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Obama's budget appeals to middle
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by alaaron | February 16, 2011 at 05:19 am
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Criticism of President Obama's $3.7 trillion 2012 budget from both the left and right is a sign that it will probably find favor with independents, an expert on the influential voting bloc said.
"Independent voters believe if the far right and the far left are both upset, it's usually a sign that someone's doing something right," said John Avlon, a CNN contributor and author of the book "Independent Nation: How Centrism Can Change American Politics."
It's a point with which Wendy Schiller, a political science professor at Brown University, agreed.
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at 05:39 on February 16th, 2011
The matter is beyond appealing. Leadership is needed at once to save the Republic from financial ruin.
It is time to take on the defense establishment and the medical lobby. Stop the wars and stop the medical gouging.
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"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)at 11:25 on February 16th, 2011
Obama represents the left-wing of the Democratic Party. He's no Blue Dog nor Centrist. He can not even bring himself to acknowledge the genuine concerns Republican's bring to Congress. He very well could have adopted some of the Republican debt review with out any political loss to himself, yet chose not to include any of it in his own debt reduction measures. He'd rather call for more taxation than have government take the kind of fiscal measures the population must adopt to get by in this economic depression. He's pro-government not pro-citizen.