal–given record corporate profits and cash reserves and the explosion of new housing for rich folk I see in my neck of the woods. could be that a healthy (as opposed to on the brink of disintegrating depression) economy for the, say, 80-88% currently employed, for the near term (until the debt machine finally lurches off a cliff) doesn't require the other 15% or so's full participation, regardless of who's Prez. If Romney succeeds at pushing back the credit-bubble catastrophes on the horizon that will be accomplishment but our unemployment rates may now be structural.
There's only one way to find out: n nElect Romney and see if he can improve things significantly–given the benefit of seeing what did not work for Obama. n nIf Romney fails too, then that suggests that the problem is beyond our current two-party system to fix. n nIn medicine, most patients don't give up after one doctor fails to treat them successfully. Rather, they get a second opinion from another doctor. n nAnd that's what we should be doing with America: Get a second opinion from Romney.
I think another President can fix things at the margins. Romney can undo the harm caused by the Democrats' policies. But Romney can't restore an energy constrained economy to robust growth. No one can.
I think he can, but it will take his whole first term….. Mitt at least knows how business and finance works, OBAMA KNOWS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.. n nHe should never have been elected….. never.
We should frack our way to riches. There is tons of energy.
that's crap. You're just beginning to accept the MSM line that it's all now a 'structural problem'. If we get a govt that will simply do two things:r nr n1. gtfo of our wayr n2. allow entrepreneurs both large and small to go after the 4+ Trillion barrels of oil in the bakken, green river, marcellas and Texas oil fields and get it to market, our economy could boom greater than we've seen as a nation since WWII. LNG is already at record lows on account of horizontal drilling and fraking…that alone will reduce the cost of doing business as more and more organizations convert their fleets to LNG. Just imagine the response to the glut of available, inexpensive fuel!! Mind boggling..simply mind boggling.
There's also another way– if big businesses would stop their blatant hiring freezes (designed purely to make Obama look bad in terms of increased unemployement rates so their 'buddies' in the Republican party will give them tax breaks once elected.) Or if Republicans don't continually kill Jobs Bills (i.e the American Jobs Act back in 2011 that was killed after the right yet again tried to make the President look bad with the ridiculous debt ceiling fiasco). Or how about we just get some people in the Senate who don't want to sabotage our elected President at the expense of the American citizens they claim to represent?? Or how about brainless dolts like you stop supported clowns like Mitt Romney who are transparently in on this entire charade– take your pick.
Republicans don't have to try to make Mr. Obama look bad, he does a fine job of that himself. By the way, your rant that American business manufactured a hiring freeze just to get Mr. Obama suggests you have no real understanding of the way business works. If business owners thought they could be wildly successful with Mr. Obama in the White House they would do all they could to help him. Businessess don't want to lose money and lay off employees whom they may have known for most of their lives. Grow up.
Haven't you already had two presidents? Bush's economy was horrible for his entire second term…anyone who didn't see the crash coming in 2005-2006 must have their heads in the sand. Obama's economy isn't the best, but it sure isn't 2008 again. Reasonable working people know in their gut that the 2012 economy is no where near 2008. DOW at 12k vs. 7k, 50k jobs added versus 700k lost….get a clue.
Sorry, the economy was reasonable paced from 2004 until 2007. If you wanted to, you could make a case that the Nancy Pelosi/Harry Reid effect started in 2007. The real dagger to the economy was the artificial propping up of the housing market by the Fed (with too low interest rates) and by governmental interference in the housing market by Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac that were handing out subsidized real estate loans like popsicles. All of Washington had a hand in those destructive policies and Obama was perfectly happy with those policies before the bubble burst. In fact his current solutions follow the failed idea that pencil pushers in Washington can fix all of our problems.
Is our problem "beyond our current two-party system to fix?" Recent history suggests it ain't. Replace Obama with Romney. Simple. Just as we replaced Carter's failed bunch with Reagan, who righted us quickly. Romney will do the same.
Our unemployment is a result of Odrama Queen doubling and tripling the CRIPPLING REGULATIONS that are UNNECESSARY and DO CREATE ARTIFICIAL CRISIS. Like the way that DIMS shut down the water in Central Valley and shut off one of th4e most fertile and productive farming communities in the nation – then DIMS say the new lower food production "IS THE NEW NORMAL". n nNOTHING NORMAL ABOUT IT! n nJUST THE NEW MARXISM! nAND THE NEW TOLERANCE OF MARXISM! In other words, Boiled Frogs! STILL IN THE POT!
The truth is he wants American Destruction and he knows precisely how to get it done. And he is doing it FLAWLESSLY to perfection – unimpeded by idiots who think HE is stupid. nThe longer they treat him as if he is stupid, the LESS they do to stop him, the more they cater to the "poor critter", the more he accomplishes.
I hope that you are wrong, of course, about Obama's motives. No American really wants to believe such a thing about his or her president, but Obama's policies do make one wonder. If he is as smart as the pundits say, he must surely be aware that his policies are causing more harm to the country than good, especially the economy. Who in their right mind would increase government spending as much as Obama has, thereby INCREASING the national debt by over 4.939 trillion dollars in less than four years in office. According to CBS News: "If Mr. Obama wins re-election, and his budget projections prove accurate, the National Debt will top $20 trillion in 2016, the final year of his second term. That would mean the Debt increased by 87 percent, or $9.34 trillion, during his two terms." If Obama and Co. does not see how this is harming the economy, then maybe they do have a hidden agenda that goes against all that is truly American enterprise.
New spending is the least of the factors that have increased the debt. The bulk has come from lost revenue due to the economic downturn, and the Bush tax cuts. Built in budget increases, war spending, and yearly deficit spending on Medicare Part D account for the rest. Annualized rate of spending under Obama is down, not up. Also, budget projections under Obama's proposals reveal a lower increase in future debt than projections from the Ryan budget.
Well, if the Facts as I stated them were NOT among his many previous statements, you might have ground for your hope. n nBut he made his intentions plain long long ago, and his actions are totally consistent. n nFACT IS that people who are in denial about what they are dealing with, and try to SOFT-SOAP the TRUTH about the danger they are facing, tend to sleep a while longer in a boiling pot of water. nUntil long after it is way too late to save themselves from what they view as "INNOCUOUS" and "STUPID". n nBecause they are not inclined to move – NOT because the THREAT isn't real and very dangerous. They just want to sit and pretend it is only a TV Show and "not really happening". n nIt is like those people in a burning building who run to hide in a closet 30 minutes before the fire blocks their access to an exit – and stay there. n nBack when the fire only requires one bucket of water to put it out.
So bound by his ideology that HE COUNTS ALL THIS DISASTER as GREAT SUCCESS towards HIS Primary GOAL! n nAnd namby pamby GOP refuse to acknowledge the BALD FACTS of what we are really dealing with here. They want to act like the destruction is like some piece of heavy equipment without a driver at all, or one who doesn't know how to control or stop it. n nUntil they acknowledge that he is getting EXACTLY the results he is PRECISELY WORKING FOR, with tremendous accuracy and exactness, they just keep running in circles saying "the sky is falling". Oh, no – NOT EVEN RUNNING AROUND – sitting on the sofa watching their cute TV SHOW, pretending it isn't real.
Actually.Barokeydoke wasn't even a "first-rate community organizer" either….the reason he decided to enter conventional politics instead was because he was such a wretched failure at it
Obama is the poster child for affirmative action. For you morons out there that pushed for affirmative action in every part of our life, you have contributed to the downfall of America. Thanks a lot. Holder is also a affirmative action poster child.
Obama would be overmatched by events at a kindergarten play
Anyone who sends troops to Syria is sending them to help the wrong side as an excuse to kill American soldiers, in a blatant act of Treason.
Rose. Seems dems always want to cut our Military budget (while blaming conservatives) yet panetta threatens to go to Syria and deal with Iran.. nCan't have both.
But don't worry. BHO in his speech yesterday said he had given us enough money in taxes lowered to get your "thingamajigs fixed on the furnaces" or whatever. What a collossal failure.
After a century of various Marxist-model regimes, every single one of which has failed after varying degrees of imposed death and destruction, how can anyone be surprised that this particular inexperienced AA Marxist is a failure?
We needed a bigger-than-life President – we got President Zero. nWe needed a well-grounded stable President – we got a certifiable narcissist. nWe needed bold leadership – we got a teleprompter nWe needed a seasoned hand – we got a hand in in our pockets nWe needed a champion for American citizens… we got a champion for the invading horde of Illegal Aliens nWe needed a skilled bridge builder – we got a class-warfare specialist and inciter-in-chief. nWe needed practical, proven policies – we got socialist dogma and monumental waste nWe needed an inspirational visionary – we got an ideologically blinded, left learning-impaired radical nWe needed a Constitutional champion – we got a domestic enemy of the Constitution nWe needed a restrained, intimidating warrior – we got groveling, bowing, Barney Fife nWe needed a patriot – we got G. D. America, G. D. America, G. D. America. nWe needed someone to unshackle our economy – we got someone who is a friend to our enemies and an enemy to our businesses nWe needed a president beyond color – we got a green president embracing every whim and myth ever spoken by the kook environmental fringe. nWe needed mature, principled leadership – we got a petulant, lying, whining, blaming, sulking, man-child. n nIt is a national disgrace that someone this inept, incompetent, racist, and a American hating Socialist could be elected to the office of the Presidency.
Obama's presidency is the result of affirmative action. Business stagnation is the result of over-regulation. Increased poverty results from the decline of the family plus lower quality of education. All of the above results from liberalism.
My Obama barometer is Bob Beckel on the Fox News show, “The Five.” Of course he usually feels obligated to carry the Obama’s water, but you can tell when he’s down in the dumps. Last evening as the group discussed the May jobs report, Bob was especially glum and cranky. He put up a defense of the President, but clearly his heart wasn’t in it. I take this as an ominous sign for Team Obama…
Obama has given us the worst most failed Presidency in the nation's history. His tired, old, failed, extreme left wing policies have inflicted terrible damage on our economy and left us with over $5 trillion in new debt that will take generations to repay. Meanwhile his policies are forcing the nation back into recession, and UNEMPLOYMENT is shooting back up when we should have a rip roaring recovery underway. Obama is the most arrogant, hapless, and clueless President in our history. Our country can never recover with a President that can do nothing, but try and divide the nation while he demonizes business and kills jobs. Nov can't get here soon enough!
We knew Bush's and Kerry's information so why is the so-called smartest president ever's transcripts and standardized test scores being sealed? I'm no birther but since he has been deemed by the MSM to be so smart why is he floundering at his job? HIs whole economic team bailed on him after his first year so that must tell you something about him. All he is is an 'empty suit' that can give a speech in front of a teleprompter. Talk about a media made candidate he is it. Instead of working with Congress, he has time for the View, Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, golfing and attending fund rarisers. Wasn't he elected to be president?
Clinton and Kerry both got away with hiding SOME of their info, which was still seriously well-known enough we KNEW they both deserved trials for treason, which they still never got for their work during the Vietnam war, along with Jane Fonda. n nWe tolerated their Presidency and their run for presidency, without challenging that blatant fact because it "didn't feel "NICE" to do otherwise", and we have reaped the Harvest of our neglect! Those seeds brought forth a bountiful Harvest for those who said, "Sleep! A little while yet, Let us SLEEP a bit"
Obama was joined at the hip with Jeremiah “God Damn America” for Twenty Years! Twenty Years!! So of course he has no intention of helping America!! r nr nWake the heck up People!
By the way, a note to Peter Wehner and the other Commentary Romney pilot fish: n nSarah Palin told you this three years ago and all you did was heap scorn and slight regard on her. As much as we desire the replacement of Obama by Romney for reasons of competence alone, however, an even greater danger is the simple change of uniforms that Palin warned about last year in her speech at Indianola. n nIf all Mitt Romney offers is a return to Bushism and Big Government Republicanism, we will see a loss of faith and a catastrophic division among conservatives that will bring a springtime for the Left in this country. This will happen despite the baleful record of this hamhanded amateurish Administration we have now.
Obama is simply incompetent. There was nothing in his resume that indicated anything other than what has occurred. He never managed any large organization and shown results. He was elected on hope and change, by people who were suffering a financial debacle, while his opponent, John McCain, candidly stated that he did not know much about economics.
Obama’s handling of the economy has been a disaster. The key error was spending oceans of money on losers, shovel ready projects tied up in red tape, or giving money to cronies. Roughly 3/4 of DoE energy grants went to Obama supporters. But nothing works.
Eisenhower pushed for the interstate highway system; most judge it helped America. Eisenhower pushed Atoms for Peace, to convert weapons into a civilian energy source; he created nuclear power. Obama pushed for green energy which does not work. Solar does not work at night, wind does not always blow. Obama has destroyed nuclear power by closing the essential repository at Yucca Mountain, and drowning the industry in red tape. The key difference between these leaders, competency.
Their skin color is also different, and probably their shoe size. Eisenhower conquered a continent before becoming Commander-in-Chief. Obama has a nice jump shot. Thoughtful Americans judge the men, and pray for our nation. Until we vote for a man’s character, and ability, but not his skin color, we will continue to lose. I, a Democrat, will vote for Romney, with regret. I fear for my country’s future.
You are a Democrat, in spite of Carter and Clinton before this, in spite of Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Barnie Franks, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and Hanoi John and Hanoi Jane and Algore – Obama is the NATURAL PROGRESSION of what you have been supporting as a Democrat. n nAND YOU LAMENT THE SUCCESS of your party????
I am a conservative Democrat, perhaps the last one in America. You are, of course, correct, I should leave the idiots, but it would cost a stamp. After the cost – benefit analysis, I save my money.
Obama is overwhelmed, above his pay grade and you ask whos fault is it? n nMitt in Nov.
This was all predictable by all those who refused to swoon to the sight of a “new politican” who was/is more in love with himself than he is with his country, who promised the sky and the Moon, and unfortunately knows nothing about getting things done.
So RNC let Dim Crossovers into the GOP Primaries so they could give us the Most Hated GOP Politician by GOP VOTERS in history – John McCain! n nWay to go GOP LEADERSHIP and "OPEN PRIMARY STATES" who want to appeal to Democrat Voters!!!. n nDim crossovers vote McCain in the PRIMARY and Odrama Queen in the General. n nThank you RNC!
Historic president presides over lowest recovery from recession in history and does not have a clue of what to do other than blame others and attempt to divide the country. Sad.
Well, Obama IS accomplishing his stated goals with little or no interference from the Opposition, who seem unwilling to do anything but grumble and complain. When they do something, it is usually a super Lyte MODIFICATION, rather than a DISMANTLEMENT.
Regardless of what he knows or doesn't know. Obama was never capable or qualified to oversee a 14 Trillion dollar economy.
So why didn't someone CAPABLE stop him from escalating it from the $500 Billion he started from????????????? n n nI think it's REALLY closer to $20 Trill now…. n nWHY don't Conservative Leaders try DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES to stop these Marxists.
Because he had complete Democratic control in The House and The Senate, he still has the Senate….and now he blames the Republican majority in the House for " obstructing " him.
TRUE! but WHY was that true when we all know that Conservatism is the dominate political philosophy of the USA, yet we let the GOP give us a bunch of RINOS in all the key OFFICES! n nWHY do we do that! WHY do we always SELF-SABOTAGE long before we get to the table with DIM MARXISTS and end up only with RINO ENABLERS OF DIM MARXISM sitting there in seats of Authority REPRESENTING US! n nWHY do we always fall short of the effort it takes to get GENUINE Conservatives in office and LET FLAMING RINOS like McCain sit there LABELING THEMSELVES "CONSERVATIVE" when all of us know they are nothing of the kind! n nLike NEWT who RAISED $37 MILLION so his PAC could help PASS Obama's Health Care MANDATES. How many called him the most Conservative in THIS race???? nTHEN I FOUND THE $37 Mill CAME FROM "STIMULUS" money! n nDitto stuff on Santorum as well. n nGOOD GRIEF! as Charlie Brown would say. n nWhy Why Why is the GOP always letting RINOS pull the football out from under us as we are kicking off.
It is hard to recall, in my lifetime, either party being as ideologically-driven as that of modern Democrats. All we've ever wanted since the end of 2008 were jobs. The focus should have been "how do we empower people who would create jobs and connect them with people who need them?" On the contrary, we have gotten anything and everything else, the priorities of which correspond to the desires of the new Democratic Party with little if any regard for Americans who just want to go to work. n nBash Bush and Republicans all you want – there is certainly enough blame to go around. But maybe we should "pivot" from assigning the proper blame to actually finding solutions for Americans instead of the election prospects of a political party. Democrats have truly lost their way – they are quite literally blind to the needs of ordinary people by their belief that getting elected is what's best for everyone. The plan in 2008 was simply to get elected – everything else was supposed to magically fall in place.
The best thing about Obama in 2008 was that he wasn’t Bush. The best thing about Romney today is that he isn’t Obama.
Romney seems modest, centrist, and competent. Maybe he isn’t, but that’s how he looks to me today. Therefore, I will vote for him, because I KNOW, based on the last 3.5 years, that Obama is an ideologue and a complete fiscal disaster.
Those of us who understand Economics realize that only people pay taxes. Business's pass them on in the price of their products or take them out of employees in the form of lower wages, fewer employees and reduced benefits. That fact is irrefutable. We would be well served if corporate income tax was abolished. You could do the country a great service if you could drum up interest in the "Fair Tax Bill". n
First they need to lay out the "fair tax" bill in a LOT healthier way. They ain't got it there, yet and that is why it has no traction except those who are star struck. n nThey ain't gonna like who the current structure of it truly benefits. n nThey ain't gonna like who it hurts the worst, either.
Quit focussing on Obama and Democrats. When Republicans screw up capitalism, the only other choice on the ballot is socialism.
Socialism is NEVER a viable "choice". It is merely suicide by Govt. n nThose who flock to it are already walking Dead. n n If ever there were any "truth" behind Zombie mythology, it is in Socialists.
Try a solid education. THAT is a VIABLE option. Socialism isn't VIABLE.
love to see the libs/dems trying to praise their boy, with the latest jobs report, and the last two months, surprise surprise, revised downwards. n nBut then this is such an economic dunce, that his budget gets 100% opposition. n nThis is a man that told us his stimulus would keep unemployment well below 8% FAILED nThis is a man that told us if we did nothing unemployment would be at 8%. So would we be better with 8%, and no wasted money on stimulus, or what is now. n nThis is man that was going to cut the debt, and spend 24-7 working on the economic problems. n nBut then he tells us that sometimes he forgets the magnitude of the problem, because he sure can golf, party, vacation, dine and have date nights, eat food that we are told by his wife shouldn't be eaten, have his picks for NCAA and basketball playing, and campaigning to keep his job. n nBut have no fear, with the jobs report numbers so dismal, obozo, our clown in chief, had time for 6 fundraisers. So who are the idiots that are still shelling out big bucks to support this man, a man that said he was elected to help the ows crowd, and the SEIU, and ACORN. n n
Yes, we can firmly blame the President for all of the economy's problems, because so far he and the Democrats have done nothing to try and improve the economy. n nThey didn't attempt to close a loophole in the tax code that allows companies who ship jobs overseas to pay LESS taxes. nThey didn't attempt to pass the Small Business Jobs act which would have given tax breaks and other incentives for small businessnes who hired new workers nThey didn't attempt to pass a bill that would offer a tax offset to companies (regardless of size) who hired new workers. nThey didn't attempt to pass a budget that would prevents thousands of fire-fighters, police officers, and other municiple workers from getting laid off. nThey didn't attempt to pass a bill that would increase benefits to homeless veterans and homeless veterans with children so they could get off the street and devote their considerable talents towards the economy nThey didn't attempt to pass a bill that would extend low interest rates on student loans, this crippling the majority of our future workforce under even more debt than they had already. n nNo wait, they did all of those things, and Republicans blocked all of them except for part of the Small Business Jobs act. n nBut yes, it's entirely the President's fault. n nHe clearly was unprepared for the job. n nAfter all, he expected he was going to work with other people who had a vested interest in working together on order to improve the economy, instead of a group of self-absorbed recalcitrant children. n nAs to consumer confidence decreasing, perhaps it is the President's fault for not doing enough to reassure us. But maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with the fact that anytime there is anything but miraculously good news, every sycophantic hack commentator writes an apocalyptic editorial about how the economy is doomed the only solution is the instillation of their chosen candidate.
Ovomit has always been, and remains, utterly clueless about anything other than his Narcissistic self-aggrandizement. However, he is a first class Grade AAA C0CKSUCKER. Just ask any of the world leaders he has grovelled before.
The last time I heard that there was a “structural” problem was when Jimmy Carter was President. I remember reading that the office of the Presideny was just too difficult for one man to be able to effectively execute his duties. (1979)r nThen we got Reagan and the argument was put to rest until now…Obama: worst President in US history. Yes, number 1 worst.
Obamas' polices do to work its just headwins. He will NOT loose! Your a bigget and your poles are rasist!
If Obama is so terribly incompetent and inadequate, which he truly is, what does that say about GOP politicians who are inclined to let him have his way or offer to merely SLIGHTLY modify his major disasters, rather than to undo and nullify and eradicate his destructions?
People used to complain that to the govt, they were just a number. n nObama fixed all that by simply DROPPING THE NUMBERS off the tally sheets.
Sorry, the buck does not stop with Mr. Obama. It should be noted that the Democratic party put Obama up as it’s nominee. Funny, when I applied for a civil service position as a materials testing technician along with 500 others for 10 positions, I had to submit a resume of work and educational experience, take a civil service exam and allow cross examination in an oral interview. Yet a candidate for President is hardly scrutinized at all or is given a pass by the media, which fails to fairly compare and contrast candidates. No one seems to be anxious to establish minimal standards. So who is to blame may be interesting but folks let us demand for transparency, candidates should be required to divulge all pertinent information and grades is certainly one of them.
In 2002, Bush was protesting to the the Congress about Congress creating the Housing Bubble – nobody listened. n n By 2005 when McCain was interested in another Presidential run so decided to help undo what HE helped DIMS create in the first place, and build a "RECORD" of beginning to protest the mess he helped create, Bush had ALREADY BEEN ON RECORD ASKING CONGRESS FOR HELP to fix it 57 TIMES. n nIt was McCain who helped the Dims build that disaster – the same McCain now begging us to help Obama go send AMERICAN SOLDIERS as HAMBURGER MEAT to help Syria and the Muslim Brotherhood for Soros.
Dear Rose, n nWatch the video I posted above. In it, President Bush personally thanks the heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for agreeing to take on over 400 billion dollars in sub-prime debt. He approves of issuing FHA mortgages to applicants with bad credit. He pushes private lenders to follow through on the same plan. About all he doesn't do there is challenge Wall Street to create worthless derivatives on the ensuing housing bubble. n nRose, the video shows President Bush, in his own words, announcing the housing bubble. It's right there, plain as day. Watch it.
That was NOT the whole story on the issue. Too often, Bush went out and "played nice" in public with McCain Forces when McCain seemed the PREFERRED WAY that GOP VOTERS were determined to take the GOP AND THE NATION towards the Dims. nI was already watching McCain too closely, and that story is way too long for these posts – but too often when Bush was going to the RIGHT, McCain raised his little finger and Bush support MELTED until McCAIN stepped on stage WITH HIM again, in spite of McCAIN being the one to DERAIL BUSH TAX CUTS ikn 2001 until HE GOT McCAIN FEINGOLD passed, THEN ALLOWED AS HOW the STEAMROLLER BUSH TAX CUTS could NOT be passed without an EXPIRATION DATE that HE was the FIRST TO RAISE AN ISSUE ABOUT! nALL because he was feeling the sting of defeat of 2000, and wanted ALL to know HE controlled Congress and NOT BUSH! n nVOTERS LIKE YOU made Bush buckle to McCAIN though his ENTIRE Presidency. And all of you obediently complied by blaming BUSH for McCAIN POLICIES YOU STUCK BUSH WITH.
Dear Rose, n nIt's a challenge deciphering what you write. n nHere is something you got wrong… n nThe Bush tax cuts were not derailed in 2001 by McCain until his campaign finance bill passed. The Bush tax cuts passed Congress in 2001. McCain-Feingold passed Congress in 2002. n nYou also seem confused about why there is an expiration date on the Bush tax cuts. That happened because the bill was passed under budget reconciliation, which does not require a cloture vote, but simply 50 votes for passage. It therefore was mandated, by law, to have a sunset provision. n nDid you watch the video, Rose? n n
We are seeing a new kind of economic depression – one that cannot be juiced by a huge dump of federal dollars. Keynesianism is now thoroughly debunked. The Magic Bullet that Democrats hoped would assure Obama's re-election is a dud. The reason is that Keynesian spending was over-used , by maintaining high spending levels during good times, the economy's natural cycles have been shifted. The good times were false prosperity based on borrowing. The bad times have become immune to stimulus. Structural economic changes due to government meddling in the market also contribute. Housing has been subsidized, causing a huge oversupply of high end housing. The false prosperity of borrowing also fueled an oversupply of commercial real estate development. The bubble has burst, and it's a mess. n nThe GOP contributed to this mess, but turnabout is fair play. Democrats took credit for Clinton's good times, which were the result of Reagan' policies and a GOP Congress. Neither party wants to impose discipline on government spending, but the incumbent will be blamed, that's how it works.
The cart is before the horse in this article, these "events' were mostly caused by his massive incompetence in every area of his duties. There are delays of various lengths between the time a blunder is made and the consequences of those blunders. He denies responsibility for every thing that goes wrong but people quit believing that everything is Bush's fault years ago. The bull in the china shop fits his style pretty well. That is really too mild because that can be quickly cleaned up but obama is in the most powerful office in the world and has no interest but molding it into a dictatorship of the proletariat. Hundreds and sometimes thousands are dying everyday as a result of his clumsy missteps. The massive debts will cripple our country for many years after he is gone. No country can ever trust us with secrets after the serial disclosures of peoples names and countries intelligence operations. They will feel that anytime a democrat is in office their confidences will be casually betrayed for a quick boost in a political poll.
In the movie The Candidate, the inexperienced and telegenic candidate Bill McKay (Robert Redford), a lawyer for liberal causes, ran against the a popular and experienced republican Crocker Jarmon (Don Porter). On Election Day the neophyte politician Bill McKay won. On the day that he won he turned to his chief campaign advisor and asked: “What do we do now? n nIn 2008 life imitated the arts. Barack Obama, an inexperienced politician and lawyer for liberal causes ran against the War Hero and very experienced politician John McCain. The neophyte politician Barack Obama won. Ever since winning he has been asking the question: ‘What do we do now’? In almost four years no one has provided him with the answer. And since he himself doesn’t know what to do hence the US economy is sinking and is heading for a Greek-like, no make that a European-like disaster. n nOn the day that the disastrous May job numbers and unemployment rate were released, the Prez headed off to attend six fundraisers instead of meeting with his economic advisors to strategise on new or revised economic policies to aid the ailing economy. He certainly has his priorities in order. As far as he is concerned: What events? n
Obama is not overwhelmed: he is simply carrying out the Liberal/Communist/Socialist agenda and as any conservative knows, it doesn't work. A bad part is the damage he has done, and the criminal leverage he has attained. He was elected because he is 'black', well 'sort of black'. That is no criteria for President, or for that matter any other office. The Liberal/Communist/Socialists used the US's penchant for blacks in order to secure the power of the presidency. Hopefully the US public will be better informed, and more scrutinizing, the next time. Black or white should not be a credential.
OK, that is hilarious. The similarities are uncanny.
Oh, you have seen his academic record somewhere???????
Obama had an impressive academic record? How does one know this to be true? His records are not publicly available.
HE NEVER INTENDED TO! n nPLEASE RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE – He cannot lead us into Prosperity while DELIBERATELY working to DESTROY us utterly and completely AND BEING VERY EFFICIENT AT IT!
Why is he hiding it?? If the record was a good one it would seem to me and many others that he would be proud of it and showing it off. Come on Rose think back to Your high school and college days—if your record was less than it should be, you wouldn't want anyone seeing it–would you??? Let's be fair here.
No. Release the tapes err transcripts!