Economic doldrums leave Americans in no mood for Obama’s liberal agenda

[Geee]

Washington Examiner:

Economic doldrums leave Americans in no mood for Obama’s liberal agenda
By: MICHAEL BARONE
Senior Political Analyst
August 22, 2010

Like many Democrats over the past 40 years, Barack Obama has hoped that his association with unpopular liberal positions on cultural issues would be outweighed by pushing economic policies intended to benefit the ordinary person.

In his campaign in 2008 and as president in 2009 and 2010, he has hoped that those he characterized to a rich San Francisco Bay area audience as bitterly clinging to guns and God would be won over by programs to stimulate the economy and provide guaranteed health insurance.

At least so far, it hasn’t worked, as witnessed by recent statements by some of the Democrats’ smartest thinkers.

[Sanguine]

I guess Barone's being a bit coy by not pointing out that Obama’s liberal agenda CAUSED the economic doldrums.