July 5, 2011 – 8:01 am
One question: how’s that hopey changey thing working out for ya? Because even ABC News is wondering if you feel better yet: The Economic Recovery Turns 2: Feel Better yet? This is one anniversary few feel like celebrating. Two years after economists say the Great Recession ended, the recovery has been the weakest and most […]
June 30, 2011 – 9:11 am
Here’s a spiffy little graphic from CBS News That’s NMP Obama’s, and the Democrats, economy. An 11% shift for the worse in 9 months. That’s not the only finding signaling that Americans have a negative outlook about their economic future. Only 20 percent now say the economy is getting better, the lowest number since last […]
June 24, 2011 – 9:40 am
Following the previous post, we see once again that Obama just doesn’t understand how the private sector works, and thinks he can just blink his eyes and things magically happen President Obama on Friday will announce the launch of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), an initiative that would provide more than $500 million to encourage […]
June 24, 2011 – 9:06 am
Hey, when even Carrie Budoff Brown at The Politico can barely find words to support Mr. Obama, things are seriously in the dumps for Team Hopey Changey: President Obama struggles with economic message President Barack Obama isn’t just grasping for ways to jolt the flailing economy. He’s struggling simply to find the right words to […]
June 20, 2011 – 8:40 am
Wait, wasn’t that what the political payback legislation, known as “Stimulus”, was supposed to do? Create jobs? And all the follow-up legislation? The “green jobs” initiatives? Even ObamaCare was billed as a jobs creator. None of which worked, and, it seems, made things worse, so Democrats eye new jobs agenda Senate Democrats are beginning to […]
June 14, 2011 – 8:56 am
No, really Obama: It’s ‘nonsense’ I’m calm about state of economy In an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Ann Curry that aired Tuesday, President Barack Obama addressed the notion that he is unemotional about the human toll that the economic crisis has taken. “I think ordinary folks understand I spend all my time thinking about this […]
June 13, 2011 – 7:24 am
It’s great that ThePolitico’s Darren Samualsohn is asking questions about Obama’s green jobs agenda, but, he forgot to ask a few others, such as “how many jobs did the green agenda cost?” We learned from Spain that for ever one created, two private sector jobs are lost. Also, how much do the ones actually created […]
June 10, 2011 – 9:00 am
Said default position is to raise taxes As the clock ticks on raising the nation’s debt ceiling to avoid a catastrophic default, Vice President Biden met with Republican negotiators on Thursday in another closed-door meeting that only showed how far apart both sides remained. In the 2 1/2-hour meeting, the sixth one between the administration […]
June 9, 2011 – 11:29 am
Because this has worked so wonderfully since he took over as (not my) President President Barack Obama’s advisers have discussed seeking a temporary cut in the payroll taxes businesses pay on wages as they debate ways to spur hiring amid signs that the recovery is slowing, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea, […]
June 7, 2011 – 4:02 pm
Nate Silver has an interesting piece up at the NY Times entitled The 10-Word Question That Could Cost Obama the Election. Skipping past a recitation of just what Carter was facing, we get to Mr. Reagan would win overwhelmingly, however, claiming 44 states (even Massachusetts and New York) while limiting Mr. Carter to just 41 […]
