California Conservative

This article does a great job highlighting President Obama’s, Tim Geithner’s and the Democrats’ incompetence. Here’s what’s being reported:

Professing shock at the bonus payments, Democrats have embarked on a hurry-up effort to impose what amounts to confiscatory taxes on the bonuses, a maneuver that almost surely will be tested in the courts. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner enjoys President Barack Obama’s confidence, according to the White House.

Here’s what the Democrats’ real problem is:

Gone are the days when they could merely bludgeon the Bush administration and promise to seek bipartisan solutions to the nation’s economic problems. Now, in control of the White House and Congress, they are struggling to come up with an explanation for what no one in either party seems moved to defend.

BINGO!!! I’ve said more than once that the biggest problem confronting President Obama that, for the first time in his life, he’ll be judged on what he does, not on his speaking ability. Gone are the days when he can vote present like he did in the Illinois Senate. Gone, too, are the days when his centrist-sounding rhetoric isn’t scrutinized against his actions.

Of course, AP articles wouldn’t be complete without some Republican bashing like this:

Their overwhelming opposition to last month’s stimulus bill appeared to be gaining little traction as Democrats showcase every shovelful of dirt that is turned, all in the name of economic recovery.

Criticism that Obama and Democrats are embarking on a new era of tax-and-spend is undercut by the lack of a budget alternative from Republicans, the party that presided over a historic run-up in the federal debt earlier this decade when it controlled both the White House and Congress.

Less than 100 days into the Obama administration, polls have brought little good news to Republicans.

While a recent Pew survey found some slippage in Obama’s support, it also registered only 28 percent approval for the job being done by GOP congressional leaders, the lowest in nearly 14 years. And a separate survey by CNN and Opinion research Corp. put support for the president’s handling of the economy at nearly 60 percent.

Perhaps Mr. Espo can explain this Rasmussen poll that shows Republicans leading Democrats with the Generic Poll question:

Support for the Democratic Congressional candidates fell to a new low over the past week, allowing the GOP to move slightly head for the first time in recent years in the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 39% would choose the Democrat.

It sounds to me like Republicans are “getting traction” on the issues. This information is quite informative:

Investors now favor Republicans by a 46% to 36% margin, while non-investors would vote Democratic by a 45% to 33% margin.

I’d love hearing Mr. Espo’s explanation for how it’s possible that Republicans lead Democrats on the generic ballot question for Congress while “not gaining traction” for “their overwhelming opposition to last month’s stimulus bill.” I’d love hearing that fanciful answer. That answer will likely have more spin to it than a top.

Simply put, the incompetence of the Obama administration is only exceeded, though not by much, by the AP’s analytical abilities. Never has a nation been so poorly served by a presidential administration and the media as we’re experiencing right now.

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