WOWW, Part 3
November 15, 2010 - by
WOWW: Where Obama Went Wrong
So here’s my theory, keeping in mind that when you’re a hammer, everything is a nail. I’m a political media guy, so I see a political-media answer.
Yes, Obama should have done a better job explaining what he was doing.
Yes, he made a mistake letting Pelosi, Reid and a Democratic Congress take the wheel. He should have set the agenda more clearly, instead of letting them do it.
But his biggest failure was letting Republicans off the hook.
He should have spent two years not just fixing the country’s economic problems, but fixing the blame.
He should have relentlessly repeated this mantra: “George Bush and the Republicans got us in this mess. They inherited a budget surplus and turned it into a record deficit. They let Wall Street gamble away our money and nearly wreck the economy. It took them eight years, and it’s going to take us a while to dig out. But here’s what we’re doing….”
And to anyone who whines about the “blame game”: Give me a break. Ronald Reagan spent eight years blaming Jimmy Carter.
WOWW, Part 3
November 15, 2010/
WOWW: Where Obama Went Wrong
So here’s my theory, keeping in mind that when you’re a hammer, everything is a nail. I’m a political media guy, so I see a political-media answer.
Yes, Obama should have done a better job explaining what he was doing.
Yes, he made a mistake letting Pelosi, Reid and a Democratic Congress take the wheel. He should have set the agenda more clearly, instead of letting them do it.
But his biggest failure was letting Republicans off the hook.
He should have spent two years not just fixing the country’s economic problems, but fixing the blame.
He should have relentlessly repeated this mantra: “George Bush and the Republicans got us in this mess. They inherited a budget surplus and turned it into a record deficit. They let Wall Street gamble away our money and nearly wreck the economy. It took them eight years, and it’s going to take us a while to dig out. But here’s what we’re doing….”
And to anyone who whines about the “blame game”: Give me a break. Ronald Reagan spent eight years blaming Jimmy Carter.