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President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech this week marking the end of his first year in office. What a difference a year makes! Just look at his poll numbers. One year ago America and the world were rejoicing over the election of our first black President! It certainly was long overdue.
On the campaign trail, Obama promised us change–and lots of it! He would deliver non-partisan productivity, complete honesty and transparency, fantastic job creation, healthcare reform and urban renewal…oh, and did I mention his promise of a balanced budget and an end to government waste in every nook and cranny of Washington’s gigantic bureaucracy?
It is now one year later. What has changed? The national debt has soared to over 12 TRILLION dollars! That’s a 12 followed by 12 zero’s!!! The healthcare bill so furiously pushed to the brink of passage by the Democrats is now near death following the election of Republican Scott Brown to the Senate. The prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is still operating. The unemployment rate has climbed to 10%. The 2-wars continue to cost us tens of billions of dollars per month. Banks continue to fail at an alarming rate. National Security has taken several steps backward after some very close calls with terrorist attacks. To be honest, this has not been a good year for Barack Obama nor the USA. The polls reflect this. His early sky-high approval ratings have slumped to the lowest point in his Presidency and represent the fastest drop of any President’s in modern history.
What, then, will Obama talk about in his State of the Union address? I hope you will tune-in and be listening for a sign that he will follow former President Clinton’s lead, who recognized his errors and took a distinct step toward governing from the center. Obama’s leftist policies have left him reeling. America is not happy. This has not been the change we were expecting. Now, will Obama change his ways? We can only hope.
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Either that or else just cast everything on the previous administration and barge full steam ahead. Hmmmmm.
Comment by c dogg January 29, 2010 @ 9:21 am