lame duck president

Son,

I miss them also.

I guess that I don't understand why you sent the graph. Is that supposed to mean that Obama is somehow responsible for less job losses? The recession had already run its course and the economy was turning around when he came in. He should have just left things alone. Nothing he did helped make the economy improve, and many would argue that he made it worse. That graph won't help the Dems in November. Unemployment will still be around 10% (Obama said it wouldn't go past 8%) and everyone will want to find out who has those 2 million jobs that Obama says he "saved" or "created."

At any rate, I believe that he is a lame duck after only one year. The Scott Brown win in Massachusetts, taking the seat that Kennedy had held for 47 years, was the final straw. He couldn't get anything done when the Dems had 60 votes in the Seanta--he won't get anything done now. The problem is that he doesn't know how to talk to people. He can't talk to Republicans, he can't talk to the the Chinese etc. Great presidents like Reagan knew how to communicate with everyone. Clinton learned how to deal with the other side. I'm afraid that Obama's a one term president who won't get anything done over the remaining three years of his presidency.

Dad