Obama focuses on domestic issues after Osama bin Laden’s death

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story

WASHINGTON — His commander-in-chief credentials burnished by the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama is now seeking to shore up a shaky domestic standing on issues critical to his 2012 reelection bid.

Obama will this week tackle the slowly recovering economy -- on which voters give him perilously low marks -- and immigration reform, an article of faith for Hispanic voters, among whom the president's popularity is tumbling.

The daring swoop by special forces into Pakistan last week did more than kill the terrorist mastermind bin Laden and salve America's raw public trauma over the September 11 attacks in 2001.

The high-risk raid also effectively neutralized Republican claims that Obama is indecisive and hesitant to wield US power, a familiar tactic from a party that loves to lash Democrats as soft on national security.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/08/obama-focuses-on-domestic-issues-after-osama-bin-ladens-death/

[msongs]

1. if he would stand up against republicans that would be a pleasant surprise nt

[Terra Alta]

2. Obama wants to focus on the economy..

Make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. That would go a long way towards fixing the economy. Ending the wars wouldn't hurt either, especially now that Osama is out of the picture.