President Obama: History So Far

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by manasecret

Good! I do like that. Now if he could just stop using fear to try to pass this "Stimulus Package" like a certain other president whose name I won't mention was keen on using, I'll be a little happier.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Obama is running into the same problem Clinton ran into in `92, and that is the fact that most Americans just aren't for more government control and spending, regardless of their voting habits. Obama isn't losing the battle when it comes to the message, they're losing the battle of ideas. The more people learn about this stimulus package, the more they hate it, and the polls show it.

Trying to rush a bill that doesn't really kick in for almost a year doesn't help matters either; it just makes people think you're trying to get one past them. I think if Obama had come out in favor of mediation instead of publicly supporting the hard-line stance of Pelosi, Reid, etc. he could have come out smelling like roses. Instead the bill he has endorsed has increased the public level of distrust of the government, not decreased it.

Instead, his shiny exterior is beginning to dull a bit and his cries of partianship are reflecting more on him than the GOP.