Speaker John Boehner reportedly told a meeting of the House GOP last week: “Let’s call bulls--t, bulls--t! This election is going to be all about the economy.”
The Speaker is right, but the joke may be on him. ...Juan Williams, The Hill
Good point and the Obama campaign is well-acquaintedwith that "joke" .
President Obama is already blaming lack of action from Boehner’s Republican majority in the House of Representatives for the poor economy. And that campaign strategy is just getting started. The question is how much political power accusations of “Republican obstructionism” will have with voters in the final stretch of the campaign.
What is certain is that as the House, Senate and presidential campaigns enter the summer months, every argument from now on will center on what the politically paralyzed Congress has failed to do on economic issues. ...Juan Williams, The Hill
Indeed. If they're really smart, they'll build a campaign in part around Mitch McConnell's assertions about Republicans devoting themselves to making Obama a one-term president.
“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” ...Mitch McConnell
To the exclusion of responsible efforts on the part of the Senate and House to improve the economy and get people back to work.
Seems the Obama campaign is building a potentially very effective indictment of Republican politics over the past three years by simply quoting Republicans. Looks like it's working...
In a charge unprecedented in modern American presidential politics, they are accusing Republicans in Congress, working in coordination with Romney’s campaign, of not only “rooting for failure,” but of sabotaging the economy for political gain.
A recent poll by ABC/Washington Post asked Americans who they thought was more responsible for the country’s current economic problems — President Obama or President Bush.
The Republican president still gets 49 percent of the blame, while the Democrat who succeeded him is held responsible by 34 percent.
But a November 2011 poll by a bipartisan group found 94 percent of Americans think congressional inaction is hurting the economy. That fits with Congress’s dismal job approval ratings. ...Juan Williams, The Hill
