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To: combjelly who wrote (455098)	2/8/2009 7:29:24 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573695

lol Mouthing a few platitudes is not leadership....he let Pelosi and Reid roll him....he hasn't lost my support yet but he's not off to a good start.... J.

To: combjelly who wrote (455098)	2/9/2009 10:21:33 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573695

CJ lives in an alternate universe. Obama has been making excuses for pork: Some critics, he said at Thursday's retreat, contend the bill "is full of pet projects. When was the last time that we saw a bill of this magnitude move out with no earmarks in it? Not one." Ratcheting up the sarcasm, the president said: "So then you get the argument, 'well, this is not a stimulus bill, this is a spending bill.' What do you think a stimulus is?" "That's the whole point," he said, as the audience hooted and applauded. google.com

To: combjelly who wrote (455098)	2/9/2009 10:25:22 AM
From: jlallen	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1573695

Obama's Decline Continues By John Power Line In today's Rasmussen survey, Barack Obama's approval rating is down to 59%. His "approval index," the difference between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove, has declined to +11. There's little doubt that Obama's eroding support over the past week is linked to his strident backing of the Democrats' pork extravaganza, which many people (including the Congressional Budget Office) fear will make the economy worse, not better. The "stimulus" debate was a golden opportunity for Obama to follow Bill Clinton's triangulation strategy, staking out a middle position between Congressional liberals and conservatives. If he had brokered a stimulus bill that was stripped of Pelosi-Reid pork and included a healthy dose of tax cuts, he could have cemented and enhanced his popularity as well as promoting good (or at least better) public policy. Obama's preference for jamming a hard-left bill down the throats of the American people bodes poorly, I'm afraid, for the future of his administration. To comment on this post, go here. plnewsforum.com powerlineblog.com