Obama’s Deaf Ear May Cost His Success

Audrey Jones / January 30, 2010

This week, Obama showed himself once again to be out of touch with both Americans and with the current debt situation in the United States.  He called on the determination, optimism, and fundamental decency of all Americans, but then seemed to suggest that Americans should focus that determination on passing his health care bill.  If Obama wants his presidency to be a success and for our economy to turn around, he will need to learn the lessons of the recent elections.  To regain his footing with the American people, he will have to do more than institute a delayed, short-term, token spending freeze and acknowledge that the key to pulling us out of this recession lies with the innovation and motivation of the American people—not with yet another expensive program. (more…)