In turning over his weekly radio address to a mother of a Sandy Hook victim tells you a lot about Obama’s inability to persuade the Republicans in matter related to taxes, healthcare or even anti-gun legislation.
His strategy to get lawmakers to take action is not very different from the Sept. 11 families that pushed for a bipartisan commission and for the implementation of recommendations made.
It only goes to show how obsessed the President is with anti-gun legislation, and while Obama can take credit for the Toomey-Manchin amendment, which will expand background checks on the sale of firearms, it’s also turning out to be the only positive – apart from his progress with immigration, the economy and jobs at the moment.
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Speaking of the economy and jobs, the former is showing signs of a slump while job creation was weak. While that doesn’t come as a surprise, retail prices also fell for the second time in March while consumer confidence also dropped in April indicating that the tax hikes are responsible for the aforementioned slump.
It all points to one thing: Obama does not know how to revive the economy and his proposals aren’t helping when it comes to making it easy to hire, invest and spend.
It’s also clear that the President should be blamed for the expiration of the payroll tax cut which in turn, affected retail sales – an issue that he should have pushed with Congress if he really cared about the needs of the poor and middle class.
As permissible as it might be to use the parents of dead children to deliver on anti-gun legislation, it still will be regarded as the only measly victory achieved in his second term.