Obama seeks to prove ‘we have the guts to govern.’
The election in Massachusetts changed both the political landscape and math in the Senate. President Obama is rejiggering his political organization and that of the Democratic National Committee, including hiring ‘08 campaign manager David Plouffe as a consultant. Congress is back into session, and a new political season begins with President Obama’s State of the Union speech Wednesday night.
The rhetoric coming out of the White House is pretty tough; we’ll see how that translates into action.
WASHINGTON—Coming off one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency, Barack Obama has beefed up his political staff and is expected to deliver an uncompromising State of the Union address. Aides said Sunday that the White House wasn’t making any abrupt policy shifts, even as the message was retooled to focus more sharply on job creation….
“People are working harder,” White House senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” referring to the economy. “If they have a job, they’re working harder for less. They’re falling behind. That’s been true for a decade. They look at a wave of irresponsibility from Wall Street to Washington that led to that. And those were the frustrations that got the president elected in the first place, and they were reflected again on Tuesday” in the Massachusetts election.
The message Mr. Plouffe is bringing was a collaborative effort by him, White House officials and the leadership of the Democratic National Committee. That message is one of no retreat in the face of polling that shows opposition to the president’s push to overhaul health care and discontent with his economic efforts.
“Instead of fearing what may happen, let’s prove that we have more than just the brains to govern—that we have the guts to govern. Let’s fight like hell,” Mr. Plouffe wrote, striking the same chord Mr. Obama did at a town-hall meeting in Ohio Friday and likely will Wednesday in his first State of the Union address.
The White House is clearly trying to position itself as aligned with, rather than opposed to, the growing discontent with Washington and its performance. It’s a smart approach if they can pull it off.
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Magic 8-Ball
January 25th, 2010
10:48 am
Will unemployment reach 12%…? “Without a Doubt”.
Granny Godzilla
January 25th, 2010
10:48 am
Independent
Is politifact wrong? If so please show how and where, if not your objection is purely partisan and not worth the time it took you to
post it.
Oh, and this is wrong: “The Dems have had a supermajority since Day 1 of Obama.”
Nice try.
Robert
January 25th, 2010
10:49 am
mm @ 9:41
You claim that the wingnuts policies drove the country into a ditch, after stating that this same bunch are always telling us they know how to create jobs and fix the economy.
Can you tell me about the policies you are referring to? Also, can you tell me about any of the current policies that have resulted in creating jobs or fixing the economy? Just curious to get your opinion. Thanks.
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:49 am
Democrats need to listen to Carville! LOL
Democrats need to learn the blame game
Contrary to what you might think, I am a proud member of the pro finger-pointing caucus. It wasn’t too long ago that my longtime colleague Paul Begala and I urged our friends on the other side of the aisle to engage early and often in the blame game.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d87e54e-0925-11df-ba88-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Jess
January 25th, 2010
10:49 am
Obama and the democrats have convinced themselves that the problems in Mass were because of the bank bailout. The mainstream media is also pushing this theme. Voters, however, were citing Health Care reform, and the stimulus program as the source of their discontent. So what’s the administrations response? Full steam ahead with health care and another stimulus program, and we’ll use this as an excuse to further regulate banks.
Until the Democrats start listening to the voters, they have an uphill battle.
Sunny Daze
January 25th, 2010
10:49 am
There’s a good many of these fellers I’m starting to wonder about. Both on the R&D side. And what about Bin Laden saying he is responsible for the 1,200 Sam’s Club layoffs. I’ve got to where I don’t believe about half of what he sez either.
hotlanta
January 25th, 2010
10:50 am
Where were all of you politcial/analysts/commentators when Bush was office for 8 years. Now Barak is President everyone has a opinion and wow they are closely watching how things are done whereas they were sleep when Bush was in office. It is amazing how the Repulicans are acting like little boys pissed that they didn’t win and won’t pass anything to make the President look bad instead of saying let’s work together to get this country on board. If the Democrats health plan or any other plan is not gonna work what kind does the Republicans have. We haven’t heard from their majority LEADER. Why are you questioning Obama’s leadership when this country has never been perfect regardless who was in office. SO why has everything got to be perfect now. Like I said before, now Barak is in office and everyone is looking for perfection in a year and wow folks have lost their jobs and he can”t do the job. Excuse me a lot of our jobs have been going overseas for years and who is to blame for that. Did anyone doing that time DEMAND that the President bring those jobs back. First laid on theis azzes for 8 years and did nothing and now everyone is DEMANDING this and demanding that. Stop the madness please.
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:50 am
An Obit for Health Care Reform
The poor guy wasn’t killed by a conservative Tea Party, he drowned in liberal Kool-Aid
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/25/health-care-reform-rip/?feat=home_columns
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:51 am
Obama’s to the 30….the 20……..the 10……….OH HE FUMBLES THE BALL AT THE 5!!!!!!!!!!
WH fumbling jobs, ObamaCare messages
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/24/wh-fumbling-the-obamacare-message/
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2010
10:52 am
Actually, Independent @ 10.37, here’s who owns the St. Pete Times:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynter_Institute
Seems like the kind of outfit I’d like to have owning my daily paper, actually, as opposed to (say) having to cope with Jay Bookman being paid by the same corporate goons who cut Neal Boortz a check.
Maybe you’re right, though. Maybe we’re being bamboozled by this crypto-commie outfit. Do you have any competing resource that is actually tracking these Presidential campaign pledges in a systematic, consistent manner, and showing how they’re being kept, broken, compromised or set aside, as are the hippies over at Politifact?
Boots
January 25th, 2010
10:52 am
All of this trouble for the president and he didn’t even raise the terror alert level and have the Director of Homeland Security talk about how you can seal off the windows and doors with duct tape.
Of course, you’ll remember, that was the standard Bush/Cheney reponse to bad news. Divert attention by raising the terror alert level.
The President will be fine — 2012 is a long way off.
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:53 am
Well, for all the libs who were chastising Bush for reading “My pet goat” to a classroom full of kids.
I give you…….Obama using a teleprompter to talk to kids.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100119/480/9131bc77c7534185bdbf267bb4ab8497/
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:54 am
Here we go again…….
Bin Laden wording ‘indicator’ of upcoming attack: monitor
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Osama bin Laden’s word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a “possible indicator” of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday.
IntelCenter, a US group that monitors Islamist websites, also said that manner of the release and the content of the message showed it was “credible” that it was a new release from the Saudi extremist.
“The Osama bin Laden audio message released to Al-Jazeera on 24 January 2010 contains specific language used by bin Laden in his statements in advance of attacks,” IntelCenter said in a statement.
The group said it considered the language “a possible indicator of an upcoming attack” in the next 12 months.
“This phrase, ‘Peace be upon those who follow guidance,’ appears at the beginning and end of messages released in advance of attacks that are designed to provide warning to Al-Qaeda’s enemies that they need to change their ways or they will be attacked,” the group said.
Magic 8-Ball
January 25th, 2010
10:55 am
hotlanta
January 25th, 2010
10:50 am
Thanks for the rhetoric, however, the kenyan owns it. Smoke that one!
Ranter
January 25th, 2010
10:55 am
“Yes We Can” – for about 364 days or so.
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:55 am
More bad news for Obama
Obama’s Approval Most Polarized for First-Year President
RINCETON, NJ — The 65 percentage-point gap between Democrats’ (88%) and Republicans’ (23%) average job approval ratings for Barack Obama is easily the largest for any president in his first year in office, greatly exceeding the prior high of 52 points for Bill Clinton.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/125345/Obama-Approval-Polarized-First-Year-President.aspx
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:56 am
And……MORE bad news for Obama……BOO HOO!!!!!!!!!
White House nightmare persists
At the end of Barack Obama’s worst week since taking power a year ago, the US president’s fortunes look set only to deteriorate over the coming days. Following the shock defeat of the Democratic candidate in Massachusetts on Tuesday, a move that deprived the president of his 60-seat super-majority in the Senate and left his legislative agenda in tatters, Mr Obama has just four days to reboot the system.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/821dce96-0786-11df-915f-00144feabdc0.html
Steve
January 25th, 2010
10:56 am
The reason obama is failing is becuase he has done none of the things he promised before he became president. He has not closoed gitmo, he has not passed healthcare legislation and he has not brought home any troops. Hes only increased the troop level. So what use is obama if hes not going to deliver on what he promised to do?
TaxPayer
January 25th, 2010
10:57 am
Our government has created a whole bunch of jobs. We call them the million dollar men (the women are just 3/4 of a million each though). Unfortunately, we outsourced them to Afghanistan and elsewhere so their efforts do not stimulate the economy here in the states. That’s just the way it has to be. It costs money to spread the word and protect us from all the bad people out there. The good news though is that they use bullets and guns and grenades and drones and planes and Hummers and MRE’s and other stuff and some of it gets made right here in the states. So, some of your tax dollars goes right back into some of your pockets. Isn’t that great.
LA
January 25th, 2010
10:57 am
“The rhetoric coming out of the White House is pretty tough; we’ll see how that translates into action.”
LOLOLOL!
The only problem with that statement is the fact that Obama is not tough on anything but hard working Americans.
Normal
January 25th, 2010
10:57 am
Thomas @ 10:30…I think that is a true statement, sadly.
Granny Godzilla
January 25th, 2010
10:58 am
Obama uses teleprompter? OH NOES! And I know LA sent him a supply of 3 by 5 cards.
Rick Perry may not have acorn but I guess he has his own hired nuts…
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/0123dntexperry.415c4c7.html
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
10:59 am
Received an advance copy of Barrys State of the Union address. Not much hope and change…basically more of the same ole drumbeat with The Hairclub for Men Rep and Nancy playing the parts of Jack and Jacqueline in the Box…
“My fellow Americans…HCare for all is an idea whose time has come. The Banks must be brought under control. The Insurance companies need more regulation. Wall Street is scamming everyone and taking grand-mas saving. The Businss community in American has lifted the working mans wallet.
Under my adminstration this will come to an end…*applause* Hrrrumpf, hrrumpf, hrrumpf!!”
YA…looks like a bust!
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2010
11:01 am
LA, if you’re going to come in here copy/pasting off-topic crap, the least you could do is check upthread and see if two or three other knuckle-draggers haven’t already posted the same crap.
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:01 am
“All of this trouble for the president and he didn’t even raise the terror alert level”
Barry probably just forgot about it. He will do better next time!
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:02 am
“if you’re going to come in here copy/pasting off-topic crap, the least you could do is check upthread and see if two or three other knuckle-draggers haven’t already posted the same crap.”
Nah, I like rubbing it in!
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:03 am
“And I know LA sent him a supply of 3 by 5 cards. ”
Card 1: “My fellow kindergartners, I know you all struggle with coloring in coloring books.
Card 2: “That’s why I’m here with a plan to end coloring books and supply you with government Obama approved coloring books about evil white people.”
Card 3: “With your help, we can end the white man’s monopoly of coloring books.”
Card 4: ” When I was your age, I was in Indonesia learning how to recite the Koran, oh wait, I mean Bible because I’m a Christian.”
Card 5: ” I uh…hope that you all can embrace the dreams of my father. Thank you and Allah bless.”
TnGelding
January 25th, 2010
11:04 am
They should be able to. Because if you have been listening close enough it is what they’ve been saying and doing all along. The GOP and media are trying to make us believe all they’ve been doing is health care. Take off the gloves. It’s bare-knuckle time!
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:04 am
“Like I said before, now Barak is in office and everyone is looking for perfection in a year and wow folks have lost their jobs and he can”t do the job”
The only one looking for Perfection is Barry. Since Sasha kicks his rear-end in their weekly game of Parchessi, he is gonna try the “dumbing down” approach and hope to win a few games of Perfection.
Dee
January 25th, 2010
11:04 am
Robert Gibbs was on Fox news yesterday and stated that Obo’s policies had nothing to do with the victory in Mass, in fact, The same wave that brought in Obo was was the same wave that brought in Brown. It was a vote against George Bush.
Seriously! I’m laughing so hard I can hardly breathe!
@@
January 25th, 2010
11:04 am
This “new” approach would be funny were it not so pathetic. Another of Obama’s “new” and “improved” SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS???? Same crap/fertilizer…just a year older.
In Washington, a Lesson in Bureaucracy Comes in Every Bag
But nearly a month into the program, it’s turning out that government is having trouble legislating its way out of a plastic bag.
Solution?
Politics & Prose, a well-known local bookstore, sold one food item—mints—including a variety that came in a tin with Barack Obama’s likeness. To be safe, and avoid charging every customer who bought a book five cents a bag, the store dropped the mints. “It’s all been a little bit unclear,” says Tracey Filar Atwood, general manager. “Those items are not really at the core of our business. It was a very easy decision to make not to stock them,” she says
Satisfy the customer. And for the adults engrossed in navels?
Pleasure Place, an adult toy store, so far isn’t charging for bags—even though it has a license to sell food, including edible body frosting.
They can continue their “Slobbering Love Affair”.
Kinda reminds me of Obama’s health care bill. Create a bureaucratic mess and THEN try to tweak it.
Has Obama even appointed someone to oversee the Medicare behemoth or did he let that one fall to a “no-account” Czar?
Madison
January 25th, 2010
11:07 am
stands for decibels, You are getting touchy. It’s hard defending that windbag isn’t it?
Whacks Eloquent
January 25th, 2010
11:07 am
“Robert Gibbs was on Fox news yesterday and stated that Obo’s policies had nothing to do with the victory in Mass, in fact…”
Whoa, I must have missed that the first time! Gibbsie went on Fox? Talking to the enemy? How dare he! I thought the consensus was that Fox would only let you on if you pledged allegiance to Joseph McCarthy. Oh well, another liberal myth goes bust…
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:08 am
Who will be going Biden and Pelosis hair and face makeup for the State of the Union? Whoever it is they better get an early start.
Will The HildaBeast wear one of her lovely pantsuits?
Will Maxine Waters spit across the aisle at the Reps?
Will Barney Franks take a bath and wear a clean shirt?
Jenifer
January 25th, 2010
11:08 am
DeMint Lies: “I Did Not Want” Health Care “To Be The President’s Waterloo”
Demented is the perfect word to describe Sen. DeMint.
demented –adj 1. crazy; insane; mad.
2. affected with dementia.
Synonyms:
1. lunatic, crazed, deranged, unbalanced.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/24/demint-obama-waterloo/
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:10 am
“DeMint Lies: “I Did Not Want” Health Care “To Be The President’s Waterloo””
LOLOL!!!!!!!
I believe that is called sarcasm, Jennifer.
TaxPayer
January 25th, 2010
11:10 am
Such thought-provoking commentary from the right wingers.
getalife
January 25th, 2010
11:10 am
“Ed Schultz: I Told Robert Gibbs He’s ‘Full Of Sh*t’”
cons should like that.
Whacks Eloquent
January 25th, 2010
11:11 am
Ed Schultz is the liberal answer to Mike Savage…
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:12 am
Outhouse GoKart
It’s going to be a hoot watching Obama at the SOTU!
1: He can no longer talk about health care reform.
2: He can’t talk about creating jobs because the stimulus package has failed.
3: He can’t talk about bipartisanship because he and the democrats have shut republicans out.
Bottom line: It’s so much fun watching these people squirm and blame others.
getalife
January 25th, 2010
11:12 am
The two SC’s are acting like they have some sort of mental disease.
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:13 am
“Such thought-provoking commentary from the right wingers.”
Poor whittle libs……
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:14 am
“Ed Schultz: I Told Robert Gibbs He’s ‘Full Of Sh*t’”
cons should like that.
No, I think the “cons” like the fact that Ed’s show averages about 300,000 viewers per day. That’s roughly the size of Montgomery, Alabama.
The cons also like the fact that he and Olbermann implode on a daily basis!
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:15 am
Here are some Fun Facts!!
“For those who have been following obama’s first 100 days, watching for the training wheels to come off, the following list is just a depressing recap”
http://www.all-encompassingly.com/list-of-mistakes-from-obamas-first-100-days/
pat
January 25th, 2010
11:15 am
“Like I said before, now Barak is in office and everyone is looking for perfection in a year and wow folks have lost their jobs and he can”t do the job”
Uh, no. Competence would be nice, though. If he has to “prove he has the guts to govern”, that’s not a good sign. He’s not going to do that with a speach…He needs to do things that positively effect the country, not just his freinds and supporters; they got theirs.
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:15 am
“Ed Schultz is the liberal answer to Mike Savage…”
Well, Savage actually has a good sized audience.
Ed. Not so much.
@@
January 25th, 2010
11:16 am
I saw a little bit of Gibbs on FNS. I couldn’t help but laugh when, at the end of the interview, he told Chris Wallace “Thank you for being here”. The here was Fox’s studio.
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:16 am
“Uh, no. Competence would be nice, though. If he has to “prove he has the guts to govern”, that’s not a good sign. He’s not going to do that with a speach…He needs to do things that positively effect the country, not just his freinds and supporters; they got theirs.”
BINGO!
Dee
January 25th, 2010
11:16 am
Is it just me or when Nancy Pelosi puts on that big frozen smile does anyone else think of Bill the Fire Marshall on In Living Color?
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:17 am
LA…LOL!
Yep…they are flopping like fish out of water and anything Barry says will make it worse. He basically is gonna toss the Dems under the bus.
FLAME-ON!!
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:17 am
@@
Gibbs ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed. If ya know what I mean.
LA
January 25th, 2010
11:18 am
“Yep…they are flopping like fish out of water and anything Barry says will make it worse. He basically is gonna toss the Dems under the bus.”
My oh my, what a year makes. One year ago, liberals were laughing about how the GOP was going the way of the Whig Party.
Pot meet kettle.
pat
January 25th, 2010
11:18 am
“Is it just me or when Nancy Pelosi puts on that big frozen smile does anyone else think of Bill the Fire Marshall on In Living Color?”
No, I can’t get past the bugs running all over her teeth.
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:19 am
“perpetual gaffe machine”…LMAO!!
Barack Gaffes
The Obama machine.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWZjY2YzZWVkMjdkMDEzMGQ0MjJkNTUyN2FkNmMzYTc=
Matti
January 25th, 2010
11:19 am
Ewwwwwww! Somebody needs to take that gutter mind to a perv blog. We really don’t want to know how deprived and depraved you are, sicko.
The American People
January 25th, 2010
11:21 am
This clown has no clue and most of his cronies are crooked with a couple of Mao and Stalin lovers thrown in the mix. We all know Georgia is smart enough to not vote for this unexperienced politician or what he really is “a community organizer”, lets just hope those confused states that went for Barry in 2008 have learned their lesson. Down With Dems In 2K10……..and 2K12.
I Report :-) You Whine :-( mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 25th, 2010
11:25 am
Security sources say an Egyptian was stopped last Saturday as he tried to board an American Airlines flight to Miami. A man from Saudi Arabia was banned from boarding a United Airlines flight to Chicago the next day and sent back to Saudi.
It’d be kinda nice to know if they had any bombs or other sharp objects.
Did you government dummycrats bother to ask them?
duh
RW-(the original)
January 25th, 2010
11:25 am
I’m only skimming since this seems to be just another LA page but am I to understand that sfb is still wailing about Obama keeping his promises? Bless your heart child, but I guess somebody has to huff and puff about these things despite a world of evidence to the contrary.
Off to the forest, Bama style. See y’all this evening.
thomas
January 25th, 2010
11:25 am
By the guts to govern does the Obama adminstartion mean they are going back to the day of swwetheart deals and to a campaign contributor none the less.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/25/obama-administration-steers-lucrative-bid-contract-afghan-work-dem-donor/
Now i know its from Fox, but possibly they could be correct, especially since other news outlets are covering it as well.
@@
January 25th, 2010
11:26 am
Uhmmm, LA, Gibbs is the spokesperson for this administration. He has NOTHING to work with. He’s peddling at breakneck speed and getting nowhere fast.
Jenifer
January 25th, 2010
11:26 am
Animal Groups In Haiti To Control Rabies, Protect Livestock
It’s safe to say that SC Lt. Gov. Andre “Starve ‘em” Bauer won’t be making a contribution.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/23/animal-groups-in-haiti-to_n_434343.html
thomas
January 25th, 2010
11:29 am
jenifer,
he may contriubte! Just draft up a contract whereas those who recieve any of his contribution must agree to not breed.
High school dropout
January 25th, 2010
11:30 am
Why blame them, we do the voting. Look in the mirror folks.
Mick
January 25th, 2010
11:33 am
**Bottom line: It’s so much fun watching these people squirm and blame others.**
Is that your idea of fun? How’s about some solutions? I wonder who the previous president was who handed us this ship of state?
El Jefe
January 25th, 2010
11:36 am
“…Barack Obama has beefed up his political staff …” Ah, now I see – here is the Presidents jobs creation plan.
Instead of listening to the people, let’s get a bigger staff.
Wonderful.
thomas
January 25th, 2010
11:37 am
El Jefe,
That is one less person on the unemployment rolls.
Maybe he can find a spot for all of the unemployed on his staff!
Jay
January 25th, 2010
11:37 am
LA, I’m going to have to ask you to abide by a rule I imposed earlier on another blogger. Please limit your off-topic posts to two (2) per post.
I Report :-) You Whine :-( mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 25th, 2010
11:37 am
When it rains, it pours, man, it pours-
Two months after “climategate” cast doubt on some of the science behind global warming, new questions are being raised about the reliability of a key temperature database, used by the United Nations and climate change scientists as proof of recent planetary warming.
The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.
House of cards, the Duh Report has been totally vindicated.
I’m always right.
Jenifer
January 25th, 2010
11:44 am
“jenifer,
he may contriubte! Just draft up a contract whereas those who recieve any of his contribution must agree to not breed.”
Well, there you go! Dog, if you agree to these terms, bark once. If you will not abide by these terms, bark twice.
Whacks Eloquent
January 25th, 2010
11:45 am
I am so glad the “Cap & Trade” legislation was not even as close as the health care debacle. Talk about a joke of legislation. Better off banning ALL politicians from air travel, except POTUS. That should solve a lot…
Guts?
January 25th, 2010
11:45 am
Obama have guts?I am not sure but I know he has BALLS.!The Balls to tell us more Lies..!!!!
Whacks Eloquent
January 25th, 2010
11:46 am
But then again, there’s Danny Glover out there stating that the earthquake in Haiti is a result of the failure to reach an accord in Copenhagen! Gaia? Seriously? Come on Murtough…
mil1
January 25th, 2010
11:51 am
Ok so the president wants to do something for the “middle class”.
Why not ask us what we want or listen for the past year to what we have said.
Yes, I realize that left and right are saying different things but if you listen closely here is what the “middle” wants…we want our lives back.
We want our houses out of threat of foreclosure. We want our jobs (either back or to hold on to the ones we have). We want our bills to hold steady and not keep steeply and steadily increasing (for example, my heating bill this month is up $200 because the “gas compensation fee” (money charged by the gas delivery system owner) was allowed to increase by that much…I can pay it but I almost make 6 figures, can the people in the lower middle or with more debt than I have make this unannounced increase?) We want to keep the health care we have without an the dramatic increase insuring people who don’t want to be insured will create….
All the president needs to do is listen then act….of course, he has to get HIS Congress to move in the same direction….
And by the way, his actions might be to DO NOTHING….no budget increases, no TARP, no “stimulus” to build Frisbee golf courses (yes, money was sent my state to do just that–hey, it was going to hire 4 people…hooptee-doo)….bet the President can’t understand why sometimes doing less is the better choice
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
11:53 am
More good news for barrys future unemployment numbers!! No end in sight!
Who’s Closing Stores in 2010
http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/334/whos-closing-stores-in-2010/
ROLLERGIRL
January 25th, 2010
11:58 am
Democrats new logic…
“Our recent stinging defeats at the polls were because you voters don’t understand our transformative agenda and how it will do wonderful things for you, if you are in a union anyway, or black, or latino..yeah its latinos we need ..x out black in the final revised speach, we have their votes anyway no need to give them any more bones…
To that Effect, we have revised our strategy and will even more forcefully jam this crap..revise in final speech to AGENDA….down your throat.”
Mick
January 25th, 2010
12:10 pm
It’s pretty interesting to see how emotionally handicapped many are concerning obama. OK, so the time is near and in 2010 we shift again. What exactly is it that republicans are going to do for us? All of their ideas were implemented in the last administration. I have two simple solutions: Get rid of NAFTA, produce in, and buy american. Forget the politics, we need to be mercantilists..
ronniejack
January 25th, 2010
12:12 pm
Remember when Ronald Regan was president, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash were alive. Today, with obama, we have no hope or cash.
Whacks Eloquent
January 25th, 2010
12:12 pm
Mick @ 12:10
Well I for one would hope the first attempt would be something to balance the budget. They would (if they pull it off) still have to deal with presidential veto. I’d like to see a balanced budget no matter who wins in November…
getalife
January 25th, 2010
12:12 pm
There should be a we don’t trust both parties movement:
“the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests and their lobbyists – and a powerful blow to our efforts to rein in corporate influence. This ruling strikes at our democracy itself. By a 5-4 vote, the Court overturned more than a century of law – including a bipartisan campaign finance law written by Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold that had barred corporations from using their financial clout to directly interfere with elections by running advertisements for or against candidates in the crucial closing weeks.
This ruling opens the floodgates for an unlimited amount of special interest money into our democracy. It gives the special interest lobbyists new leverage to spend millions on advertising to persuade elected officials to vote their way – or to punish those who don’t. That means that any public servant who has the courage to stand up to the special interests and stand up for the American people can find himself or herself under assault come election time. Even foreign corporations may now get into the act.
I can’t think of anything more devastating to the public interest. The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections.”Obama
jt
January 25th, 2010
12:12 pm
Jay
January 25th, 2010
11:37 am
LA, I’m going to have to ask you to abide by a rule I imposed earlier on another blogger. Please limit your off-topic posts to two (2) per post.
Ha Ha.
Jay is still smarting over that SC ruling.
Frank
January 25th, 2010
12:14 pm
Nice try- better said “does he have the guts to continue to do something outrageously stupid behind closed doors in a room filled with bribes about a something the majority of the American people don’t want”. What a joke. This President is less transperant and less popular than Bush/Cheney. Can you imagine being so bad that you make Hannity look correct?
Shawny
January 25th, 2010
12:16 pm
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/25/obama-administration-steers-lucrative-bid-contract-afghan-work-dem-donor/
No bid, sweetheart deal from the administration to a democratic campaign contributor. nice.
Sam
January 25th, 2010
12:16 pm
same d bags different day..
Matti
January 25th, 2010
12:17 pm
“What exactly is it that republicans are going to do for us?” Good question. If it’s their intent to go back to what they did for us all those years when they had control over the house, senate, and white house, then I’d like to see another option.
Mick
January 25th, 2010
12:20 pm
** I’d like to see a balanced budget no matter who wins in November…**
Yes, a balanced budget is a good goal but right now it has to be about unemployment. The blueprint is out there, just look at some of the program’s from FDR’s new deal and try to adapt them to the current situation.
Mick
January 25th, 2010
12:26 pm
** sweetheart deal from the administration to a democratic campaign contributor. nice.**
To the victor goes the spoils, like it or not its as american as apple pie.
Robert Tindall
January 25th, 2010
12:30 pm
Why does President Obama decide to bring back his Campaign Team for Public Relations instead of Working across party lines to address the issues?
So let’s get this straight: he is more concerned with POLITICS (winning elections and keeping congressional seats) and his image than he is with GOVERNING and working to FIX our country’s problems.
Does anyone else see this…
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
12:32 pm
Matti
January 25th, 2010
12:17 pm
You will have your options in due time.
Well, ummmm...............
January 25th, 2010
12:33 pm
the answer to your question is……..no. There are NO GUTS in that bag of bones!
Sally
January 25th, 2010
12:33 pm
That’s right, just keep doing what your doing. Nail the coffin shut.
Jimmy Carter
January 25th, 2010
12:33 pm
Robert Tindall
January 25th, 2010
12:30 pm
But does Obama’s plan surprise you? I mean, coming from a guy who sits (sleeps perhaps?) through 20 years of Jeremiah “Dice Clay” Wright sermons only to say he never heard such racist remarks?
Sally
January 25th, 2010
12:34 pm
Mean to add, no doubt that will be Bush’s fault as well.
Outhouse GoKart
January 25th, 2010
12:34 pm
Robert Tindall
January 25th, 2010
12:30 pm
Ya…its pretty simple. The ole “bait & switch” routine. He doesnt know how to govern so his campaign team will spin it in hopes the dumb-bell American citizenry will swallow their helping of snake oil.
Barry is doomed.
The Mick
January 25th, 2010
12:34 pm
Yes We Can?
Yes we can what?
Drive the country toward socialism?
Drive the country into debt beyond imagination?
Attempt to cause the quality of healthcare to plummet?
Cause the democratic party to lose its congressional majorities in November?
Not get re-elected in 2012?
Yes you can. Yes you have. Yes you will.
Mick
January 25th, 2010
12:39 pm
**Drive the country toward socialism**
For 95% of the country, that wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
Frank
January 25th, 2010
12:39 pm
What is interesting/disturbing is how easy it is to be transperant. Don’t think for a minute the administration doesn’t say turn off all cell phones and recorders before they engage in bribery.
Kamchak
January 25th, 2010
12:39 pm
Why does President Obama decide to bring back his Campaign Team for Public Relations instead of Working across party lines to address the issues?
So let’s get this straight: he is more concerned with POLITICS (winning elections and keeping congressional seats) and his image than he is with GOVERNING and working to FIX our country’s problems.
Does anyone else see this…
Are you saying that this hasn’t happened before?
hotlanta
January 25th, 2010
12:41 pm
Folks are ignorant one seat is lost and folks are popping the champagne as if Obama is done. If this was a socalist society all of you guys will be in jail. This is no popularity contest. Who are taking these polls because no one talked to me nor my friends. Wow jobs were not created. It takes more than him to create jobs it takes the corporations to do it as well. I still have not seen/heard the Republicans come up with a better plan. It is funny how folks are saying Obama is not working. The man has been working since day one or he needs to stick to one thing at a time, or my favorite when is he gonna do something else. I can’t wait for the news conference when he gets on the air and curses everyone out. Obama every black person in America feels your pain because no matter what you do they will have something to say and they will find any and every little thing to say you are lazy and you don’t know what you are doing while the other folks do nothing. Where is the Republican plan. My favorite headline is “The Honeymoon is over for Barak”. I am quite sure Barak knows good and well this job was no honeymoon. Some of these folks are against healthcare reform are liars. As soon as the bill is passed they will be the first one in line. Believe it.
DaveDawg
January 25th, 2010
12:43 pm
Probably too little, too late.
The Dems have the higher ground, but they failed miserably to frame and spin the health care debate. Of course, the GOP and its allies are all about spinning and have dominated the health care spin (including borderline lies) since last summer and now it’s likely too late.
El Jefe
January 25th, 2010
12:45 pm
Mick,
For the rest of us it would be a disaster – If socialism is so great, why is it such a failure?
Unless you are holding up Cuba as an example. As I see it, we are 5% of the world population and generate 25% of the worlds wealth. maybe I just don’t see your point.