Obama and his legislative history on the economy - he is 0 for 4 and counting

Commentary by J Smithson

1. February 18, 2010, Obama signed an order that created a presidential commission known as Simpson/Boyles, to study and make recommendations regards our national circumstance. 11 months later, Simpson/Boyles made their recommendations and Obama quickly decided to ignore those recommendations.

2, In January of this year, he came up with a budget proposal and 60 billion in "cuts." In February, his Democrat lead Senate vote the bill down, 97 to 0.

3. In March, he came up with another proposition. It was so poorly written that he couldn't get the CBO to score the thing for financial soundness. Their remark: "We can't score a speech."

4. In late summer, he came up with American Jobs Act. Within 12 hours of giving that speech, he was on the stump, chiding congress for having not passed his bill, yet. Three months later, the bill is dead without a single Democrat having signed on as a sponsor of the bill.

"And counting:" In the past several weeks, the Stock Market has lost 800 points and what does Obama do? Why, he has taken a trip to Europe to talk to European leaders about the problem rather than taking a single minute, to sit down at the table with American leaders to deal with the problem. Understand that at any time, Obama could put an end to the bi-partisan divide. So, why does he not do so? We all know the answer to that question, don't we.

This is exactly why his approval numbers for the economy are in the high 20 percentile bracket.