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Perpetually In Campaign Mode, Obama Returns To North Carolina And Virginia On Yet Another Bus Tour To Sell His Failed Stimulus Bill

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The Presidents Second Such Tour Since Taking Office Will Bring Him Through NorthCarolina And Virginia Two States He Won In 2008 That Promise To Be Crucial StatesOn Any Path To Vict ory In 2012. (Adam Aigner- Treworgy, Obama To Hit The Road Again, CNNs Political Ticker, 10/5/11)

WHY IS OBAMA IN PERPETUAL CAMPAIGN MODE?BECAUSE THE COLD HARD FACTS STAND IN THE WAY OF A SECOND TERM

$4.2 Trillion: Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department , Accessed10/6/11)

7.5 Million: Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac , Accessed 10/14/11)

2.2 Million: Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics , Accessed 10/7/11)

1.6 Million: Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics , Accessed10/7/11)

1.5 Million: Jobs Lost Since Obamas Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics , Accessed 10/7/11)

9.1%: Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics , Accessed 10/7/11)

32: Record Number Of Straight Months With Unemployment Rate Above 8Percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics , Accessed 10/7/11)

3: Record +$1 Trillion Deficits On Obamas Watch. (CBO, 10/7/11)

Obama Knows Exactly What These Numbers Mean A One Term Proposition

President Obama: If I Dont Have This Done In Three Years, Then Theres Going To Be A One -Term Proposition. OBAMA: That's exactly right. And and, you know, a year from now I think people

are going to see that we're starting to make some progress. But there's still going to be some painout there. If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one- term proposition. (NBCsThe Today Show, 2/2/09)

Obama: If Stuff Hasnt Worked And People Dont Feel Like Ive Led The Country In The Right Direction, Then Youll Have A New President. OBAMA: And there's no excuse --Im not going to makeany excuses. If stuff hasn't worked and people don't feel like Ive led the country in the right direction,then you'll have a new president. (President Barack Obama, Remarks on Economic Stabilization and a Question-and-Answer Session , Fort Myers, Florida, 2/10/09)

Obama: Its My Economy, Give It To Me. OBAMA: Now, my administration has a job to do, as well,and that job is to get this economy back on its feet. That's my job. And it's a job I gladly accept. I lovethese folks who helped get us in this mess and then suddenly say, well, this is Obama's economy. That'sfine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems, not to stand on the sidelines and harp and gripe. (President Barack Obama , Remarks By The President On The American Graduation Initiative , Warren, MI, 7/14/09)

Even Obama Admits That Americans Were Better Off Before He Was President

Obama Wants Four More Years, But Admits Americans Are Not Better Off Than They Were BeforeHe Was Elected. OBAMA: Well I dont think they are better off than they were four years ago. Theyre
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not better off than they were before Lehmans collapse, before the financial crisis, before thisextraordinary recession that were going through. (ABC News/Yahoo News Live Interview , 10/3/11)Obama:I've Got To Take Direct Responsibility For The Fact That We Have Not Made As MuchProgress As We Need To Make. OBAMA: We've stabilized the economy, we've got job growth in theprivate sectors, but people all across America aren't feeling that progress. They don't see it. And theyunderstand that I'm the President of the United States, and that my core responsibility is making surethat we've got an economy that's growing, a middle class that feels secure, that jobs are being created.And so I think I've got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress aswe need to make. (President Barack Obama , Remarks At Press Conference , Washington, D.C., 11/3/10)

Obama Believes America Has Gotten A Little Soft. OBAMA: The way I think about it is, youknow, this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and, you know, we didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades. We need to get back ontrack. (WESH-NBC, 9/29/11)

INSTEAD OF HOPE AND CHANGE, ANOTHER OBAMA TERM PROMISES MORE DEBT AND HIGHER TAXES NOT THE BEST TALKING POINTS FOR THE STUMP

Obamas Plan To Solve Washingtons Spending Problem Would Saddle Job Creators With Over $1.5Trillion In Higher Taxes. (Office Of Management And Budget,Living Within Our Means And Investing For The Future, WhiteHouse.gov , 9/19/11)

Obama Admitted He Will Raise Taxes If He Is Reelected. OBAMA: That is a reasonable proposition.So, when you hear folks saying Well, the president shouldnt want massive job killing tax increases whenthe economy is this weak. Nobodys looking to raise taxes right now. Were talking about potentially2013 and the out years. (President Barack Obama , Remarks At Press Conference , Washington, D.C., 7/11/11)

Click To Watch Obama Promise More Taxes

Politifact: Obama Is The Undisputed Debt King Of The Last Five Presidents. (Nancy Pelosi Post QuestionableChart On Debt Accumulation By Barack Obama, Predecessors, Politifact , 5/19/11)

The Washington Post : [Obamas] Record On The Growth Of National Debt Is The Worst Of Recent Presidents. But the fact remains that under basic economic measures, not phony ones, his record onthe growth of the national debt is the worst of recent presidents. ( Glenn Kessler, A Bogus Chart On Obama And The Debt Gets A New Lease On Life, The Washington Post's " The Fact Checker " , 9/29/11)

Obama Is Responsible For The Most Rapid Increase In The Debt Under Any U.S. President. Thedebt was $10.626 trillion on the day Mr. Obama took office. The latest calculation from Treasury showsthe debt has now hit $14.639 trillion. It's the most rapid increase in the debt under any U.S. president.(Mark Knoller, National Debt Has Increased $4 Trillion Under Obama, CBS News, 8/22/11)

By Next Election Obama Will Have Added $22,500 In New Debt For Every Man, Woman AndChild In The Nation Enough To Pay For A New Toyota Corolla For Each Of Them. By thetime the next election rolls around, the government will have taken on almost $7 trillion in debt

under Obama. Its hard to explain away a number so big. Republicans will find clever ways to makethat number more digestible, including handy stats such as reducing that amount to $22,500 innew debt for every man, woman and child in the nation enough to pay for a new Toyota Corollafor each of them. (Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, President Obamas Big Drags, Politico , 8/4/11)

OBAMA IS RETURNING TO NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TO SELL AN ENCORE OTHE SAME BINGE SPENDING STIMULUS THAT FAILED THEM BEFORE
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secure the swing state's 13 electoral votes. (Kyle Trygstad, Obamas Allies Prepare To Again Battle For Virginia., Roll Call , 10/4/11)

Just 45 Percent Of Virginia Voters Say They Have A Favorable Opinion Of Obama. (Quinnipiac UniversityPolling , 1459 RV, MoE 2.6%, 10/3 9/11)

Among Independents, Just 40 Percent Say They Have A Favorable Opinion Of Obama.(Quinnipiac University Polling , 1459 RV, MoE 2.6%, 10/3 9/11)

Just 45 Percent Of Virginia Voters Approve Of The Way Obama Is Handling His Job As President And Just 43 Percent Say They Agree With His Policies. (Quinnipiac University Polling , 1459 RV, MoE 2.6%, 10/3 9/11)

Among Independents, 38 Percent Give Obama A Positive Job Approval Rating And 37Percent Agree With His Policies. (Quinnipiac University Polling , 1459 RV, MoE 2.6%, 10/3 9/11)

Only 44 Percent Of Virginia Voters Believe That Obama Deserves Reelection. (Quinnipiac University Polling ,1459 RV, MoE 2.6%, 10/3 9/11)

OBAMA WILL CONTINUE TO TOUT HIS PLAN FOR ANOTHER STIMULUS DESPITEBIPARTISAN OPPOSITION TO CONTINUING HIS FAILED POLICIES

Since President Obamas First $825 Billion Stimulus Bill Passed, The Nation Has Lost 1.7 MillionJobs And The Unemployment Rate Has Increased From 8.2 Percent To 9.1 Percent. (Bureau Of LaborStatistics , BLS.gov, Accessed 10/16/11)

Despite Obamas Advisors Predicting That The Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment BelowEight Percent, The Unemployment Rate Has Remained Above Eight Percent For A Record 32Straight Months. (Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein , "The Job Impact Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Plan," 1/9/09; Bureau Of Labor Statistics , BLS.gov, Accessed 10/16/11)

FactCheck.org: Its Accurate To Say The Stimulus Has Failed To Live Up To InitialExpectations. CBO's high estimate is still short of the 3.5 million jobs that Obama had saidwould be created by the end of 2010, so it's accurate to say the stimulus has failed to live up toinitial expectations. White House advisers wrongly estimated that the stimulus would bring theunemployment rate down to 7 percent though they also thought the rate without the stimuluswould be lower than it actually is, and they made clear that substantial uncertainty surrounded

those estimates. (Lori Robertson, Dueling Economic Ads, FactCheck.org , 6/30/11) 5 Democrat Senators Oppose Another Obama Stimulus

#1 - Sen. Manchin (D-WV): If This Bill Does Not Change, If It Is Not Improved, If It Is Not MoreFocused On Job Creation And More Fiscally Responsible, I Will Strongly Oppose Final Passage. Senator Joe Manchin III, a West Virginia Democrat who had expressed reservations about the bill, alsovoted to begin debate and to end what he described as a Republican filibuster. But let there be nomistake, Mr. Manchin said, if this bill does not c hange, if it is not improved, if it is not more focused onjob creation and more fiscally responsible, I will strongly oppose final passage. (Robert Pear, Presidents JobsMeasure Is Turned Back In Key Senate Test, The New York Times , 10/11/11)

#2 - Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT): Lieberman Wants The Bill Dramatically Reduced Or He WillOppose Final Passage. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I -Conn.), meanwhile, said that while he would vote withDemocrats to bring the jobs bill to the floor, he would vote against passage unless it shrinks dramatically.I will seek to amend the American Jobs Act down to a very few of its constituent parts that I think areworth their cost, he said. (Steven Dennis, No Clear Path For Obamas Jobs Package, Roll Call , 10/12/11)

#3 - Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA): The Presidents Stimulus Sounds Good In A TV Bite But It Is Not Smart Policy. WEBB: The present proposal looks good at first glance, it sounds good in a TV bite but in
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all respect to the people who put it forward, I do not b elieve its smart policy and it does not go where thereal economic division lies in our country. (Manu Raju and Scott Wong, Obama Jobs Bill May Not Get 51 In Senate, Politico , 10/11/11)

Sen. Webb (D- VA): I Cannot Support Final Passage Of The Bill In Its Current Form. Out of respect for the principles of free and open debate, I will be voting to proceed to debate onthe American Jobs Act However, I cannot support final passage of the bill in its current form. (Josiah Ryan, Webb To Vote To Move Forward Obamas Jobs Bill, The Hill , 10/11/11)

#4 - Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE): I Cant Support This Bill Because It Represents Billions Of Dollars In

New Spending And More Taxes. At a time when Americans want Washington to get its fiscal house inorder, I cant support this bill because it represents billions of dollars in new spending and more taxes. But at this time I simply cant support raising taxes so Washington can spend more. (Sen. Ben Nelson, NelsonOpposes More Spending And More Taxes , Press Release , 10/11/11)

#5 - Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT): Im Not Crazy About It And Im Not Going To Support It In Its Current Form (Nick Gevock, Tester: Jobs Bill Needs Changes, Montana Standard , 10/8/11)
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