Actually, a strong president has alot of power... Call it the bully pulpit or whatever you want but Obama ain't even fightin'... As for left of center??? Since when was fiscal responsibility all that left???

The Bush tax cuts, we were told at the time, were to stimulate the economy... Well, they ain't workin'... The rich are putting them extra dollars under their mattresses... How's that stimulating the economy by removing dollars from the economy??? No stimulation there... Just greed... No jobs... I mean, nada, zip, zero jobs are created with idle money... That ain't stimulation... That is bad and irresponsible fiscal policy... That ain't a leftest position... That is basic economics...

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