Posted on 05/31/2011 9:48:01 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country.
The White House now displays an air of confidence, bolstered in part by achievements such as the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos and the financial success of an auto industry that Obama bailed out over the objections of many.
Obama is also benefiting from the absence of negatives. The economy, while lethargic, is growing. The private sector is creating jobs. Natural disasters, while deadly and plentiful, have not developed into governmental crises. Skyrocketing gas prices, which fed the public's economic fears, are now subsiding. And the GOP's signature budget plan, ambitious in its spending reductions, has lost its luster with the public.
"It is likely he will be re-elected, in my opinion," veteran Republican pollster Wes Anderson says.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
meanwhile the hot air balloon has a massive tear in it and the passenger basket is burning...
I’m still looking for shots of him playing golf yesterday to popup somewhere.. his 70th round or such.
Author is not acquainted with reality...
.. or emblematic of his first term.. a wreck.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon walk past a wrecked car as they inspect tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri, May 29, 2011. Obama travelled to Joplin, scene of last week's disaster, to inspect the damage and participate in a memorial service. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Author is not acquainted with reality...
Psychotropic drugs most likely. ;-)
WTH is this? Certainly not reporting. It makes me want to hurl.
Rush just read this-—it’s a total parroting of the AP story.
It's "WTF" = win the future. Barry's slogan: WTF. Fitting.
He quotes a “former” Republican chairman from a blue state. Also, a supposedly Republican pollster who says Obama will probably be reelected. The defeatism within the Republican Party’s left wing is stunning. If good conservatives don’t disassociate themselves from this Party of naysayers then we deserve all we get...
Check your blue dress mister kuhnhenn... obama left a stain on it.
LLS
“President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country.”.....
Bullcrap!
Home prices: ‘Double-dip’ confirmed- CNNMoney
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Home-prices-Doubledip-cnnm-516185177.html
Home prices hit another new low in the first quarter, down 5.1% from a year ago to levels not reached since 2002.
It was the third straight quarterly drop for the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index, which was released Tuesday. Prices are now down 32.7% from their peak set five years ago.
“Home prices continue on their downward spiral with no relief in sight,” said David Blitzer, spokesman for Standard and Poor’s.
The index covers 80% of the housing market, and this month’s report confirmed “a double-dip in home prices across much of the nation,” said Blitzer.
“Obama is also benefiting from the absence of negatives”....
What in hell are these idiots smoking?
LLS
go check out some newspaper archives, it is so totally like the leadup to Carter-Reagan
The level of delusion in this piece is stratospheric.
Is Jim Kuhnhenn having an acid flashback? He’s crazy.
Missed this. We’re on the same wavelength, eh?
Gains foothold? Maybe a boot up his butt.
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