Now we know what obummer's priorities are...

[PokerGuy]

Oh of course. So basically instead of campaigning, Obama should become a Republican. (with the possible exception of troop movements)

Hey, nobody said the things he needs to do would be easy or that he'd want to do them. He won't. That's why he's out raising money instead of solving things, and that's why he's an abject failure as a leader.

When are people going to stop invoking the confidence fairy?

You call it a "fairy" as if it's something non-existent. CEO's and CFO's have specifically stated that's a major reason why they are not investing and hiring more. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not real. The lack of confidence in congress and the white house is real.

By any measure 'meddling' has decreased, yet strangely enough confidence and economic performance has gone DOWN instead of up.

No, "meddling" has not decreased. The health care disaster is only just beginning. Tax increases are only just getting started. Businesses know the anti-business environment is only going to get worse, not better.

The US needs to massively increase spending in the short term, not gut it. (seriously, massively. Like trillion+ more in spending)

Hey, great idea. Spending trillions we don't have. I'm sure that will solve all sorts of problems without creating new ones. It's not like we have a massive deficit or anything.... oh, wait. Typical dimlib 'thinking'.

What I just wrote isn't really germane to what I asked though, because you just gave a fantasy scenario. Not only would doing that be a total betrayal of what the American people elected Obama to do

Hey, nobody said it would be easy to do. You asked for specifics, you were given specifics. You just don't like them, and neither does obummer, and hence the direction of the country and the failure to lead.

I guess I should have been clearer: What should Obama be doing that has any chance in hell of actually passing Congress?

Real leaders can get things through congress even when congress is hostile to them (for reference, see Reagan and the dimlibs controlling congress during his terms).

 

[fskimospy]

I figured that was the answer. You basically should have just titled the post: "Obama should become a Republican and immediately implement Republican policies" because that's what you actually meant.

Of course if you phrased it in the way that you actually meant, the abject stupidity of this thread would have been self evident to everyone reading it.

 

[LumbergTech]

Honestly this is the case for all politicians..How about we forgo all the bullshit money wasting of an election and put that money towards paying down the debt? Oh right, because its more important that it all gets wasted on stupid bullshit.

 

[Ausm]

How many places in rural Iowa have a large black population?

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