Posted on 01/15/2010 7:46:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON — There'll be no parade this time for President Barack Obama . No grand speech from the west front of the Capitol, no fireworks, no glittery balls to kick off the second year of his presidency on Wednesday, as there were for the first.
Just a lot of hard work, an agenda full of unresolved problems and perhaps a more sober sense of just what's possible for the 48-year-old president, who's a little grayer now than he was a year ago.
He faces a country that's struggling to find its footing after a staggering recession, a nation that's starting to show signs of growth but is still losing jobs. He looks out at a world where he's made precious little progress, still trying to get Israelis and Palestinians to the peace table, and to get the North Koreans to give up their nuclear weapons and the Iranians to abandon their own nuclear program.
He'll tackle those and other challenges with far less political capital than he had a year ago. His approval rating has dropped sharply and is the second lowest in half a century for any president entering his second year, while his disapproval rating is the highest ever at this point in a presidency.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
This will make him even more dangerous and desperate to achieve what millions before him have failed to do on the battlefields of war and up and down the halls of diplomacy.
Amen := “May it be so!”
Oh, Puh-leeze!! Spare us. The dope hasn't worked a day in his life, especially since he was inaugurated. Unless you call the denigration and destruction of the United States "work."
Is it PC to say "denigration"?
Excuse me...I'm no economist...but would someone explain to me how that works???.. Haven't even read the rest of the story....But that caught my eye..
The only thing growing is the gubamint and a lot of that growth is cancerous, it appears.
“”They have to rethink some things, recalibrate and refocus. They tried to do too much. And he’s taken some hits as result,” said Steve Schier , a political scientist at Carleton College in Minnesota .
He’ll have to navigate not only through a wary Congress but also amid a backlash among many Americans against his agenda, notably his health care proposal.
“The conventional wisdom a year ago was that the tectonic plates had shifted, that Obama could win and anything was possible,” said Michael Franc , the vice president of government relations at the Heritage Foundation , a conservative policy institute.
Yet polls show that, despite the 2008 election, Americans remain more moderate to conservative than liberal, and that creates a head wind against Obama’s agenda for a more activist national government.”
They need to re-think period.
People are more and more wondering about Obama. Who is he? What is his real allegience? Does he really believe this far left socialist/communist crap? You betcha' he does!
Keep sending these urls to everyone you know:
Excellent research on the Real Obama by FReeper Beckwith at the Obama Files Here
and at Discover the Networks Here
If the MSM hadn't covered up all this stuff before the election, he wouldn't be President. Time is on our side to get this widely disseminated so everyone knows this info, especially before November, 2010.
“No glittery balls???”
YOu mean he can’t insult the Heroes Ball again?
Wow.
What a shame.
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