JVV
02-12-2016, 02:31 AM
What was his name? Let me think. It's on the tip of my tongue. Oh yeah .... Bill Clinton ......
November 2011:
Bill Clinton has advice, and some criticism, for President Obama in new book (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-has-advice-and-some-criticism-for-president-obama-in-new-book/2011/11/03/gIQA1xhLmM_story.html)
President Obama and his Democratic allies made two key political missteps in recent years, according to former president Bill Clinton in a new book to be released Tuesday.
First was not raising the federal debt ceiling in the first two years of the president’s term, when Democrats still had a majority in Congress, and then failing to devise an effective national campaign message during the midterm elections of 2010.
Clinton also suggests, obliquely, that Obama’s criticism of Wall Street has been too harsh and counterproductive.
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The volume is dense with criticism of Republicans; it devotes substantial attention to what Clinton describes as the GOP’s relentless “antigovernment ideology,” identified as the cause of the anemic economy, high unemployment and American inability to compete on the world stage.
But the subtext of the book is that Obama has struggled, both to identify workable economic policies and to outmaneuver his Republican foes.
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In new book, Bill Clinton criticizes President Obama for debt-ceiling crisis (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/191999-clinton-criticizes-obama-for-debt-ceiling-crisis-in-new-book)
Former President Bill Clinton criticizes President Obama for his handling of the debt ceiling in a new book, arguing that Obama should have increased the limit while Democrats still controlled Congress.
Clinton says that last summer's political fight over the debt limit and the risk of defaulting on the debt made the U.S. look "weak and confused," according to the Associated Press, which received an advance copy of Clinton's book, titled "Back to Work."
He says the final deal, which raised the debt limit, cut spending and charged a special congressional committee to find an additional $1.5 trillion in savings, did little to boost the economy or solve the nation's longterm debt problem.
The book is scheduled for release on Tuesday.
Overall, Clinton praises Obama for preventing a financial collapse at the beginning of his presidency and for taking steps to pull the nation out of a lingering recession. Clinton also pushes for Obama's jobs bill, the New York Times reports in its preview of the book. The president claims the bill would create millions of jobs.
But Clinton worries that Obama has not been effective in explaining his policies to the public. Clinton said that he took it upon himself to explain the administration's economic policies "in plain language" as he campaigned on behalf of Democrats around the country leading up to the 2010 midterm elections.
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November 2011:
Bill Clinton has advice, and some criticism, for President Obama in new book (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-has-advice-and-some-criticism-for-president-obama-in-new-book/2011/11/03/gIQA1xhLmM_story.html)
President Obama and his Democratic allies made two key political missteps in recent years, according to former president Bill Clinton in a new book to be released Tuesday.
First was not raising the federal debt ceiling in the first two years of the president’s term, when Democrats still had a majority in Congress, and then failing to devise an effective national campaign message during the midterm elections of 2010.
Clinton also suggests, obliquely, that Obama’s criticism of Wall Street has been too harsh and counterproductive.
....
The volume is dense with criticism of Republicans; it devotes substantial attention to what Clinton describes as the GOP’s relentless “antigovernment ideology,” identified as the cause of the anemic economy, high unemployment and American inability to compete on the world stage.
But the subtext of the book is that Obama has struggled, both to identify workable economic policies and to outmaneuver his Republican foes.
....
In new book, Bill Clinton criticizes President Obama for debt-ceiling crisis (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/191999-clinton-criticizes-obama-for-debt-ceiling-crisis-in-new-book)
Former President Bill Clinton criticizes President Obama for his handling of the debt ceiling in a new book, arguing that Obama should have increased the limit while Democrats still controlled Congress.
Clinton says that last summer's political fight over the debt limit and the risk of defaulting on the debt made the U.S. look "weak and confused," according to the Associated Press, which received an advance copy of Clinton's book, titled "Back to Work."
He says the final deal, which raised the debt limit, cut spending and charged a special congressional committee to find an additional $1.5 trillion in savings, did little to boost the economy or solve the nation's longterm debt problem.
The book is scheduled for release on Tuesday.
Overall, Clinton praises Obama for preventing a financial collapse at the beginning of his presidency and for taking steps to pull the nation out of a lingering recession. Clinton also pushes for Obama's jobs bill, the New York Times reports in its preview of the book. The president claims the bill would create millions of jobs.
But Clinton worries that Obama has not been effective in explaining his policies to the public. Clinton said that he took it upon himself to explain the administration's economic policies "in plain language" as he campaigned on behalf of Democrats around the country leading up to the 2010 midterm elections.
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