Obama: The Weak President

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obama is going to get most of what he wants. The only thing he may not get is that which is beyond the control of a President: low unemployment. No one wants to say it, but government has only two roles to play in a recession: It can cause them, and it can take a little bit of the sting off of them. That's it. But he'll get most of the rest of his agenda.

If unemployment is the same this time next year, he isn't going to have a 2nd term. His jobs program is just another form of the emperor and his new clothes.

Yes, but this is not in his control either way, so in a year we may be back down near 8% and he'll get re-elected because people are turning optimistic about the future. Just like people stopped caring about Iraq after Obama got elected. It went from a huge issue to a nonissue merely because the public knew this meant the war would end. And it is ending now.