energy and china when he was campaigning. he promised us thousands of green jobs. he shut down drilling in the gulf more or less. he hasn t replaced them with another industry. in china he simply hasn t acted. that trade debt is choking the economy, there s not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn t move forward. he doesn t have a compliant congress at the moment, specifically parts of the house of representatives. that s true. the reason he doesn t is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elected a congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn t seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in not getting us out of this mess would not be fair. the republicans aren t providing a path either. this is a senior fellow at demos and author of it takes a pillage, epic power, deceit and untold trillions. the americans condition to give president obama low marks, only 9% say t
u.s. he simple hasn t aktd. that trade debt is choking the economy, there s not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn t move forward. he doesn t have a compliant congress, specifically the house of representatives. that s true. the reason he doesn t is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elect add congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn t seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in getting us out of this mess isn t fair. the republicans aren t providing a path either. the author of it takes a pillage an epic tale of power, deceit and untold trillions. welcome. the public gives president obama trouble on the economy. only 9% said better, 37 made it worse. 37% said he made it worse. is the president a victim of the economy or has he exacerbated here. certain policies haven t made things better. on the other hand, it s because those policies haven t really a