{"id":40814,"date":"2012-06-13T05:34:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T11:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=40814"},"modified":"2012-06-13T05:35:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T11:35:42","slug":"out-of-touch-and-out-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2012\/06\/out-of-touch-and-out-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of touch and out of time"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Monty<\/a>

Monty Newman<\/p><\/div>\n

President Obama has been too wedded to the old-school liberalism of more regulation, more government control and higher taxes to keep his promises to the American people.<\/h4>\n

The Obama campaign has, at times, verged on the surreal. The campaign has touted an economic recovery that nobody in middle America sees in their everyday lives. At the same time, they have launched attacks on job creators in an effort to discredit Mitt Romney\u2019s record as a businessman, a record that even Bill Clinton has praised as \u201csterling<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a risky strategy, and it is not entirely surprising that it came crashing down on the Chicago operation\u2019s head recently when the May jobs report confirmed what everyone else already knew \u2014 President Obama\u2019s economic policies have failed. GDP growth is stalling and the unemployment rate is back on the rise. Even President Obama\u2019s most ardent supporters are dismayed.<\/p>\n

“The president who started off with such dazzle now seems incapable of stimulating either the economy or the voters. His campaign is offering Obama 2012 car magnets for a donation of $10; cat collars reading ‘I Meow for Michelle’ for $12; an Obama grill spatula for $40, and discounted hoodies and T-shirts. How the mighty have fallen.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

That is\u00a0Maureen Dowd<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0New York Times,\u00a0<\/em>and she concludes that President Obama is simply out of touch, \u201cstill finding himself, too absorbed to see what\u2019s not working.\u201d<\/p>\n

One has to wonder how much the average, unemployed American cares about President Obama\u2019s midlife crisis. He may need to \u201cfind himself,\u201d but Americans want to find jobs. They don\u2019t have time for President Obama\u2019s existential journey.<\/p>\n

Simply put, Obama economics has failed. President Obama has been too wedded to the old-school liberalism of more regulation, more government control and higher taxes to keep his promises to the American people. President Obama is out of time and out of touch.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Mitt Romney may get a chance to set things right. He\u2019s taken over failing enterprises and turned them around. That\u2019s how he got that \u201csterling\u201d reputation, and it\u2019s just what this country needs.<\/p>\n

Newman is chairman of the\u00a0Republican Party of New Mexico<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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