Congress is the problem, says Obama

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/180123-congress-is-the-problem-says-obama

If the 1992 presidential campaign was defined by the slogan “It’s the economy, stupid,” then President Obama wants 2012’s slogan to be “It’s the economy — and Congress is stupid.”

Obama will follow up his jobs speech Thursday to a joint session of Congress with a months-long campaign across the country intended to put congressional Republicans on the hot seat.

Democrats familiar with the president’s plans said Obama’s speech, reported to contain between $200 billion and $300 billion in tax cuts, unemployment insurance, aid to state and local governments and infrastructure spending, marks a new phase after a rough summer that saw the economy stagger and the president’s poll numbers reach new lows.

While the focus of the new phase is creating jobs, the practical application means targeting Congress for any inaction or political game-playing when the economy is in crisis.

[mmonk]

1. Then how does he explain the deal making with Republicans while leaving

some Democratic members out of the process such as with extending the bush tax cuts?

[TheKentuckian]

2. and why is he blaming Congress rather than focusing on TeaPubliKlans?

The "leader" of the party refuses to go after the opposition without also dinging our side as well and that shit is fucking counter-productive and stupid.

The continuous seeking of a mystical center that no one can describe, including those who self identify as "centrist" is a failure since every such effort drives the independent voters further away while simultaneously conflating the awful policies with liberalism because the President is widely seen as such and took on such in order to create some space between himself and his ideological siamese twin, Hillary Clinton.

[Pholus]

3. I can only HOPE this is true. It's long past time to be the "adult in the room."

Get it done, Mr. President, and use your position to highlight the position and motivation of those REPUBLICANS opposing you on this.