Sunday, March 25, 2012

Barone: Obama campaign doc: not morning in America/ George Will calls Obama "Alibi Ike"

Michael Barone "Barack Obama's 17-minute video "The Road We've Traveled" gives us an idea of how he wants to frame the issues in the fall election.
"The first thing you notice about the video is that the atmosphere is dark, wintry, minor key. You see but don't hear the election night crowd in Grant Park, then the video switches to graphics about the economic meltdown following the financial crisis of 2008.
"There are see gloomy scenes throughout. Obama economic advisers arrive in a bleak Chicago after a snowstorm. The president is shown in the Oval Office through a window at night."

....  "The Washington Post's fact checker has already given the video three of a possible four Pinocchios for the Obamas' description of his mother's insurance situation in her final illness."
....  "The Washington Post's fact checker has already given the video three of a possible four Pinocchios for the Obamas' description of his mother's insurance situation in her final illness."
http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/03/21/97556 
From RealClearPolitics: Obama’s gasoline excuse machine  "Inhibiting domestic oil production and increasing energy dependency on unfriendly regimes consigns the nation to persistent economic hardship. It doesn’t take a wizard to divine what polls are saying: If you want a second term, put down the magic wand, drilling bans and green fantasies. Let the free market provide affordable gas."  On the other hand...


George Will calls Obama "Alibi Ike" 

President Barack Obama blamed Fox News for his political woes in a private meeting with labor leaders in 2010, saying he was “losing white males” who tune into the cable outlet and “hear Obama is a Muslim 24/7,” according to journalist David Corn’s new book, “Showdown. 

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