Is it just me, or is Team Obama having trouble getting the ball (make that balls) into the end zone?
Let’s start small: Roland Burris. Team Obama called on him to do the right thing and resign. Well, Sen. Burris is still alive and well and casting votes.
On bigger issues:
Has the rate of foreclosures slowed? Nope. Last month was they wre the highest ever.
Have toxic assets been taken off any bank books? Nope. Just a bunch of jockeying for position in the public-private partnerships.
Is credit flowing again? Nope. Despite lots of money being pumped into the system, credit is tight — very tight.
Has the economy been stimulated? Except for the tenuous logic of “jobs saved”, it sure doesn’t seem like it.
Are GM and Chrysler on the road to automaker viability? Please, get serious.
Is Gitmo shutting down? Well, Congressional Dems seem to be saying no.
Are our troops coming home? Nope. Iraq’s still on the Bush timetable, and Afghanistan (the “right war”) is shaping up as a quagmire (as it was for the Russians).
My conclusion: campaigning is way easier than governing. The issues are way more complex that the soundbites. It’s way easier to talk a good game than to play a good game.
Bold proclamations are motivating, but eventually, you gotta put some points on the board.
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May 21, 2009 at 4:27 pm |
If McCain/Palin had won the election, we’d have some great earmark reform (~$18 billion saved!) and a bunch of goofy new restrictions on science to please the evangelicals. All the issues listed above would be MUCH worse if Republicans had been allowed to cut taxes, which is really all they’ve talked about for the last four months. What would McCain have done that Bush hadn’t already been doing? Why should we expect his results would be any better?
May 22, 2009 at 12:07 am |
Hey Davenport,
You should actually think about a position in this administration. You seem to exhibit the key qualification: ABSOLUTELY NO UNDERSTANDING OF FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMICS.
July 3, 2009 at 9:57 pm |
Just like it only takes a few microseconds to write up blog postings critiquing the Obama administration. Thankfully, Palin is not our VP.