Hardball will tackle the question; Is the President moving "fast" enough to fix the Economy?

[FrenchieCat]

:wtf:

Last week it was that he was doing too much?

This week is that he is going too slow?

What will it be next week?
He not gone far enough....or was that the week before last? :crazy:

Same shit, same whores, different angle. :eyes:

[depakid]

1. The OBVIOUS answer is no

and eventually, that's going to take its toll.

That said, Congress gets some of the blame here for piddling around with various appointments.

[FrenchieCat]

2. yeah...

cause Rome was built in a day....

or as was said on CNN, "Since God made the world in 7 days, Obama should be able to remake it in 7 weeks!"

Sounds really reasonable to me. :eyes:

[Better Believe It]

6. The obvious answer is indeed no ....

nationalize the insolvent big banks now and propose a new stimulus that will actually create a few million public works projects in the next few months.

So far the economic "recovery" steps have been far too timid and uninspiring.

A consensus is developing on this and the question of bank nationalization among credible and progressive economists.

[depakid]

7. Doesn't take that long to go forward with some of these things

It just takes political fortitude and a willingness to dispense with failed center right economic policies that got us here. Obama (by way of Summers, Gaithner, Goolsbee, Shapiro, et al.) appears unwilling to do so- despite plenty of expert advice.

Not to mention that during the 10 week transition- from Nov 4 to January 20- a lot of the roadmap could have been set down, but instead here we are at the ides of March, still dinking around with AIG, insolvent banks and big time crooks still walking the streets.

[FrenchieCat]

12. I'm amazed on how many economists we have on the outside looking in,

making they pronouncements.

Some call it talking the talk. I call it armchair economists propped up by their poser followers.

[depakid]

13. We even have the head of the Kansas City Federal Reserve looking in

amazed by what's not being done.

[SunsetDreams]

5. Something to ponder...

"and eventually, that's going to take its toll"

Why doesn't it take its toll now? Why will it happen eventually?

Does eventually mean it will take time in the sense that you're using the word?

If so, why do you expect him to fix the economy now?

[tridim]

3. Tweety gets the Goldilocks Seal of Approval.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. who tells Tweets to say what he says?

[firedupdem]

4. It's all a bunch of bullshit. I don't even watch anymore. Instead

of reporting on positive strides it's all about what he should be doing and what he's not doing. Nobody has all the answers to this mess. They act like the President isn't working with the brightest and best. Only the economists that are on the outside have all the answers. whatever. :eyes:

[butterfly77]

9. This morning chuck todd and scarborough ...

were debating how long it would take before they could start blaming Obama. They were arguing that when he gets to the 100 day mark they could start blaming then, they start bargaining among themselves whether it should be 6 months or 100 days.

[Thrill]

10. Last week he was talking down the economony. Now they say he's being too optimistic

These people are at war with Obama

[burning rain]

11. Tweety has a lively show...

lots of good guests, and often has something interesting to say, himself. At the same time he tries to draw a broad audience (while being a Kennedy Democrat, himself) and will never be "pure." I surely do like me some Tweety even if he can annoy me sometimes.