The New York Times 03/01/12 Helen Cooper
“President Theme of Nation Seeing Comeback: Reminiscent of Reagan, But Optimism Strategy Could Backfire if the Picture Worsens”
President Obama has a new message: America has gotten its groove back.
In ways large and small, Mr. Obama has seized on a narrative of national optimism in recent weeks, offering a portrait of a country that, guided by him and powered by the American worker, is making a comeback. It is a narrative with strong echoes of President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign and one that is intended to provide a contrast with today’s less sunny Republican candidates.
“I placed my bet on the American worker,” he said Tuesday in a boisterously received speech at a United Automobile Workers conference that was centered on his often-criticized bailout of the auto industry three years ago. “The American auto industry is back.”
White House officials say that they are cautious about going too far into the optimism camp and that the president will try to explain the potential for a better future — provided, of course, that the country does not return to Republican policies that he argues helped lead to the crisis.
Commons Sense Review
It seems to me that President Obama is in the wrong career field. So far in his presidency he has given us nothing by good mottos, platitudes and unfounded statements… I am thinking Marketing, where you can lie about the products you are selling and hope the common man don’t read the small print or understand what anal leakage means.
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