Seemingly unable or unwilling to accept the fact that he has been in charge going on three years Obama continues to drag out his previous talking points. Blame Bush. Really a ridiculous position given he specifically asked for this job, and he stated he has solutions, yet everything he has tried has failed miserably....
(Daily Caller) — A cascade of bad economic and political news knocked President Barack Obama off his game today, and prompted him to revive his 2008-style criticism of his predecessor, and also to suggest that investors, consumers and even the media are responsible for today’s stalled economy.
The blame-game rhetoric – which pollsters say is counterproductive – came during the White House’s joint press conference with Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel. “It is just very important for folks to remember how close we came to complete disaster,” he told the watching TV cameras and reporters.
“The world economy took a severe blow two and a half years ago, and in part that is because of a whole set of policy decisions that had been made, and challenges that have been unaddressed over the course of the previous decade,” he said, standing alongside Merkel, whose economy has rebounded during the last two years.
That’s a stump-speech flub, because White House officials have downplayed the blame-game rhetoric after polls and focus groups showed that it is increasingly disliked by swing-voters. The blame-game rhetoric wins positive attitudes from only 51 percent of people, according to Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg.
