The Public is Catching on that Obama's Promises of Change Are Vacuous
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.
I share herewith some interesting observations offered by my colleague Ken Walsh. Even though recent public opinion polls show the president's popularity at 60 percent or above, America's confidence in his ability to meet the challenges of his time is thinning.
President Obama is heading into stormy waters. His healthcare plans have stalled on Capitol Hill; he is being faulted for a shaky response to the post-election violence in Iran; his job-approval ratings are dropping; and confidence in his handling of the economy is ebbing. The warning signs are enough to worry Democratic strategists that Obama may be sinking into a trough that will sap his influence just when he needs it most.
To this I say, it's about time that the public and the media catch up with what this president is all about: re-election. As I've blogged mightily since he first "caught on" as a presidential candidate, this is a smart, capable man who is not ready for prime time. He's made mistake after mistake, starting with spending way too much on his stimulus package, trying to please everybody on all sides of every issue and in the process pleasing no one, and getting too cozy with U.S. foes such as Iran's Ahmadinejad.
The best thing the Obama administration has going for it is the GOP is in even worse shape. History will prove me correct that being anti-Bush is not enough to make a great president. His promises of change have proven vacuous and his ability to lead has disappointed on most fronts.
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Re-election
Why not elected him again. After all we were fooled the first time. What differnce does it make. His Qualification to be Pesident was founded on his good looks and his ability to talk is front of a group of people. Or should I say his ability to tell us what ever we want to hear. Who cares he has no substance, no skill and no way of doing his chosen job. He will tell us what we want to hear. Isnt that why we elected him to begin with. Ok I done being sarcastic. I could not control myself. The shock of him actually get elected must still be on my mind. What were we thinking?
Hoping for A REAL change
All we did was elect a junior senator who just happened to be a charismatic speaker. Obama knows nothing about how to handle an economy, run a state (let alone an entire country), or even admit to the fact that he is half-white!
I still believe our nation and our financial situation would've been in much better hands under Mitt Romney. But I guess it makes too much sense to elect a man who actually knows how to handle finances, economics, deal with foreign policy, and keep his ethics and promises all at the same time. Yes, why would America possibly want that?
Our Current President
Running a country is more about sound business policy and an understanding of sound economics theory that the goose that lays the golden eggs is called," Free enterprise with competition" Capitalism without competition is called fascism and unhappilly our congress and others in our society like it that way....also too many illegal aliens are tolerated and we are now in near bankrupsy.....our glib president can always talk about change but he did not do very well as a senator and he has done nothing now to improve our living conditions.....we need to break the major cartels and go back to free enterprise.....take a tip from Theodore Roosevelt and others who knew what to do not just glib talk about change.......
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