"Okay!" said a friend of mine. "Take off your partisan blinders and just give me non-partisan analysis of what's going on!"Challenge accepted.
Scurrilous charges abound in a campaign. But there were two points made by John McCain in the last campaign that were truisms about Barack Obama: 1) He lacks experience and 2) He has never stood up to leaders in his own party.
As CNN reports, both points are burning him right now.
So how does he turn things around on the stimulus package?
Simple. He's the one with the 68% approval rating. I believe President Obama, due to a lack of experience, ceded the crafting of the package to Congressional leaders who have the approval ratings of stinky cheese.
It's been reported that the President told GOP legislators who voiced objections over the package that he "won." He should say the same to leaders of his own party. Cut the package back to tax reductions, infrastructure investments, and alternative energy ideas. Drop the corporate welfare and pork.
Oh, and those mayors who went to Washington to lobby FOR this monstrosity? It's no wonder people have never felt so out-of-touch with their governmental leaders.
1 comments:
You are right on the money! The last week I have seen Pres Obama with Speaker Pelosi so much that you'd think they were dating! That will be the sinking of his potential, if he indeed keeps ceding his capital to these "leaders" and their wet dream of a bill.
His constant drumbeat of doom and gloom has a serious Jimmy Carter vibe and right now we need some Reagan optimism. Carter came in with 95% approval ratings, still a record today. Obama is on track to fall from grace just as fast if he doesn't get his and his party's act together.
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