Short On Results, Long on Excuses...
President Obama Plans Yet Another “Major Speech” On The Urgent Need For Jobs ..
The New York Times’ Helene Cooper: “I gotta say Chuck, that tone in your voice sounds like you've heard this all before. I think –they've tried this so many times, I wish I had a dollar for every time I had written a story that said the White House is shifting to jobs, jobs, jobs.”(MSNBC’s, “Daily Rundown,” 8/17/11)
IN BETWEEN PIVOTING TO
JOBS, OBAMA IS PERPETUALLY PLANNING ANOTHER “MAJOR SPEECH” WITH MORE PLANS FOR
JOBS
January 8, 2009:
“President-Elect
Barack Obama
To Deliver Major
Speech On The Economy On Thursday.” “President-Elect Barack Obama will deliver
a major speech on the economy at George Mason University tomorrow. He
will make the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and Reinvestment
Plan that will save or create over 3 million jobs while investing in priorities
like health care, energy, and education that will jumpstart economic
growth.” (The Office Of The President-Elect,
“President-Elect Barack Obama To Deliver Major Speech On The Economy On
Thursday,” Change.gov, 1/8/09)
April 13, 2009: “President Barack Obama
To Give Major Speech On The Economy At Georgetown University.” “President Barack Obama will deliver a
major speech on the economy Tuesday, April 14th, at Georgetown
University. The speech will take place at 11:30 AM EDT in Gaston
Hall.The President will
discuss how each step his administration has taken to confront this economic
crisis fits within his broader vision of how we move this economy from recession
to recovery and ultimately to prosperity.” (Office
Of Media Affairs, “Tomorrow: President Barack Obama To Give Major Speech On The
Economy At Georgetown University,” WhiteHouse.gov, 4/13/09)
September 11, 2009: “Obama
To Give Major Speech
About Economy On Monday.” “President Barack Obama is to give a
‘major’ speech on the economy Monday, one year after the collapse of
Lehman Brothers sparked a global financial crisis, the White House
said.” (“Obama
To Give Major Speech About Economy On Monday,” Agence
France-Presse, 9/11/09)
December 5, 2009: “Obama To Promote New
Job Ideas During Tuesday Speech.” “In his latest job creation effort,
President Barack Obama is trying to find practical and politically feasible ways
of spurring hiring among skittish employers.Among the ideas expected in his economic
speech Tuesday is an expanded program that gives people cash incentives to fix
up their homes with energy-saving materials, senior administration officials
have told The Associated Press.” (Will
Lester, “Obama To Promote New Jobs Ideas During Tuesday Speech,”
The Associated
Press,
12/5/09)
January 5, 2010: “Obama To Tout
Job-Creating Efforts In Ohio Speech. “President Barack Obama will travel to
Ohio on Jan. 22 to build public support for his jobs agenda. … Obama has called
for a new burst of federal spending, perhaps $150 billion or more, to create
jobs and steady the economy. The spending would be focused on infrastructure
improvements, tax cuts for small business, and retrofitting millions of homes to
make them more energy-efficient.” (“Obama To Tout Job-Creating Efforts In
Ohio Speech,” The Associated
Press,
1/5/10)
January 27, 2010: “In Key Speech Obama
Pledges To Create Jobs.”
“Declaring ‘I don't quit,'an embattled President Barack Obama vowed
in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his
topmost priority and
urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with a new burst of
stimulus spending.”
(Jennifer Loven, “In Key Speech Obama
Pledges To Create Jobs,” The Associated
Press,
1/27/10)
September 6, 2010: Obama Delivers “Major
Speech” To Unveil “New Plan To Spur Growth.” MIKE VIQUEIRA: “This week Mr. Obama will respond. Today he
travels to another swing state, Wisconsin, for a Labor Day address. Then in what
is being touted as a major speech, the president goes to Cleveland on Wednesday
where he will unveil a new plan to spur growth, including more tax breaks for
business. And on Friday, Mr. Obama holds a White House press conference where
the economy is expected to be the major topic.” (NBC’s,
“Today,” 9/6/10)
January 25, 2011: “Obama's State of the Union Focus:
‘Winning the Future.’” “Nearly three months after what he
described as the ‘shellacking’ suffered by his party in the midterm
elections, the president will try to balance a call for job creation and deficit
reduction. He will offer his vision to promote hiring with what officials
describe as ‘targeted investments.’ He will frame it as a plan for
‘winning the future.’” (Peter
Maer, “Obama’s State Of The Union Focus: ‘Winning The Future,’”
CBS
News,
1/25/11)
Since President Obama Took Office, The
Nation Has Lost 2.4 Million Jobs And The Unemployment Rate Has Increased From
7.8 Percent To 9.1 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics,
BLS.gov, Accessed 8/17/11)
Moody’s Revises Growth Forecasts For 2011
And 2012 Based On “‘Significantly Weaker’ Prospects For The
Economy.” “Moody's
Analytics on Monday lowered its outlook for growth in the U.S. economy this year
and next, saying it sees "significantly weaker" prospects for the economy than
just a month ago as the country struggles to avoid another
recession.”(“Moody’s Lowers US Economic Outlook
Through 2012,” The Associated
Press,
8/15/11)
Unemployment Next Year Could Remain
Higher Than 8 Percent Meaning No Job Growth After “The
Biggest Stimulus Package In The History Of The World.” “The White House anticipates unemployment
at 8.25 percent and Goldman Sachs and others warn the number could be higher —
close to 9 percent, which would mean no net job growth after the biggest
stimulus package in the history of the world.” (Jim
VandeHei and Mike Allen, “Obama’s Big Drags,” Politico, 8/4/11)
· The White House Is Concerned That The
Economy Stands In The Way Of A Second Term, As “One Obama Adviser Conceded,
‘The Numbers Add Up To Defeat.’” “Privately, however, Obama’s team is
concerned about the factors beyond its control, talking of an imminent need to
retool their economic message and strategy heading into 2012. Absent the
president’s ability to defy political gravity, one Obama adviser conceded, ‘The
numbers add up to defeat.’”(Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, “Obama’s
Big Drags,” Politico, 8/4/11)
The
Buffalo News: “This
Country Needs A Leader Now Who Can Turn The Economy Around, And It's Become
Clear That Obama Has No Idea How To Do It.” “Obama
might have been a good president in a different era -- if we had no debt
problems, the economy was growing and unemployment was manageable. But the
situation is far different and far more desperate. This country needs a leader
now who can turn the economy around, and it's become clear that Obama has no
idea how to do it.” (Editorial,
“Can Obama Succeed?” The
Buffalo News,
8/16/11)
· The
Buffalo News: “The Inability Of President Obama To Run
This Country Has Reached New Levels Of Concern.” “The
inability of President Obama to run this country has reached new levels of
concern, including within the Democratic Party itself. The idea of challenging a
sitting president for the presidential nomination is practically unheard of, but
then we are not talking about normal times, nor an acceptable
performance.”
(Editorial,
“Can Obama Succeed?” The Buffalo News,
8/16/11) Research: www.gop.com
