[sasquatch]

I reject the premise

[Impy]

To say “keeps improving” implies that it’s currently improving. That is not a point we should concede.

[Bigh4u2]

People will not believe in an economic growth until the price of fuel comes down.

Dramatically..

[brownsfan]

How the GOP can win?

Eliminate voter fraud.

Deport about 15 million illegals.

Brokered convention to get a quality candidate.

I can dream, can’t I?

[Shadow44]

And how many accounting tricks did it take to get this pitiful growth to show up?

[throwback]

I think 3. is the most important. You'll have to throttle this economy with taxes to even bend the deficit curve. Obama is still ordering more bottles of wine at the feast, but the bill is coming. We'll be eating mac & cheese for the rest of the month to pay for the one meal.

[Right Brother]

The republicans can’t get bogged down with complex messages for a public with the attention span of a gnat. It really can be brought down to simply asking “Is your personal economic situation better now than it was before the hope and change?”. Questions force people to think. Long winded, complex challenges to the media propaganda don’t.

[Riodacat]

With no Democrat primaries this year, all the media attention has been on the Republican candidates showcasing their talents to the American public - and what has been the result todate?
Even with the economy struggling, massive debt, etc, not a single one appears to be able to beat Obama so far.
And we can only imagine what will happen when the MSM and the Obama machine crank up for the POTUS race.
If the economy continues to appear to improve, then you can stick a fork in this one - it's done..

[MrEdd]

What region of the US is improving?

Here in North Texas we are seeing another wave of semiconductor plants moving overseas. I submit the books are being cooked.

[jwalsh07]

I like this guy but his Wall Street cheerleading kind of blinds him to the facts. Sort of like Larry Kudlow who sees sprouts in his coffee. The labor participation rate is almost 1% point lower in 1/12 than it was in 1/11. This does not happen in healthy, growing economies.

[cicero2k]

Reason number 2. is important. Obama’s government as venture capitalist has too many failures. To throw money at business concepts, without siginificant private participation at say 50% of the venture is ludicrous. That’s how we ended up with green failures. Then to intervene on private enterprise, whether energy or healthcare; in an obivious negative manner also prevents recovery. So stimulus money is used to pay for groceries, and rent; not for expansion. When expansion is proposed, Obama shuts it down.

One exception: a boom in the sales of firearms; either to private individuals or for government sponsored export to make the second ammendment look bad.

[Yashcheritsiy]

I’m not worried so much about the economy improving or not. I’m worried, instead, about two things:

1) The ability of the Republicans - whoever the nominee is - to actually make their case, and

2) The stupidity of the American people who only look at surface MSM headlines and let that drive their thinking.

[Redalways]

Republicans have to pit Obama against a candidate that can gather a sufficient amount of the Hispanic vote.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They can win by hauling out the old Reagan line that “I will get Government off of your back”.

We won’t be telling you what car to buy.
We won’t be telling you what lightbulbs to buy.
We won’t be micromanaging your health insurance.
We won’t have bureaucrats inspecting lunches at your kid’s school

etc. etc.

Till date I don’t hear any of that from them.

[GeronL]

The economy is not improving.

[LibLieSlayer]

There is no economic recovery... only lies from liars and fools.

LLS

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

We need bumper sticker lines, not talk about "creative destruction" which require explanation upon explanation.

Obama plans to win with the limousine liberals and the minorities. And single white women, no doubt. There are a lot of them. But,

Can your grandchildren afford what Obama is promising you?

When your parents get old and sick, do you want the government to decide what treatments they are allowed to have?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Gas prices high enough for you?

Does you son have a chance for a good job if the government won't let companies work and oil companies pump?