Story #1 is looks at the unemployment rate questioning what the real rate is. With Tebowmania a fact of sports life, why not look at Tebow vs Obama, not as athletes, but as leaders. One guess which one fares better in story #2. Looking at 12 key swing states in #3 we see both Romney and Gingrich winning there. #4 looks at what Obama seems to think his job is. #5 has Obama admitting the obvious.
1. What’s the real Unemployment Rate?
The unemployment rate dropped to 8.6% in November 2011 from 9% in October. That’s a 4-tenths-of-one-percent drop, which is hyped as huge. If it were true. To get to 8.6%, September and October jobs were adjusted up. HERE ARE 17 THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AND HOW THE MATH WORKS….
http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2011/12/unemployment-8-6-corrupt-heres-the-math-not-fuzzy-but-corrupt-17-things-to-think-about/
If you are a math nerd like I am, this offers a lot of good information. Using the numbers in the 17 points, you can figure out the actual unemployment rate and it slightly over 10 percent (that’s when you add in the people who have been unsuccessful and stopped looking for work).
2. Tebow vs Obama
Last night, watching Denver quarterback Tim Tebow’s post-game press appearance and President Obama’s interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, I was struck by the fact that ONE MAN IS OFFERING HIS TEAM (AND THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY) THE LEADERSHIP THEY NEED WHILE THE OTHER IS TRAPPED IN TRADITIONAL DISCOURSE AND SCORING POLITICAL POINTS.
Tebow is not even close to the most physically talented quarterback in the NFL (and he probably isn’t even the most physically talented quarterback on his own team), but he has taken a team sitting in the cellar and lifted it up to playoff contention.
Do I buy into some intervention by God because Tebow is a man of incredible religious faith? No. I do believe there is a divine presence in every one of us and in everything, and the power of that presence remains a mystery of the ages. It can’t be proven or disproven by an intellectual conversation or scientific method, but it is hard not to accept if you are a person of faith and connection to something outside our mere humanity. Yet THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS DENVER RISE AND WINNING STREAK IS ABOUT.
First, I would be very surprised if God is concerned about whether one NFL team is winning and whether one is losing. Even if God was concerned, I would hope he would have helped my hometown team -- the Detroit Lions -- who have had no success in the Super Bowl era.
Second, there are many players of faith on every team in the NFL, so I don’t think the Creator is picking and choosing which player or team or faith He likes more or less.
I DO THINK THIS TEBOW BOOMLET IS ABOUT FAITH. AND IT’S ABOUT CONFIDENCE. AND LEADERSHIP. AND HUMILITY -- a humbleness born of strength and conviction. It is about Tebow’s faith in his own teammates. It is about his faith and confidence in his own organization. It is about him acknowledging his own weaknesses and failings and mistakes and understanding that if his team looks good, then he looks good….
http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/common-sense/quarterbacking-our-country-tebow-style-20111212
The author brings up a huge part of leadership, that is, faith in those who are with you and a realization their success is your success. Obama went after the golden ring of left wing politics, a universal healthcare law even while the country was in a deep economic slide. We now effectively have a 10% unemployment rate (if you add back in the 2.5 million who have dropped out of the workforce), a $1.5 trillion annual deficit, and multiple scandal involving crony capitalism. He can’t take credit for Obamacare because of its popularity and we are seeing him trying to blame Bush, the internet, the rich, and anyone else he can think of. He has failed as a leader.
3. Both Romney and Gingrich would Beat Obama in Key Swing States
According to a new USA Today/Gallup poll, both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich would defeat President Obama in the general election in twelve key swing states. Romney is polling five points ahead of Obama, 48 percent to 43 percent, while Gingrich is three points ahead, 48 percent to 45 percent.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/285656/romney-gingrich-would-both-beat-obama-swing-states-katrina-trinko
It this important? Not yet, but it is interesting. If you look you see 48% for both Romney and Gingrich with Obama getting another 2% when matched up against Gingrich. This is probably the upper limit to what Obama can expect to get. I say upper limit because right now both Romney and Gingrich are being attacked (by each other and the Democrats) while Obama is pretty much being left alone. When the campaign actually begins and you see the ads of Obama promising X and delivering Y, you will see that number erode.
4. Obama's job: Talk, talk, talk
If you want to know why President Obama spends so much time talking instead of diligently working to turn the economy around, he gave the answer on Sunday night.
In an eye-opening interview on “60 Minutes,” THE PRESIDENT SAID THE WORD “JOB” 12 TIMES. SEVEN OF THEM WERE IN REFERENCE TO HIS OWN JOB OR THAT OF HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL. Three of them came in this statement:
“It is my job to put forward a vision of the country that benefits the vast majority of Americans. It is my job to make sure that my party is behind those initiatives, even if sometimes it's breakin' some china and goin' against some of the dogmas of our party in the past. We've done that on things like education reform. And it's my job to rally the American people around that vision.”
NOTHING HAS BETTER SUMMED UP OBAMA'S VIEW OF A PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES. IT CAN BE SHORTENED TO ONE WORD: TALK.
That is all a President has to do to “put forward a vision,” get his own party behind it, and “rally the American people” around it. And that is almost all Barack Obama has done since taking office. HE IS A RHETORICAL PRESIDENT.
At the end of his “60 Minutes” interview, he expressed, with more rhetoric, how he intends to campaign for reelection next year.
His message: “That reversing a culture here in Washington, dominated by special interests, it was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one President.”
That is his pitch. UNABLE TO RUN ON HIS RECORD, HE WILL RUN ON PRECISELY THE SAME THEME HE EMPLOYED IN 2008: VAGUE, EMPTY PROMISES TO OPPOSE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND WASHINGTON CULTURE. The President who is all talk will continue to do nothing but talk. THERE WILL BE NO REAL SOLUTIONS, NO SUBSTANTIVE, CREDIBLE PLAN TO RETURN AMERICA TO PROSPERITY — MERELY MORE WORDS THAT CAST OBAMA AS THE LONE HERO DOING BATTLE WITH FACELESS VILLAINS IN BLACK HATS AND EXPENSIVE TOP COATS….
In an eye-opening interview on “60 Minutes,” THE PRESIDENT SAID THE WORD “JOB” 12 TIMES. SEVEN OF THEM WERE IN REFERENCE TO HIS OWN JOB OR THAT OF HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL. Three of them came in this statement:
“It is my job to put forward a vision of the country that benefits the vast majority of Americans. It is my job to make sure that my party is behind those initiatives, even if sometimes it's breakin' some china and goin' against some of the dogmas of our party in the past. We've done that on things like education reform. And it's my job to rally the American people around that vision.”
NOTHING HAS BETTER SUMMED UP OBAMA'S VIEW OF A PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES. IT CAN BE SHORTENED TO ONE WORD: TALK.
That is all a President has to do to “put forward a vision,” get his own party behind it, and “rally the American people” around it. And that is almost all Barack Obama has done since taking office. HE IS A RHETORICAL PRESIDENT.
At the end of his “60 Minutes” interview, he expressed, with more rhetoric, how he intends to campaign for reelection next year.
His message: “That reversing a culture here in Washington, dominated by special interests, it was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one President.”
That is his pitch. UNABLE TO RUN ON HIS RECORD, HE WILL RUN ON PRECISELY THE SAME THEME HE EMPLOYED IN 2008: VAGUE, EMPTY PROMISES TO OPPOSE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND WASHINGTON CULTURE. The President who is all talk will continue to do nothing but talk. THERE WILL BE NO REAL SOLUTIONS, NO SUBSTANTIVE, CREDIBLE PLAN TO RETURN AMERICA TO PROSPERITY — MERELY MORE WORDS THAT CAST OBAMA AS THE LONE HERO DOING BATTLE WITH FACELESS VILLAINS IN BLACK HATS AND EXPENSIVE TOP COATS….
Obama’s success in life has been his ability to talk. That is the reason why he kept coming on TV and making campaign stops to get Obamacare passed. In the end, for all his talking it didn’t make any difference. All of his talk didn’t persuade the American public to support it. It was old fashion political bribes and pressure that got congress to pass it.
5. Obama beseeches supporters to stay with him
Imploring supporters to stick with him, President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that his re-election is "not a slam dunk" — despite his administration's achievements — because of understandable public skepticism over the economy.
Addressing donors at a hotel near the White House, the president drew attention to his efforts to heal the economy, save the auto industry, end the Iraq war and overhaul health care.
But he said: "All those things don't mean that much to somebody who's still out of work right now. Or whose house is still underwater by $100,000."
Obama said his campaign will have to fight to take its message to voters. "This is going to be tough," he said.
I thought the last statement I posted was the most understated comment I’ve heard so far this year. It’s going to be tough?????
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