White House Discovers Economic Policies A ‘Tough Sell’ On Latest Bus Tour

With unemployment stubbornly stuck near 10%, the economy still sputtering, and consumer confidence still low after two and a half years of Obama economic policies, the President is finding many who supported him in 2008 not there anymore.

Even strong Democratic voters who believed in his 'hope and change' are seeing the reality of tough ecnonomic times, jobs being lost, and the highest unemployment rates of any president in over three decades.   Obama is finding on his latest bus tour of Virginia and North Carolina, that after over the bulk of his term,  he has lost much of his base.  Obama, who narrowly won North Carolina in 2008 (the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976 to do so) now finds only a 44 percent approval rating, and 53 percent disapproval rating.   Now, he wants Congress to approve his ponying up another 447 billion dollar 'jobs' program.  That, on the heels of the now widely known corrupt and ineffective stimulus plan, is even being blocked by some moderate Democrats.   Republican GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnel  pointed out Wednesday to reporters that while Obama desperately wants to blame Republicans, he set the agenda,  he made the plans, he got what he wanted (stimulus and other programs) and it didn't work, and now he is playing the blame game.   Obama has been attempting to whip up public dissatisfaction and channel it at the GOP despite the failed policies being his.  He has now tweaked his  'top 1 or 2 percent must pay their fair share of taxes' line by including himself in the conversation.