Obama’s Pathetic Messaging Machine
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010During the Christmas break, we were told that President Obama would pivot to focus on jobs. Considering the fact that people are giving him grief because his policies have failed, it’s surprising that President Obama is still obsessing over health care. According to Sam Stein’s post, President Obama won’t take reconciliation off the table:
President Obama wants to keep the option of using reconciliation to pass health care reform despite calls from Republican lawmakers that he agree to drop the parliamentary maneuver as a “good faith” gesture” before their bipartisan health care summit.
The health care issue isn’t a winner for President Obama or congressional Democrats, with 49 percent trusting Republicans most on the issue, with only 37 percent of people polled trusting Democrats more.
Setting that aside, though, the reality is that the American people want President Obama focusing on the economy.
This is, in my opinion, sloppy messaging control by the Obama administration. At this point, I haven’t seen proof that they know how to sell their legislative initiatives. They wouldn’t have passed the stimulus bill without their oversized majorities and the utter secrecy of the process.
Another issue that they’re gettin hammered for is Mirandizing Nigerian terrorist Abdulmutallab. This time, Dana Perino gets to do some of the hammering: (more…)