Obama: I've Failed To Bring Americans Together... But I'll Try Again This Year
Daily amil (UK) ^ | January 13, 2010 | David Gardner ________________________
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Posted on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:14:04 PM by Steelfish
Obama: I've Failed To Bring Americans Together... But I'll Try Again This Year
David Gardner 13th January 2010 Barack Obama has confessed that he failed in his bid to bring Americans together in the first year of his presidency. One year after promising a new era of change at his historic White House inauguration, the president acknowledged that an atmosphere of divisiveness has washed away some of his lofty goals. ‘That’s what has been lost this year – that whole sense of changing how Washington works,’ Mr Obama said in an interview with People magazine in the US. He said his second-year agenda will focus on uniting the country around common values.
Not what he'd hoped: Barack Obama speaks to the media about the earthquake in Haiti today, with Vice President Joe Biden behind him [Pic in URL]. The president has admitted in a magazine that he has failed to unite Americans. ‘We all want work that is satisfying, pays the bills and gives children a better future and security,’ said, adding it doesn’t matter ‘whether we are Democrats or Republicans.’
The president has faced an increasingly uphill battle pushing through his policies against a backdrop of party political bickering. His pleas for bipartisan support have largely fallen on deaf ears. Republican leaders have rallied against the core items of Mr Obama's agenda, from his economic stimulus plan to fight the recession to overhauling the US health care system. The mood of the country has remained in a sustained slump, too, as double-digit unemployment has followed a campaign built upon ‘hope’ and ‘change.’
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Gee, you think Barry?
Maybe letting Pelosi run the show wasnt the best idea Barry?
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