Posted by
Gabrielle Cusumano on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:02:33 PM
First story: "He thinks he’s playing with Monopoly money" (Excerpt from Politico article)
Economists and business leaders from across the ideological spectrum were urging the new president on last winter when he signed onto more than a trillion in stimilus spending and bank and auto bailouts during his first weeks in office. Many, though far from all, of these same people now agree that these actions helped avert an even worse financial catastrophe.
Along the way, however, it is clear Obama underestimated the political consequences that flow from the perception that he is a profligate spender. He also misjudged the anger in middle America about bailouts with weak and sporadic public explanations of why he believed they were necessary.
The flight of independents away from Democrats last summer — the trend that recently hammered Democrats in off-year elections in Virginia — coincided with what polls show was alarm among these voters about undisciplined big government and runaway spending. The likely passage of a health care reform package criticized as weak on cost-control will compound the problem.... (continued article with 6 more stories Obama doesn't want you to know and much more at: Politico http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29993.html
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