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Debt Crisis Shows Obama Lacks Presidential Skills
Tweet Share on Facebook July 29, 2011 Comment (127)As the negotiations and the vote-getting on raising the debt ceiling have dragged on these last two weeks, it's became clear that President Obama really is not a good negotiator. Several times, just as a deal seemed imminent, the discussions have collapsed—and very publicly. There were leaks from the administration, he-said-she-said accounts from both sides, angry White House press conferences—just a "parade of horribles," as lawyers would call it. The result is a rising tide of public disgust and frustration. Not only has he lost bipartisan support in both the House or the Senate, his lack of ability to persuade people to join his cause has cost President Obama the vital center of the electorate.
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Barack Obama the BIg Winner in GOP Twitter Debate
Tweet Share on Facebook July 21, 2011 Comment (5)Here at Thomas Jefferson Street, we watch presidential candidates debate on Twitter so you don’t have to! Yesterday we watched the launch of a new idea, created by TheTeaParty.net. The organization invited all the GOP presidential candidates to a 90-minute debate in which they’d have to answer questions from the moderators and the public, all in 140 character tweets.
Just because it was a new idea doesn’t mean it was a good idea.
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On The Debt Talks, We Need Paul Ryan to The Rescue!
Tweet Share on Facebook July 15, 2011 Comment (34)Here's an idea to solve the stalled debt negotiations: President Obama should accept the Ryan budget in exchange for Republicans agreeing to raise the debt limit. The Ryan plan closes the corporate tax loopholes everyone wants closed, lowers the corporate tax rates as Republicans want, and does more than the President's “grand bargain” to put Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid on structurally sound footing and get spending under control. And here's the best reason of all: the Ryan budget already passed the House back in April.
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Unemployment Numbers Raise Stakes for Debt Ceiling Summit
Tweet Share on Facebook July 9, 2011 Comment (34)Friday’s unemployment numbers--the highest since December 2010--have upped the ante on the need for serious deficit reduction to help spur economic growth. With the White House set for more debt limit negotiations with Republicans Sunday, it seems all of Washington is waiting to see what happens.
