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After nearly four years, they (the voters) know that the recovery has not included jobs. They know there are 2.5 million fewer jobs available, making full employment, at this time and without expanding the market for jobs, impossible.
Three and a half years into Obama's Imperialistic Rule as president, folks remember his comment (below) and intend to hold him accountable for its truth:
"A year from now I think people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress, but there's still going to be some pain out there. If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition.” (Feb 1st of 2009)
February of 2009 was a critical time for Obama. On the 17th of February, he signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Most, simply call this "The Stimulus bill." He had been working on the Stimulus bill for a year and a half (yes, before the election) with the help of Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, Elizabeth Warren, Christina Romer, Jared Bernstein, and, to a lesser degree, a host of others including the Congressional Budget Office. The Stimulus bill was all Obama and nearly two years in its making; the healthcare reform law was all Pelosi and Reid.
When I write, "February of 2009 was a critical time for Obama," I have in mind the theory that Obama thought the economy would take care of itself no matter what he and his socialist buds thought to do next. I have to admit, we all thought the economy would recover within the ensuing two years. Suffice it to say, the Democrats outsmarted themselves beginning with their February legislative success (the Stimulus) and their resulting legislative strategy. They made such a big deal out of healthcare reform and took so very long to "get it done," that the business community decided to wait for its final form before jumping into the recovery and hiring people. Incredibly, health care's "final form" was not scheduled to be completed until 2014. In the mean time, while the Democrats were fighting with themselves over the size and scope of health care reform, Obama began his class warfare strategy, starting with George Bush as representative of Big Money, then Big Business (which included small business), then back to George Bush, followed by attacks on Big Oil, George Bush, the coal industry, George Bush, Big Banking, George Bush, the evil cost cutting Republicans, George Bush, Wall Street, George Bush, the TEA party, Paul Ryan, George Bush, the various crisises in the larger world community, and, well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Bush,
It is utterly amazing to me, but after the Stimulus was passed into law just three weeks into his administration, the rest of his legislative agenda has been an absolute childish mess. He and the Dems wanted to act alone and take all the credit and, now, they are having to pay for their own legislative stupidity and thoughtlessness. They wanted to transform the United States of American but the danged economy got in their way and, now, their whole agenda has gone up in smoke (and mirrors).
Summary and conclusion: beginning with his fifth week in office, Obama and his dim Dems, made a series of tactical decision that are now causing them great harm, politically. They own the Senate and the White House, but have left off governing a year ago, and the nation has suffered because of that. The economy did not take care of itself, healthcare was never about the uninsured and is perceived to be a monstrous debacle, immigration was completely ignored, and concern for jobs creation never counted for more than a mountain of rhetorical crap and, now, Obama has to answer to the voters . . . . . . . . . . on the issues. Thank God.
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