Today's Headlines on HP says "Majority Don't Think President Deserves Second Term". That is because Dems are just as PO'd at POTUS Obama as the rest of America. And Obama and his administration just doesn't get it. Apparently they have either gone deaf to the will of the people who put them in power or they just don't care what we think and it is politics as usual in DC.
For instance....yesterday's headlines were......."Obama to announce loan help for nuclear power". 8 BILLION dollars for a nuclear plant. Apparently the Administration didn't look at the stats from his SOTU address that showed the majority of people were not warm to more Nuclear Energy. There's many good reasons why. But I am willing to bet that the majority of Americans, Dems, Independents and GOP, are NOT overjoyed with this move. Especially when it is reported that "Nuclear Loans Have 50 Percent Risk of Default".
With millions of Americans unemployed and with tea baggers pushing the deficit reduction issue, this appears no more than a ploy to calm corporatists and try to keep Georgia (A RED STATE) happy. If this was a private investment, there would be no way they would get this financing. Only with our brain dead government. If he REALLY wanted to make a dent in greenhouse emissions he would give that 8 Billion to the solar industry NOT the NUCLEAR industry. By doing so, he would created 10 times more jobs all over the country instead of a few hundred jobs in a RED state.
First of all, 8 BILLION dollars is a lot of money which could help a lot of small businesses. Small businesses don't need tax breaks. Tax breaks won't motivate us to hire unless we have the money to pay these people. 8 BILLION DOLLARS would pay from a lot of health care for a lot of uninsured people. But a year later we still don't have a health bill because the Dems can't get it together and use WHATEVER MEANS at their disposal including reconciliation to give us what 2/3RDS of the people in this country STILL SUPPORT!
119 Congressman have signed a petition demanding the public option be passed. Yesterday's news reports that "Senate Quartet Urges Reid To Pass Public Plan Via Reconciliation" but for whatever reason they seem afraid to just get it done when they should be even MORE AFRAID of NOT getting it done.
If the Dems don't give us what we want THIS YEAR, they will lose BIG in November. There are no ands, ifs, buts about it. IT WILL HAPPEN! And if POTUS Obama and his administration don't start listening to the Dems who "brung him" (so to speak) into the WH, then he will most likely be a one term POTUS. He was quoted not too long ago saying that he could live with that as long as he accomplished his goals.
All I can say....what are those goals? They don't seem to be in sync with the people who gave him the position. Is he just happy to be POTUS because he made history as the first black POTUS? All I can say is that in the real world, if you do a lousy job of listening to your stockholders you eventually get the boot. I HATE being put in the position of agreeing with those crazy Republicans. But it looks like I'm in the majority who thinks he is doing a real lousy job.