Washington (CNN) -- Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country's current economic problems. In May, 53 percent blamed the GOP.
Of course, the Democrats have controlled the House and Senate since 2006, but since when have facts ever entered into the equation?
0bama and the Democrats can only blame Bush for so long. At some point, people start to notice the little man behind the curtain and start ignoring the Great and Powerful 0zbama. Sure, Bush's policies may have been a contributing factor to the economic woes; that's entirely possible and certainly open for debate. What's not up for debate is the fact that you've been in power for nearly a year; your philosophical brethren in the other branch have been in power for some three years now.
From the looks of things, the American public is telling you it's time to stop playing the Blame Game. The problem is, at this juncture, passing the buck is all they have. Their ideas - more taxes, more fees, more handouts - don't resonate with the majority of Americans, so they keep that part quiet while jumping up and down screaming "BUSH IS TEH DEBIL!". Hell, I'm seeing it right now with the four Democrats running to replace Kennedy in the Senate - several of them have commercials where they specifically name Bush. Uh, guys? Bush has been out of office for 11 months now.
It's time to, as your side liked to say so much during the Clinton years, move on.
That is all.
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Bush's policies may have been a contributing factor to the economic woes.
Bush got the train rolling, now Obama has it moving full steam ahead with no end in sight.
And here I thought Bush spent money like a drunken sailor, but Obama makes him look like a fiscal conservative.
"The problem is, at this juncture, passing the buck is all they have."
....and at the rate they are printing money, that buck ain't worth the paper it's printed on.
Go watch Glenn Beck's Nov. 17th Show on Youtube..... Peter at Bayou Rennasaince Man has a link.
Bush and Obama are both cats of the same stripe- they function on the false premise that "better living cacan be achieved through Government": They are both Progressives.
"They [have] the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'."
Jay G, I think you're ignoring the smoking gun and the guy holding it. For how many years of 3-4 % growth and 4-ish percent unemployment were we lectured daily about the worst economy in 50 years, the hidden unemployed, outsourcing, etc? No mention of out of control spending by the GOP, just Bush stole both elections, we need more billions for Katrina "victims."
Economics is driven by feelings; consumer confidence, "am I going to lose my job, will I have enough to retire?" types of questions. The jihadist's favorite force multiplier, state run lamestream media, led the charge in talking the economy into the toilet helped along by the free spending progressives in the .gov
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