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When he was elected I didn't hope he would fail, I just expected that he would. He's living up to expectations. He's so over his head it's pathethic.

AB in MN March 13th, 2009 4:55 pm ET
Saying he has pork is just plain stupid. 40% is from republicans and the other 60% was written in before 1/20/09.

And who controlled Congress which wrote the bill prior to 1/20/09? Why it was the Dems! It's their spending bill, pork and all. Are you saying that we can create a $700 billion stimulus bill from scratch in a few weeks, yet can't figure out how to get earmarks out of this spending bill? It defies belief. Stop making excuses. To say the Dems are spending like drunken sailors is to insult drunken sailors.

Yes the administration is, as quoted, "spending every day".

Isn't there a guy whose sole job it is to stop his boss from making poor word choices?

Ok James. I will keep working day and night to pay your share. Get off your a$$ something yourself.

I am still laughing. I cannot believe he can sit there and say we need to return to financial fundamentals. Want to hear the best joke is he says he is going to halve the deficit by 2013 or 533Billion. He is so tight with our money and has the economy going along soooooo well I know we can make that happen.

@Interesting March 13th, 2009 5:07 pm ET
Prez scored a big "F" from those economists that had supported him, interesting!!****Figure out what that F stands for...now that you realize what it stands for ....Point it toward You and the economists

Obama never stops with his speeches. He has just put us in a deep financial hole for years to come (and it not over yet) and he is talking his usual baloney. Blah blah blah. God, is there no end to his phoney statments.

I have read the comments already posted and find it amazing how uninformed most of these people are. The comments are repeats of the misrepresentations of Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. The stimulus bill does not contain 25 years of liberal policies. Of the total size of the bill, about 40% is tax cuts and the AMT patch. The remainder of the bill is job creating money for roads, bridges, schools and technology or money to support unemployment benefits, health care and other services in growing demand because of the state of the economy. The vast majority of business leaders, economists and thoughtful government leaders believe government stimulus is absolutely necessary in times of economy crisis to jump start an economic recovery and provide a safety net of services. The most frequent criticism of this bill by informed main stream individuals is that it may not be big enough and provide enough infrastructure investment.

Now I understand Why the Chinese Govedrment is worried. Mr. Oresident. THE DREAM. Dreaming and dreaming.

Sounds like the hounds from hell are all over this blog. The hate for Obama is palpable. I wonder if you folks ever give it a rest.

This guy has been in office less than 90 days and you would think the economic mess started the day he was inaugurated.

The incompetence over the last 8 years was breath taking and you have a nation in tatters economically.

Even if you awoke tomorrow and the american economy was back on its feet and our reputaion world wide was restored, you would still be hating.

get a life..............

Prez scored a big "F" from those economists that had supported him, interesting!!

The myth of trickle down economics HAS TO END! The rich do not trickle, they keep their wealth, that will NOT change, people are innately greedy. Ask any sweat shop worker about the trickle down from their millionaire bosses...

Am I dreaming? Or Is Mr. President saying the samething as Bush?
Oh Mine...? NOOO He is the one that is Dreaming!!! GHe talks And talks and talks> NIce wording Mr President but you say something today, something tomorrow and the next day something diferent. Dreaming again Mr. President?!!
YEAH! I HAD DREAM...

Starting with the President.

Start the investigation into the sub-prime mortgage crisis.

People need to stop looking at the hear and now and start looking into the future. Obama is doing a great job but his ideas are going to take time. Saying he has pork is just plain stupid. 40% is from republicans and the other 60% was written in before 1/20/09. Obama wants to rebuild our health care making it affordable for all. he wants to improve our education so our grandchildren can have a promising future. He wants to rebuild our infastructure so our business model can continue into the future. And yet morons come on here and tear him down. Tear him down because the U.S. isn't rocking again after only 2 months that he's been in office. If anyone says healthcare, education and infastructure is a waste of money you need to move to Cananda. Only Canadians are smart and you won't be welcomed there either.

If he truely wants to reform health care wheres the piece on medical malpractice tort reform. It is estimates that 100 billion is spend on defensive medicine by Dr's. What about card check for unions. Walmarts will have to charge Sak's 5th Ave prices once the lazy union workers are in. THIS GUY IS A SOCIALIST

Our economic challenges began by simply ignoring basic finances via deregulation which must be restored before any recovey can begin!!! How can we recovery by giving loans to those without jobs???

What the heck? "Fundamentals", "back to basics", these sound like McCain/G.O.P. ideals

Can we find a descent president that can do both?

Bush was all about action and productivity, but he spoke like a bafoon.

This president is a wonderful oratory, but he's actions create stagnation.

Prayer is the key. Learn to turn it, and the door of clarity and truth will open to you. President Obama can do only as much as the Congress lets him. If they continue to resist and use propaganda to promote personal agendas, the country will suffer. The good will go down with the bad.....Pray for your elected officials. Only prayers for the good of all will be answered.

You're right, John. The rich DO need to pay their fair taxes – starting with Obozo's buddies!

To several of the commentors posted:

"U.S. markets are fundamentally sound" (with a caveat) IS NOT THE SAME as McCain's "the economy is fundamentally strong". You don't get to just make up any quote you want.

Sigh. I get so tired the way ideological demagogues revise history to suit whatever hateful, mean-spirited, speak-don't-think rant they want to promote.

Now Texas has "stopped" backing school bonds, no one can get paperwork to sign up for unemployment, and people getting killed along our borders and heads cut off and stuffed in ice chests ! How much more must Texas endure before Perry sees that we NEED help down here, and NOT from Chuck Norris either ! He is as bad or worse than RUSH LImbaugh !!!!

The tax rate for the wealthy was MUCH higher in the 1950s and 1960s. The rich need to pay their fair shares.

A sound economy isn't built upon credit. It's build upon production and savings. Economics 101 Mr. President.

You fools need to look up the word Socialism and stop trying to redefine it. Not ever has Obama suggested the complete take-over of all production, distrubution, etc., etc. As usual you're chasing a Phantom Menace.

I guess you're just as bad at Psychology, Vocabulary, and Economics as you are at Mathematics.

How about The English? Are you have some two?

EARTH to OBAMA!!!!

In 60 days you've signed over $1 trillion in NEW government spending that included over 9000 earmarks!!

You've lost all credibility, OblameO. You're the boy who cried wolf, used this economic crisis to ram through 25 years of liberal spending wish-list.

And now you want to talk "basics"?? Sure..... and next week you'll unveil your $1 Trillion Universal Healthcare plan.

Your worse than Hugo Chavez! At LEAST he admits to being a socialist.

Vague speeches and feel good messages.

The reality is he is in payback mode to his Big Financial Corporate friends. Which ones? Let's ask the Federal Election Commission:

These are actual PAC, bundle, and other euphemisms for corporate money:

Goldman Sachs $955,473
Citigroup Inc $653,468
JPMorgan Chase & Co $646,058
Sidley Austin LLP $565,788
Time Warner $544,601
National Amusements Inc $541,285
Wilmerhale Llp $524,292
IBM Corp $515,249
UBS AG $513,919
Skadden, Arps et al $505,774
Morgan Stanley $485,823
Latham & Watkins $461,511

it takes JOBS to be fundamentally strong....
JOBS< BABY< JOBS....

The moonbats will be praising Obama for his insight in declaring the fundamentals strong now that the stock market is 1/2 what is was a year ago and the unemployment rate is hitting double digits in some states.

These are the same bots that declared McCain was stupid for saying the same thing last year when we didn't have double digit unemployment or an additional $1,000,000,000,000 debt for a spending package that does nothing more than spead socialism and increase debt.

McCain got trashed for saying fundamentally sound, but its ok for the incompendent messiah to say anything he wants and people believe him, along with his 9,000 porky projects. What a liar!

you have soooooooooooo many deals upon deals

back to basics rings hallow

we are still going to support the farmers (that is not free market)
prop up the teachers because of their Union (that is not free market)
prop up the banks (that is not free market)
prop up the car makers (that is not free market)
prop up the sugar industry (that is not free market)
protect the steel industry (that is not free market)

the list goes on and on

if you can demonstrate how this is possible, I am intrigued

I think it is baloney

"fundamentally" sound markets? Is the guy nuttier than originally thought? How much money has he seen go down the stock market tank? That's what I thought.

Economic fundementals: "Supply and Demand". Nothing from Government addresses this basic fundamental.... on the contrary, government tries to go against it.

Yes, back to basics like spending trillions of borrowed dollars and signing bills filled with earmarks. I can't wait.