Obama vs. Obama on the Stimulus

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  July 17th at 12:56 PM  | 

President Obama told the American people in January that the stimulus would work immediately in his sales pitch to Congress. Now that it’s failed to produce jobs — and the 9.5% unemployment rate is worse than the administration’s projections — Obama is changing his talking points. This is how you lose credibility, Mr. President.

Stimulus Puts Obama in Tough Territory

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  July 8th at 02:00 PM  | 

Is the White House’s well-oiled communications machine coming undone less than six months after President Obama took office? Based on the past few days of mounting criticism regarding Obama’s top achievement — passage of the $787 billion stimulus — it appears that cracks are beginning to form. The administration wants to avoid distractions from its quest for government-run health care, but the mismanaged stimulus, combined | Read More »