Comments on: Economy poised to make Obama a one-termer http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/08/22/economy-poised-to-make-obama-a-one-termer/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: varun.mitroo http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/08/22/economy-poised-to-make-obama-a-one-termer/comment-page-1/#comment-13164 varun.mitroo Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:04:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=14106#comment-13164 Interesting article. Only problem I see is that this article separates the economic trends from the actual policies of the president, his cabinet, and congress. It makes it seem that the president who is elected is based on the random up and down movement of the economy. I don't think that it is sheer blind luck that Obama "inherited" this economy. I think he has worked very hard to ram through half-baked laws, grown the size of government even more, and squandered our chances at real economic recovery. We will now have to work even harder to first un-do the damage that Obama caused, repeal all those crazy laws, and then get our country on the right track. He will go down in history as big a failure as Jimmy Carter. Interesting that the big liberal presidents, Johnson and Carter, both have been one term presidents, whether the economic data was good or bad. I see Obama going down that route. Still, it is amusing to see him squirm around and blame everybody but himself for all the problems he and his policies have caused. Nov 2012 can't come around soon enough! Interesting article. Only problem I see is that this article separates the economic trends from the actual policies of the president, his cabinet, and congress. It makes it seem that the president who is elected is based on the random up and down movement of the economy.

I don’t think that it is sheer blind luck that Obama “inherited” this economy. I think he has worked very hard to ram through half-baked laws, grown the size of government even more, and squandered our chances at real economic recovery. We will now have to work even harder to first un-do the damage that Obama caused, repeal all those crazy laws, and then get our country on the right track.

He will go down in history as big a failure as Jimmy Carter. Interesting that the big liberal presidents, Johnson and Carter, both have been one term presidents, whether the economic data was good or bad. I see Obama going down that route.

Still, it is amusing to see him squirm around and blame everybody but himself for all the problems he and his policies have caused.

Nov 2012 can’t come around soon enough!

]]> By: Elektrobahn http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/08/22/economy-poised-to-make-obama-a-one-termer/comment-page-1/#comment-13161 Elektrobahn Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:14:07 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=14106#comment-13161 My my, those are awful numbers, especially No. 3. I've been around long enough to rememeber all those high-and low-points and it seems incredible that Mr. Obama has outperformed, so to speak, Mr. Carter on the downside. No mean feat. That said, the GOP had best get its act together. Mr. Obama is readilyle by a credible, competent candidate but somebody like Ron Paul or Michelle Bachmann...well, forget about it. That'll be the green light for another four years of 'Obamanomics'. My my, those are awful numbers, especially No. 3. I’ve been around long enough to rememeber all those high-and low-points and it seems incredible that Mr. Obama has outperformed, so to speak, Mr. Carter on the downside. No mean feat.

That said, the GOP had best get its act together. Mr. Obama is readilyle by a credible, competent candidate but somebody like Ron Paul or Michelle Bachmann…well, forget about it. That’ll be the green light for another four years of ‘Obamanomics’.

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