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Subscribe to RSSHere’s our take on the new NBC/WSJ poll: “One year out before President Barack Obama faces voters in his bid for re-election, he encounters an American public that remains deeply pessimistic about the state of the country and its economy… Nearly three-quarters of respondents believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction; just 25 percent think the U.S. economy will improve in the next 12 months; and a solid majority says the country is experiencing the start of a long-term decline.”
More: “Yet despite those views, Obama continues to run ahead of the Republican presidential front-runners in hypothetical general-election match ups — leading former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by six points and former businessman Herman Cain by 15 points.”
Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s take: The poll “has found an electorate that is convinced the country's economic structures favor an affluent elite and is still deeply torn as to whether President Barack Obama or any of his leading Republican rivals can pull the nation out of decline.”
Open-mic night: “During the three minutes of conversation broadcasted to present reporters and politicians, Obama first criticized Sarkozy for backing the Palestinian bid for statehood in Unesco, and later Sarkozy let his personal dislike for Netanyahu out of the bag,” the New York Daily News writes. “‘I cannot stand him. He's a liar,’ Sarkozy was clearly heard saying. Obama's quick retort wasn't flattering, either. ‘You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!’ Obama said.
“The White House is not expected to comply with a subpoena issued by House Republicans for documents related to the $535 million loan guarantee to the failed solar firm Solyndra,” The Hill reports.
“Attorney General Eric Holder says an investigation of arms traffickers called Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept as well as in execution, never should have happened and ‘it must never happen again,’” AP reports.
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The "long term decline" may have had it's roots going all the way back to Carter and, of course, Clinton, but for the last three years, it has been Obama's baby.
Just when we needed a real leader with experience and business acumen, just when we needed a President who could inspire and unite all Americans, and lead us out of this economic morass, we get Barrack Hussian Obama. An inept, arrogant, inexperienced, socialist, community organizer. One whose expertise seems to be never to stop campaigning and spending. One whose list of failures exceeds that of the former Soviet Union. One whose top priority is to wreck whatever semblance of economic prosperity we have left, and pass the blame on the upper class, the Republicans, and whoever might not vote for his second term.
What a walking joke he turned out to be. Will he be voted out of office?? Sure. But all those wretched unemployed and underemployed Americans, who placed their trust and their futures in this messiah, will have to wait for well over a year for even the beginning of the end of this fiscal madness.
What is this Charlie Brown Christmas going to be like for all those families? How many strained marriages will survive another year of Obamanomics??
ABO 2012.
Joe E - You forgot Ronald Raygun(zap), Bush 1 Bush 2.
I remember Jimmy Carter's administration. I remember when he lectured America about our need to get off foreign oil, through conservation and investing in new technology. America rebelled and voted in Mr. In Denial - Ronald Reagan. In electing Reagan we lost our chance to become a world leader in alternative energy solutions. We set ourselves up to wage three costly wars in the MiddleEast.
I remember people ridiculed Carter for not attacking Iran, however, his actions saved us from a costly war and led to the release of the American hostages. The first presidential candidate I voted for was Gerald Ford, but I voted to re-elect Carter and I have voted Democratic ever since. Democratic values are about progress and intelligent decisions. History has shown Republicans advocate for war, protect greedy behavior and ignore human rights and science.
Could have fooled me. Just about every idea that a democrats puts forth is idiotic. Let's spend more than we make. Let's create unsustainable social programs. Let's hire radicals to run the government. Let's expand the role of government. The Constitution is a living document... Equal results rather than equal opportunity. All of this sounds pretty stupid, but the real fools are the people that keep voting these morons in.
Sure, we all remember Jimmie (peanut head) Carter. remember his 18% inflation rate?? His botched rescue attempt of the American hostages in Iran?? His astonishment at the Russian invasion of Afghanistan??
Reagan lowered our inflation rate to just 3.1%, ended the cold war that had been haunting us for 40 years, and with his 10-10-10 plan brought us to unbelievable prosperity.
Carter is looking better these days. The Democrats finally have someone who is actually worse than Carter.
ABO 2012.