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Admittedly it was an article in the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdock's Wall Street Journal at that, a paper not necessarily a great backer of President Obama, that described the President's recent trip by saying he was "hectored about economic policy, largely ignored on human rights, and restricted in his efforts to reach out to the ordinary Chinese." Even the NY Times called the trip "friendly, but fruitless." These are not words any of us want to read when referring to our President.
The axle that is health care reform, and around which Washington is wrapped, threatens to scuttle the Presidents domestic agenda while he frustratingly tries to reach out to foreign allies (or non allies as the case may be). Again referencing the NY Times from over the weekend, several articles dealt with the stagnation in Washington.
There is increasing pressure "to respond to voter anger over joblessness and Wall Street bailouts." (Watch for growing support for a financial transaction tax to get back at Wall Street). Health care overhaul "appears less important to voters than finding solutions to economic woes." Democratic pollster, David Beattie, says "The 2008 election wasn't about health care. It was about the economy."
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