Robert Reich on Obama administration's ideas for the economy,

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the budget and the "future"...

http://robertreich.org/

Seems like they are ignoring reality and planning to move farther right to win reelection in 2012...Working for the Future means getting re elected.

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1. Kick...nt

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2. I wonder why this is getting unrecced? I guess by the ostriches

who want to stick their heads in the sand. Obama could sure use Robert Reich in the White House about now.

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3. More complaining from anonymous Dems

From the OP article:

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In the next week the action moves from Wisconsin to Washington, where the deadline looms for a possible government shutdown over the federal budget. President Obama has to take a more direct and personal role in that budget battle – both for the economy’s sake and for the sake of his reelection. But will he? Don’t count on it.

Worried congressional Democrats say the President needs to use his bully pulpit to counter defections in Democatic ranks, such as the ten Democrats and one allied Independent who on Wednesday voted against a Senate leadership plan to cut $6.2 billion from the federal budget over the rest of fiscal year 2011. They want Obama to grab the initiative and push a plan to eliminate tax breaks for oil companies and for companies that move manufacturing facilities out of the country, and a proposal for a surtax on millionaires.

Most importantly, they’re worried the President’s absence from the debate will result in Republicans winning large budget cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year – large enough to imperil the fragile recovery.

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Here we go again. Typical bullshit from anonymous members of Congress. President Obama gave a huge speech about his budget. Remember the SOTU? The budget then went to Congress. The President then had a series of meeting with Democrats. He met with them again on Wednesday. The Hill.

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Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Conference, pointed out that the Democratic leadership speaks regularly with the president.

The four members of the leadership team met with Obama at the White House on Wednesday. But some rank-and-file Democrats in the chamber are exasperated at the Obama administration.

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In addition, Biden is engaged in the negotiations. Also, almost every weekly address since the SOTU has been about the budget.

So what's the meme being promoted by the media and "some" Democrats: The President needs to be more engaged. What utter bullshit. Same BS spin took hold during the health care debate. Here's the hilarious line from The Hill article:

“He’s not greasing it like he did during healthcare,” said the source.

That's not what "the source" said during the health care debate.

Congress needs to do it friggin job and stop alway trying to pass the buck. They're a separate branch and should show some leadership too. While the President should take the lead, members of the Congressional leadership need to deal with their caucuses.