Obama says will be judged in 2012 over economy

reuters ^ | Aug. 21, 2011 | Laura MacInnis and Alister Bull

[PROCON]

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he expects to be judged in the 2012 election over his governance of the American economy, which he said was still not growing fast enough.

"For me to argue, look, we've actually made the right decisions, things would have been much worse has we not made those decisions -- that's not that satisfying if you don't have a job right now," Obama told CBS in an interview taped last week and aired during his annual vacation in Martha's Vineyard, an island near Boston.

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Obama is expected to spend much of his nine-day vacation working on a program meant to jump-start the economy golfing and eating steak and lobster at taxpayer's expense.

There, fixed it.

[mosaicwolf]

Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve

[zbogwan2]

But I thought Congress,especially the Republicans, were responsible for a bad economy and anything else Obama could think of?

[woofer]

“Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”

[mardi59]

His lousy record will speak for him.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You bet’cha!

[ken21]

bump.

[ml/nj]

Martha's Vineyard, an island near Boston.

First time I've ever heard the Vineyard characterized in this manner! (My first trip to Nantucket, another "island near Boston," was in 1955.)

ML/NJ

[RC2]

I wonder how many people remember how much our economy grew after WWI and WWII? Right now, we are about ! 1/2% and some are looking at 5%. What percentage rate was it after the wars? If memory serves me right it was 100%. We can do it again if we and Congress have the will......regardless of what the WH wants.

[MNJohnnie]

Wonder if any one in the “Journ-o-list” community will ask the 0 to explain the contradiction between the Present-ident’s rhetoric and his administration actions?

Getting ready for a wave of coal-plant shutdowns
Washington Post ^ | 8/20/2011

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2766745/posts?page=1

[reefdiver]

hard to imagine that the dope said things are not growing fast enough.

Under zer0s leadership the wealth that has been destroyed in this nation is beyond any ones wildest imagination.

[DeaconRed]

I SURE HOPE SO. . . . . . .

[Oldexpat]

We need to make a list of all the job killing laws, regulations and rulings made by this Administration.
1. Health care regs
2. EPA coal rulings
3. Drilling delays and bans
4. Amnesty for illegals
5. more ideas?

[mrs. a]

I don’t think he’s going to have to wait until 2012...

[Grumplestiltskin]

“Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”

Well, how are the “looters” and “takers” going to respond to this very question?

And they represent a _growing_ portion of the voting and general population....

Just sayin’...

[chuckee]

Martha’s Vineyard, the other end of the pool for Ted Kennedy.

[Cheerio]

"For me to argue, look, we've actually made the right decisions, things would have been much worse has we not made those decisions --

Sound like the same specious argument "Look how many jobs I saved".

[COBOL2Java]

[DownInFlames]

What does that meam?

[Iron Munro]

Obama said on Sunday he expects to be judged in the 2012 election over his governance of the
American economy, which he said was still not growing fast enough.

Obama said on Sunday he expects to be judged in the 2012 election over his governance of the American
economy, which he said was still not growing fast enough is still going backwards.