Posted on 08/15/2011 5:36:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Minneapolis Burdened by sagging poll numbers, hamstrung by poor economic news, and trapped in Washington for much of the summer because of the debt ceiling fight, President Obama will seek to reverse his recent fortunes by hitting the open road.
Obama Monday will embark on a three-state, five-town bus tour deep in the heart of the American Midwest. The campaign-style swing comes at a time when a new Gallup Poll shows the president sliding below a 40 % approval rating for the first time.
The White House maintains the president will confine his remarks to the economy and will not go after his potential GOP presidential opponents. But at the very least, however, the trip should afford him a chance to renew his connection with a public that has been showing signs of increasing discontent with his administration.
Paul Begala, a former campaign aide to Bill Clinton who now advises a political action committee, Priorities USA Action, started by two ex-Obama aides, called for bold action.
The whole focus of the country for the last month has been on these terrible negotiations over the debt ceiling. That hurt everybody. Hes got to turn the page, Begala said. The president cant wave a magic wand, but he has the power to set the agenda. Nows the time.
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Poor Obama, must suck to have to steal a page from Palin.
I like that Sickoflibs.
If I were there at any of the stopovers, I would greet Obama with a rousing Bronx cheer!
If I was in charge of the RINO party campaign points Dems would be history in DC :)
There, I fixed the title.
"My election will mark the day when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal"
ANY plane, even a Piper Cub, with the President aboard, is designated as Air Force One.
Obama's taking a bus trip..what do they call the bus?
I don't know but you might ask the people riding under it.
A bus tour? Is the Government Motors Volt available in a bus model?
“Obama’s taking a bus trip..what do they call the bus?”
Greyhound One?
MAGICAL MISERY TOUR
Tune: Magical Mystery Tour
Barack, Barack and the Magical Misery Tour! Step right this way!
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, rolling across the nation
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, but this is no vacation
Barack and his Misery Tour
The Magical Misery Tour is wanting to make you all pay
Wanting to make you all pay
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, he's got everything you need
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, even though it's all wee-weed
Barack and his Misery Tour
The Magical Misery Tour is hoping to make you all pay
Hoping to make you all pay
The misery trip . . .
The Magical Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, rolling across the nation
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, but this is no vacation
Barack and his Misery Tour
The Magical Misery Tour is coming to make you all pay
Coming to make you all pay
The Magical Misery Tour is trying to make you all pay
Trying to make you all pay, take it away . . .
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