Because he wasn't elected.

It depends on what biased media outlet you get your news from. Liberal news watchers "oh yes this is the best we've ever been in America" Conservitive news - "This is the worst recession recovery ever" So where is the truth??

Gas has doubled, My house is worth 30% less, taxes are up and a extra charge
on liquor.........
another four years like this ....I can not imagine.

"Change!" - No we haven't unless you're receiving welfare because if you're working or on Social Security, Obama has...most definitely, not cared about you.

"Yes we can!" - He can but he hasn't for the vast majority of the middle class. OTOH, if you are already receiving public assistance and not paying any taxes, Obama has been doing all he can for you.

Frank why don't you give the whole picture instead of what you want everyone to believe.. The average gas price for July 2008 was $4.11. so yes it was more expensive than it is now it started climbing and in April of 2008 it was roughly $3.50 a gallon it peaked at $4.11 in July and we were at $1.99 a gallon by early October. and went down to $1.79 a gallon. We had about 2 months of gas prices being higher than now. How long have our gas prices been higher than $1.79? As for housing. The market hit is peak in the fall of 2006. The prices started to fall in late 2006 and early 2007. They did not bottom out in 2010. As a matter of fact in March of 2012 they hit a 9 year low.

No, I said they went back down to $1.99 in that time. They continued to decline to $1.79. We hit a 5 year low within a few months of JUly of 2008 You can look it up.The information is out there.

Well said.

Well put! I am a small buiness owner and it has been hard for the past 3 1/2 years, very hard!

But the point of the question is really a test of a sitting President's policies, right. With Carter, inflation started during his term and he couldn't get it under control. Here the crash happened before Obama was in office and there were huge deficits when he took office. Also, remember that the proposed Republican stimulus (more tax cuts) would also have added to the deficit. Of course, assuming budget and economics are the same things is wholly unfounded. There is no evidence that balancing the budget would improve this economy. Reagan got the economy moving not only by cutting taxes, but increasing spending and creating a deficit (a very big one). It's not sustainable in the long run for sure; no doubt debt can have an effect on the economy, but they are far from the same thing. BTW, can Tea Party members speak to the famous Dick Cheney comment that Deficits Don't Matter. Maybe they just matter for Obama?

@Mike Carlson --- and your point being???

Yes, small businesses have been hit hard and will be hit harder should Obama get re-elected. Even OWEmalley when first asked that question right before the DNC admitted that Americans were NOT better off under now, then they were 4 yrs ago. Maybe he misunderstood the question BUT, out of the mouth of babes, comes the truth. He went back to the Dem leaders afterward and they spanked his butt and he came back the next day saying Americans were better off. With that being said, with the shifting of dollars from the Transportation fund to the General Fund by OWEmalley, how can you trust someone who steals from the taxpayers and expect us to put the money back into the transportation fund with all the tax increases. One tax in particular devastated the high tech indusrty in MD and companis lost customers because they had to raise prices. The legislature went back and recinded that tax but it was too little, too late.

What planet are you from? Auto unions are better off.The socialists took your money and gave it to the unions that now own GM. No question you say. Typical Marylander, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, a lib to the end.

"...America's relations with other national leaders..."
Like Muslim Brotherhood?

Another little Goebbels.

You are probably better off because you still have a job and are smart enough to maintain a payroll and run your business within your means, no thanks to whomever is in power.

Frank, the equity holders in GM were ignored, investments wiped out. Score of dealerships were forced to close, not of their own chosing. Non-union employees had no recourse and lost their jobs. This was all about the unions, talking points or not. The unions ended up with ownership and the company is still failing. Question, Where in the Constitution does it say taxpayer money should be used to prop up failing businesses? the only talking points are the endless drivel from Obama drones like you

You didn't build it ! ;)

46 percent of Americans are paying taxes to support the other 54 percent who do not. As a small business owner, expect your share of taxes to rise if Obama is re-elected....that is if your business is able to survive at all. More small businesses have failed under Obama than any President since the Great Depression.

..and please don't say "it's Bush's fault." Obama's had four years and a Congressional majority during his first two years. He couldn't even convince a majority of his own Congress to give him what he wanted. Even our Congressman, Steny Hoyer, despite being Minority Leader, has opposed him on some of his various tax and spend proposals.

Thank you. Obama saved the auto industry from going bust, all the while fighting off the attacks of ideologues who still cling to the failed economics of TRICKLE DOWN. It wasn't the dems who took the Clinton surplus and turned it into deficit. It wasnt the dems who started two wars of choice and ran up the deficit. Progressives have been in the lead in deficit reduction since the great depression. The Shame of the republican party is that instead of being willing to address solutions, they chose as their national GOAL to make Obama fail. Well stimulus did pass (inspite of repubs) and it has worked which is why the economy is moving forward instead of backward. It created jobs and invested in alternative energy and transportation projects. So are we better off, you bet we are. It could have been so much better if the House republicans had spent more time working on JOBS' bills which they promised in 2010, instead of their 33 bills on women's reproductive rights and contraception. Not a single jobs bill from the republicans in 4 years. They have no economic plan to help workers. Are we better off as a nation. You betch, we are!

thats right Frank, it was Reagan and Bush that created the deficits. Another Obama drone. Reagan always wanted smaller government but the libs would not let him. He didnt rule by decree like Obama who disregards the Congress and has said so. this is why the Tea Party is so important. The constitution,which Obama hates , has to be obeyed. Obama hates capitalism, he doesnt understand it, never has been involved in it. Dont you agree?

@MaryEllen Brady -- I'm glad you admit that progressives are in the lead. Wake up America - Progressivism is ruining our country - they've convinced MaryEllen that we are better off all under the guise of fairness. That's why Obama always sounds so enlightening and hopeful. Hope and Changed sounded so great compared to "my friends". Now we face the reality of continued debt and looming hyperinflation towards falling off the economic cliff.

but don't forget there frankie...the UAW did get preferential treatment in those pension plans which, BY LAW, should have been shared equally with all creditors, etc as it goes in bankruptcy cases. Which this did not, it was a ponsi scheme by the obama administration to milk the American taxpayers and preferential treatment to unions because as obama says, that he owes them http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577462650268680454.html Just like he did the folks at Solyndra another $535Million to his buddies who raised campain funds for him. He owed them also. Obama admin gave them that money KNOWING almost to the day (from OMB reports) when they would be filing for bankruptcy. The Bush admin turned them down because of that info by the OMB...of course you will try and spin the facts some other way. As typical in ANY business plan that the dems try, the taxpayers ALWAYS get the shaft.

Mary, the ONLY reason you are doing well is because people cannot afford to buy another home, they just have to remodel or add on to their existing home. Lets face it, money is cheap right now to borrow, why not do it because if obama gets re-eledted we will see the credit rates we saw during the carter years. Rates were 18% to purchase a home when carter was there. I know, that is what we had when we bought our first home. We did get a 3yr buydown, started at 15% but thank GOD Reagan was elected and within a couple of years I was able to refi at 8%. Enjoy it while you can, but now that you put it out there, OWEmalley is coming for it.

@Maryellen, was this you who made this phone call and moved from Boca Raton because you were run out ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpCHvHWUAvw

LOL A Clip from the Michael Weiner Show??

HAHAHAHA Yeah Frankiegirl and your little girlfriend Stevie...I thought you people would get a kick out of hearing how you people sound with your left wing "facts and figures". rants and raves...I bet you people get your info from the same place that woman in the video I posted. I thought of you people when I listend to it again. Frankiegirl, was it you really in that video and you moved from Boca to MD? Is that what you were saying in your "typical" response? Laughing AT you, not with you.

If competition isn't good for schools then the sports programs should be stopped and immediately.

the dems in MD are working on that as we speak. Look at what they did to the rules for high school football this year. The bands had harder and longer camps. The dems in MD are trying to breed a bunch of midiocre at best pansies. You get that Frankiegirl?

Many companies would much rather pay the fines then have to pay for NObamacare. It would save companies millions in some cases, which could mean more jobs. But then again, NObama says he creats jobs...HAHAHA Just like the DOE produces energy...hahaha

Frankiegirl, when are you and your little girlfriends going to stop attacking the TRUTH. REAL people try to post meaningful comments, facts, figures and videos, which in my case are ALL TRUE. Then you and your little friends have to go on the attack, with nothing more than name calling, rants and raves like little 4yo girls. The comment about liberalism is not totally correct, as P.J. O'Rourke put it, "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats..." and it goes on from there. I keep trying to remind you frankiegirl to have some respect for yourself. I know people like you have no respect for others, but give it a try on yourself for starters, you just might like it instead of being full of hatred, racism, bigotry, hatred of women and resentment for your failure as a person. Not an attack on you, just an observation from all the crapola you and your little gf's post on these boards.

Amen, brother. Talk about trading your patrimony for a mess of pottage - or in this case, for an impotent message.

I'm in the same situation as Nick. It's been a very hard 4 years. I do still have my job, but it has been such a struggle with the cost of EVERYTHING going up. The answer, as Nick states, is obvious.

My wife lost her job January 2009; our take home income dropped 55%. A year later I lost my job. Found one at 20% less than what I was making before. Have a 30 year fix rate that I owe 20% more than what it is worth and BoA is useless in trying to help.
So my answer would be a big fat NO!
I guess on a positive note, I was promised CHANGE!
That much I got!!!

Also, to add one more...if you have retirement accounts you will see that they are 38 to 40% down from when obama's second yr in office. I know if Romeny gets elected thigs will happen. You will see your incomes go up because of the tax breaks he will have congress give to the middle class, you will see gasoline prices go down, which will have a direct effect on food, clothing and other products that have to be moved around by tractor trailers. You will see companies hiring, because Romney wants to reduce the corporation tax for businesses to make them competitive with other countries, some of who chgarge NO TAX whatsoever...just like MD who charges more corp tax then VA, why do you think businesses want to go to VA b4 they even think about incorporating in MD. Libs jus don't get it. They just live in la-la land. i.e. I was at a dem meeting overa yr ago and one idiot stood up and asked the MD legislators there, "why not go to other states around MD and ask them to raise their taxes also". I could NOT believe that 1. that idiot asked that question and 2. most of the people there agreed with him. Even the legislators there thought it was a rediculous question but they put him down nicely by saying, I don't think we can do that.

The right to prosper.

"you didn't build that!"

The reality of the double standard, when you have a complicit media.

So much of what you say is demonstably inaccurate. Reagan did preach a smaller government and less regulation, but in reality the government (in terms of employees and spending) was the largest in history during his administration. The "liberals didn't let him" make smaller government argument is seriously flawed He was too a large extent able to pass his agenda and if you read David Stockman's book (Reagan's director of OMB) you'll see that they knew cutting taxes would create a deficit. As George Will (conservative) pointed out at the time, Reagan proposed budgets with more spending and bigger deficits than that passed by the Democratic Congress in every year but the one where they agreed to a budget together. Ironic thing is that Obama (without labeling it as such) basically followed the Reagan plan of tax cuts and increased government spending. (While Obama has proposed income tax increases on the rich, they've never been passed. He did, however, pass tax cuts in the stimulus bill and later passed a payroll tax cut. Of course, Reagan also eventually raised taxes, too). Reality is that Dems almost always create more jobs than Reps and the stock market almost always does better under the Dems. Stability created by regulation actually creates confidence. We tried the tried the no regulation economy at the beginning of the industrial era and got a few rich families, a small middle class, a lot of workers who were on the edge of survival and a Great Depression.

@Mike Carlson --- and your point being???

So not being in a depression (Yet) is better than the horrible never ending recession we are in now?

Terrorists Gone? -- Hello! - 4 Americans were murdered last week in an Act of Terror. The Middle East is on Fire
Just because someone works hard doesn't mean they are solving the problem.

Mathematically the recession ended three years ago, mathematically unemployment is 8.1%, mathematically gas prices have risen, mathematically QE1,2,+3 have devalued our dollar and inflated the price of everything, and last but not least, mathematically we are 16 trillion dollars in debt.

I loved math. Too bad many people can't do their own math and realize how bad things are economically and how they are being bamboozled.

If you're unemployed GDP based recession figures don't matter. Tell 23 unemployed Americans the recession is over.

That was supposed to be 23 million unemployed Americans.

Jeri Singleton- Are you being sarcastic? It's our responsibility to the future of this country to educate ourselves on the economy. The state of our nation is not good. The prices at the tank are higher than ever- even after labor day. Are you aware of what QE3 means? It means the dollar will be devalued even more, our homes worth even less. Have you picked up a paper recently? The terrorists are not gone. The muslims hate us more than ever. Maybe you think OBumer is the "hardest working President" but he's not effective- at all. He's been horrible for the nation. Wake up.

Seriously, I had to double check the date of this reply. Terrorists gone????? Lets mention that to the families of the recently killed at the Libyan Embassy.

OK Jeri Singleton - whose kool-aid are you drinking? The POTUS works hard at only two things…golf and campaigning. Terrorists are still here….did you see what they did to our embassy in Libya? You must be kidding...

Jeri - Terrorists gone. - Tell that to the 4 dead in Libya. Or do you believe it was a "peaceful" demonstration that included RPG's and AK47"s?

Obama is hardest working President. - If you mean on his golf game, campaiging, or fund raising, you're right. How many Intel briefs has he blown off this week? When did he last meet with his "Jobs Council"? Heck even the Washington Post says he's blowing off economic briefing and getting his info from Biden. (WE ARE DOOMED!!)

We would be deep depression if he wasn't working so hard. - Over 8% unemployment for more than 45 months, underemployment at over 20%, lower number of people in the workforce (386,000 last week alone quit looking), lower home values, skyrocketing taxes, gas more than double the price from when he took office, "Misery Index" at an all tim high. If this is the effort of his "Hard Work", could he please cut it down some?

Frankiegirl, it looks like you have another to join you in your little circle (you know what) and sing cooom-by-yaaa or is it the obama chant you people do? Get over it Frankiegirl, you really need to stop taking the government handouts and carrying the libs water for them. All I have seen once again is rational comments, facts &figures and what do you do???? Attack and Attack again. When are you going to come up with some facts? I have NOT seen one fact from you, just some talking point or some fabricated story you hear on PBS or something, maybe if it from the Bill Mahr character.

Frank, Frank, Frank...Too bad folks like you never seem to get things right. You'd rather blather with talking points and hyperbole than admit that the Teleprompter in Chief is a failure. The current workforce participation number is around 65%. When he took office it was over 67%. Add that into the misery index and it is HIGHER. Juust because you cook the books does not change the fact that there are mor people not working than before he took office.

Taxes are going up, and if Obama stays, the highest tax increase in years will hit the middle class with a vengence. Obamacare is a tax, the USS said ss. No matter how the Dems have been telling you otherwise, the ONLY way it is legal is under the Tax Authority of the Congress, which means Obama is RAISING TAXES.

And no comments on the terrorism? No cute little quip like "Osama is Dead"? Or do you believe that crap about it was a peacful demonstration?

I know this will be argued in you singularly insipid way, but it is the truth.

I have to tell you people the truth. I am better off for sure. Over the last two presidents I have seen my marginal tax rate cut 14%. The S&P 500 is up 109% since January 2009. KaChing. You see the majority of my income is taxed at a 15% rate. In fact looking at the most recent census data my percentile has enjoyed a pay raise while over 270 million Americans have not. So yeah. I could pretend like things suck, but they don't. Money has never been cheaper for me. The labor market means I just hired three post-grads at entry level wages. NAFTA means I have access to tariff free manufacturing. Wow. I could go on, but you get the point.

Romney said it best. 47% of the country does not matter. Those poor people can't even contribute enough money to eat dinner with him. I gave him and his PACs 75k! Thank god corporations are people too! I love this country! When he wins I figure my marginal rate is dropping to under 12%! We bought and paid for this country fair and square. Citizens United ensures that our money matters more than your vote. You guys need to go to bed and get back to work tomorrow.

I totally agree. It started to get bad during Bush's administration.

and now its even worse.

Bush is not running for President.

Blame Bush! Blame Bush!. When is anyone gonna blame Obama?

@Tom you ask when is anyone "gonna blame Obama?" . My question to you is when are you going to blame yourself?

W.L. you don't sound smart enough to have your own business. Yeah there were the wars that costed money, but with all that went on in those 8yrs, it is NOTHING compared to what the Obama admin has done in 3.5yrs. Also, what about all the tax increases that OWEmalley and his minions have pushed on businesses in MD. Why do you think businesses leave MD and move to places like VA. Why should you pay almost 2.5% more in corp taxes in MD then you would have to in other states surrounding MD? If you truly have a businees and you suffered, well all I can say is too bad you ha to suffer. Owemalley put many of my customers out of business with his tax increase nonsense and 80% of my income went away his first 3 yrs in office. Don't blame bush for the inadequecies of this amatuer pres and the dem run congress who caused the problems. If nobamacare hits, you will be paying over $4000 more in taxes/yr...then what are you going to say? That is just a start. obama wants all the bush tax breaks to stop on Jan 1 because he thinks he is going to get re-elected and it will be after election time. Oh that hope and change has turned into,bend over and take it.

don't forget the "RAW" New Deal. and progressive Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.

Because the Obama administration did what? and the Bush administration did what? or because your business is independent of who's in power.

Sure a home base biz is going to prosper...you don't have all the overhead a real business has...hell you could make $50k a yr and you don't have to drive to go to work and pay the almost $4/gal...if obama had his way he woulfd like to see $5. You don't have to pay for industrial space or office space, but you can get the tax writeoff of a home office and the utilities...but dont forget that will bite you in the but when you go to sell your home. So john, it is good you are doing better, also because you have been in business longer, when you start from nothing anything is good. Maybe obama helped you build your business???

You said it, Roxanne.

There is work for the willing. They just have to be willing to retrained and take a pay cut from their overpaid previous job.

I'd like to try flipping the senate, (already flipped House), and flipping the White House so the other side can have at least 2 years to at least balance out the 2 years of one party rule control from 2008-2010. We need some sort of check and balance that is supposed to be built into our Constitution. Happy Constitution Day!

That is right.also put a 8 year maxl on congressial terms

Give them ALL term limits instead of allowing them to make a career out of being in politice. I wonder how the lefties would vote then?

We live in Md. What do you expect. Hence the title to the question, Blue State Politics....

That's not factual:
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/romneys-jobs-record-is-best-or-worst/
As we wrote in an item this week when an Obama ad claimed Massachusetts “fell” to 47th under Romney, in the 12 months before he took office, the state ranked 50th in job creation. That ranking remained 50th during Romney’s first year in office, but by his final year, it had improved to 28th.

Fact - Massachusetts under Romney went from 5.6% unemployment to 4.7% unemployment.

Fact - Romney didn't bother running or reelection due to his dismal approval rating. "Factcheck" that away.

So the average over Romneys 4 years in massachussetts was 47th place.

You forgot the only question that matters.
After 4 years of Obama the economy was in:
A: Great Shape
B: Horrible shape.

And too bad you can't elaborate on the mitigating factors to each answer, (i.e. who was in control of congress).

Oh and if you knew your history, Bush Sr. only had 1 term.

Actually, when Bush took over there was the Clinton recession.

John......I can't take a multiple choice test by a person who doesn't know his history.
Bush Sr. did not serve as President for 8 years....he served only one term for 4 years.
The economy wasn't half a bad in 1992 as it is right now. However, for the first two years of Clinton's Administration the economy go much worse until the Republican Congress was overwhelmingly voted into office in 1994.
However, even the Republicans couldn't offset the Sub-prime loans that Clinton forced banks and mortgage companies to give to people who could not afford them. It took about 10 years to finally implode in 2008 and we all know how that turned out.
BTW.....the economy was in recession at the end of Clinton's last term in office. That was when the Dot Com bubble burst, the NASDAQ crashed from 5K to 1K overnight. Lucent Technologies went from $150 on the Dow to $2, Westinghouse laid off thousands of employees, Montgomery Wards shut down their company after 100 years of operation.
Do you want me to go on?

Tom you do a lot of Obama bashing but you fail to recognize that in order to enact change you have to have help. This help was not there because certain groups of people were out to make Pres. Obama presidency a failure no matter what it cost.

Just keep on dumbing down our public schools so the next generation can't learn how to balance a check book and depend on the latest government app for their iPhone to tell them what to do.

while they stare at their fading Obama posters.

All Federal or State government jobs. The ticks are multiplying while the dog is shrinking.
Since Owe'Malley has taken office over 250,000 Marylander's have fled the state to Pennsylvania and Virginia.
If it wasn't for the tax money from the rest of the nation propping up Maryland, we wouldn't have an economy at all.

Sorry to burst your bubble,but not everyone who wants a job has a job. My husband has been out for four years, my brother over a year,, thousands of resumes, hitting the walks, going to network groups and job fairs, and NOTHING! Because they are over 50. My house has decreased so much in value,it is now only worth 60k more than when we bought it 21 years ago,even with our upgrading it. 6 years ago it was worth 2 1/2 times what we bought it for. Gasoline is very high, taxes are high, and yet nothing gets better,and people who are working are doing it without any pay increases. In my 40 years of marriage, things are worse now than when we had all 4 of our children at home. I am the sole breadwinner now. We have to pinch every penny to live. Anyone who thinks this is better that 4 years ago is hiding their head in a hole.

The Green Turtle is a favorite haunt of county employees. Yes, they are still doing well.

Football season, its always packed on sundays.

You won't ne seeing my family at the Greene Turtle, or any other restaurant for that matter!

Its a 'House of cards"

Wall Street knows how to make money no matter what the conditions are. One could argue that QE 1, 2, +3. (i.e. printing more money)/inflation are driving the markets up, giving investors a false sense of security. I'm not sure what you call the latest "bubble" but when it "pops" we are screwed!

I'd like to know what indicator you're using that supported your claim that the market is in a "bubble". Because certainly by any traditional measure stocks (as a whole) are still cheap. FYI, your personal "unfounded and constant pessimism" isn't a legitimate indicator.

Nothing like more selfishness to solve our problems!

"Strictly from a Maryland perspective, Democrats mean outrageous federal govenrmennt growth, which means more Maryland jobs working for the Feds."

Haha, that's funny considering Romney's ads he's running for VA. They're about how Obama wants to cut spending and therefore harm all of VA's government jobs. Romney wants to spent 2 TRILLION more than Obama on Defense (money the DoD hasn't even asked for). If you're truly selfish and looking for an explosion in Fed. govt, you should certainly vote for Romney, at least according to his ads.

Frank,
Sorry guy, but the Federal government has grown exponentially since Obama took office in 2009. I don't know where you are getting your figures, but you need to go to more truthful resources.

Frankiegirl..."You're extremely misinformed, Marcia." That is like the "pot calling the Kettle black>>>oh wait, that would be over your head. It means you are the one that is misinformed with all your twisted stories. Get some facts, instead of atacking people when we put the truth out there.

My advice to the federal gov't (Treasury Department) - cut your losses now, and accept the failed bailout, and let the main stream media tout it as an Obama victory and Bush's fault.

You apparently are not aware the country is in dire straits.

So that means you're likely to vote for Obama again because the proverbial devil you know...and didn't get the job done....is better than change which might be better? At the very least, Romney has turned around a failing Oympics and run a successful business...whether you trust big business or not. What's Obama succeeded at beyond "community organizing" when you're talking about massive amounts of finances?

...the housing collapse is an "Obama policy"? Read much?

Bill,
Don't try to use logic and facts with liberals. It only confuses them.

Obama's housing plans have gone through multiple reformations. All have failed and miserably. Apparently you don't read much or you don't care. Facts are facts:

Here are several liberal liberal's explaining in detail why Obama's housing policies have failed. Jag needs to read more:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/20/the-best-case-against-the-obama-administration/
You had to fix the economy by fixing the housing crisis. And the administration’s housing policy wasn’t anywhere near sufficient to do that. This mistake was doubly disastrous because monetary policy, which would normally be a huge driver of recovery, typically works through the housing market, encouraging consumers to buy new homes while interest rates are low.
In this morning’s New York Times, the story of the administration’s disappointing housing policy response. It’s worth reading alongside Zach Goldfarb’s September look at the same subject. Together, the articles make an ironclad case that the Obama administration’s housing policies failed to fix the housing crisis, in part because they never really tried to fix the housing crisis.
As Appelbaum puts it, while Obama “poured vast amounts of money into efforts to stabilize the financial system, rescue the auto industry and revive the economy,” he “tried to finesse the cleanup of the housing crash, rejecting unpopular proposals for a broad bailout of homeowners facing foreclosure in favor of a limited aid program — and a bet that a recovering economy would take care of the rest.”

Exactly! Obama refused to spend $$$$$ on a massive bailout and instead allowed for the housing market to naturally correct. Was it painful? Sure, but trying to patch the bubble back together wasn't the right thing to do. If you prefer a President who will bail out people who made terrible housing investments, then good for you. Go find a socialist to vote for. Personally, I'm for self-responsibility. Your house is worth what it's worth. Enjoy the insanely low mortgage rate Obama has given you and deal with it.

That's only the liberal interpretation as I pointed out. I'm merely pointing out that he doesn't have any idea what he was doing and now even you admit it.

Good grief. So I supposedly admitted something you never claimed (and i never agreed with) and you were showing the liberal point of view, which apparently you don't agree with, but were purporting it to be in conflict with what everyone else was saying? Do you realize how big of a waste you are being? Whatever, goodbye. Apparently you're insane, which I should have gathered from your dumb name.

Running from the facts isn't the answer. And personal attacks are so yesterday.

As usual, when you can't tell us how Obama is succeeding you have to change the subject.

No response to my question Bill? Why, how telling.

The response is you're trying to change the subject. Now you're simply diving into the deep end of the pool and it's empty.

you can't go by %'s because the numbers were NEVER as large as what the Nobama admin has amounted to. How many Billions has NObama incrfeased our national debt in 1/2 the time???? I am sure you are not looking at the REAL numbers. percentages don't mean anything in this case.

John…it was Harding. 1920-1924

Interesting. Harding came right after Progressive Woodrow Wilson. Wilson must of raised the debt and increased the size of government so bad the republican platform had to work and reduce the debt and size of federal government. History just loves repeating itself.. record debt and federal government is overreaching involved too much. Couldn't be more clear to me its time for another Harding!

You can't compare Obama to Obama? That is literally the stupidest comment I've ever read.

Michelle, I'm glad you are a thinking person and prone to vote for Romney, but I have to ask how you think Romney believes government should be involved in people's lives? Just asking….

Not as much as Obama believes government should be involved in people's live. Less government the better.. so if we are basing our votes on that it is pretty clear that Romney wants less government intrusion than Obama.

Bill, Maryland has lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 6,500 business since OweMalley has been in office. I spoke with the owner of several Five Guys restaurants recently who said if Ubama is re-elected he'll be forced to shut down since he won't be able to afford the health care PENALTY, much less the cost of providing health care.

In all seriousness, a large part of the stock market's stellar performance is due to Apple. My memory tells me it was something like $80/share in 2008 and today it hit $700/share. I'm not sure I'd give politicians credit for that.

It been that way since Herbert Hoover.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/14/opinion/20081014_OPCHART.html

Apple wasn't around when Hoover was President but way to miss my point.

Because Obama has done NOTHING. No jobs for us, less money in our pockets, debt out of control. We can't pay the bills on his failures.

Just as the progressives planned it!! Duped again America. Wake up!

The first thing we need to do is stop this redistricting plan that is on the ballot in November. We have already been gerrymandered to the point that it's practically impossible to have a Republican Representative elected to the House.

We've already tried Obama's solution and it hasn't worked. Maybe you should spend some time figuring out what Romney's solution is so you can make an informed decision come Nov. 6th.

Facts are facts. Desperation is attacking the facts and the messengers.

Medicare is paid for and is not what he was referring to so you're twisting his words. In terms of the numbers he's correct. Are you complaining that he didn't lie?

47% is almost Half of All Obama Voters which is about 25% of all people that actually vote and since less than half of the country votes that equates to about 10% of the registered voting public. So it doesn't surprise me that Romney is not going to worry about those people. It's not like he going to change their minds. We waste so much time in this country trying to please that 10% of people that complains about something and we call it Political Correctness.

The reality of the state of affairs is that even when we start attacking the problems with the right solutions there is a lot of financial pain and suffering ahead due to our blindness and denial of actuallly fixing the problems So just blame yourselves everyone. We the people voted for Obama and We the people will vote for the next president so We the people will be to blame for whatever happens in 2013.

Kathy The short answer to your question is unfortunately YES Way too many of them. What people forget the President can promise, pontificate and offer anything he wants to. Congress has to provide him with the money to do it and since the last two years of the Bush administration Congress has not passed an actual budget - they have only passed Continuing Resolutions. Now for the bad part. Special Trust Funds are required to deposit all their excess funds with the Treasury where they are given Treasury Bonds. Then Congress, with the Presidents blessing spends the deposited money on other programs praying that they will be out of office when the Fund Managers are ready to cash in their Treasury Bonds. We as a Country have gotten to the point that the Fund Managers are going to have to start cashing in their Bonds, but Congress has already spent it on other things like Defense, Health Care, Infrastructure, Foreign Aid, Space, Welfare - the list goes on and on. This leaves Congress with the problem of having to cut deeply into their favorite programs as well as those programs that are absolutely necessary to run the country and/or raise taxes to cover the shortfall. Neither choice is going to be pretty or help with the recovery.
As to who is to blame, it is us. We have kept reelecting the same people to Congress and allowed them to spend us deeper and deeper into debt every year. I don't have a magic solution, but if we don't learn restraint it will be painful.

Amen, Polly.

Obama never compromised when the Dems controlled Congress. It was not until the overhaul in Nov. 2010, that Obama started whining about compromise. He can not even get one vote from his own party for his budget. Class warfare is the only message that he continues to survive on.

So the Bush Tax cuts did work!

That right there is why President Obama is going to be a slam dunk in this election

>Steve, I am amazed you got that out of what I said. I would not vote for him if he was running unaposed. As Romney said there are 47% of you out there that will never change your mind. Keep your beliefs that is what makes this a great country and what will ultimately be it's downfall.

Frank - Because my answer doesn't agree with your beliefs doesn't make my wrong. I am lucky I am in my 50th year of employment and it will be my last as I retire in December. I will be drawing Social Security, and my military retirement which should put me in the 47% that doesn't pay taxes. I don't see how that is going to happen as my children are grown and their is only my wife and I. I fully expect to pay taxes both Federal and state, they just won't be to Maryland. By the way John is a common name, just ask the other John you have been arguing with this entire thread. have a great life and may this country take a turn for the better come November.

It's probably not going to take a real turn for the better until about the 6 month mark of President Obama's Second term. Then things will really take off.

our economy is not better than what? It's clearly improved from when Obama took over. You may say that it should have recovered faster/stronger whatever, but to claim that our current situation is not better than it was when 700,000 people were losing jobs each month, banks and major industries failing, is just....wrong.

Not if you're one of the 23 million unemployed. Tell them it's wrong not to feel the economy is better.

You claimed that your statement was a "universal truth". Are you backing off of that or is 8% the new "universal"?

@Mike M. using less people filing for unemployement as a measure of whether we are better off makes no sense when you account for the people that have just given up looking for work and a record low labor participation percentage. Obama and all his cronies just took advantage of the economic crisis to implement more progressive agendas which is why we are not better off.

If you would look at what is behind all the economic numbers (debt, unemployment, gdp, labor participation rate, %tax paid by the rich, etc.) maybe you would understand the doom and gloom I see and that the current administration is lyin.

puh leez, nobody is saying not to hel pthose in need, it is the ones that are not in need that are sucking off the welfare dime that need to be removed, if it is a able body person it should be working

@ William Smyth - I couldn't agree more. Best evidence is of the recent disclosure of Romney's talk with his millionaire/billionaire cronies. He's one disgusting human being for sure. Further evidence that he lacks a heart by any measure. I don't have much but, still I'm always there to help others out in a time of need.

Please enlighten us on how my tax dollars saved your job.

LOL Africans are not allowed to vote in the US election. Dont forget the Establishment vowed to not let Pres. Obama succeed by any mean necessary. The didnt say this because his policies were bad, but because of what he represents. The Establishment made these and other off type statements well before they knew what Pres. Obama's policies would be. To admit that Pres. Obama has had any success would be admitting that someone like him could actually run this country. The Establishment can not let that happen.

I smell a troll.

Oh yes, those horrible home schoolers, saving the taxpayers tens of millions a year. They are to be reviled for that.

@Bill you make a great point. I was watching fox news the other day, thanking baby jesus, that they are on the television. I mean they are the only channel that tells the truth. All the other media tries to trick me into thinking things. It is like they are able to get in my brain or something. I am glad you see it too.

P.s. I don't know about the justice department sleeping with media matters but I am totally for the amendment that makes only man on woman sex legal. If Sarah Palin was in power none of this would be happening, that's for sure.

And why are rents high in Maryland? It's because there are so many regulations concerning rental properties that owners of those rental properties have to charge higher rents in response to the risk. Also, many landlords got out of the business after Maryland created many state laws concerning lead based paint and forcing landlords to accept that risk. Insurers don't cover lead based paint risk so landlords were forced to sell the houses to get rid of the risk. I know because I sold several houses I used to rent out just for that reason. If you want to know why rents are so high in Maryland look to the state and local governments who keep passing more laws and regulations concerning rental housing. Each time they pass another act more landlords sell out here and invest in other states creating a shortage of rental units in Maryland. Montgomery County in particular hates the landlord class.

Frank is right about one thing. People are flocking to Montgomery County Maryland and the majority coming here are illegal aliens with little income. They come for the freebies. The people leaving, and it's well documented, are the people with assets and wealth who are smart enough to see what's coming, higher property taxes and higher piggyback taxes.

I did get the Death benefits because I applied for them & got them before he took office. They did however reduce the amount I was paid after obama took office. SS benefits are supposed to increase with the cost of living mine decreased even though the cost of living increased. I lived in PA for the last 10 years of my life and just moved Back to MD last year. Since then I have bettered my life, but I will say that the cost of living here is absolutely ridiculous, PA may be full of idiots and addicts but it is way cheaper to live there and way safer. I rented a 2 bedroom house in Hanover, PA and it cost $550 a month plus utilities.. You know what a 2 bedroom house here costs? about $1200 minimum plus utilities.. how are people supposed to live? I was forced to overcome my health issues to work again (not a bad thing) thank god I was ready to do it.. or I would be homeless!!!!

Like I noted. This is why landlords are getting out of the business and prices are only going to go higher because of the risk of regulations:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/12624-epa-lead-based-paint-rules-cost-landlords-thousands-of-dollars-in-fines
Strict lead-based paint regulations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have resulted in costly fines to businesses and landlords looking to sell or rent their property. “Thinking of renting or selling a home or apartment?” the EPA asked in a press release in April 2010, when its Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule went into effect. “Make sure you disclose its lead-based paint history. Mr. Wolfe Landau did not and it cost him a $20,000 fine.”

Shows you how little Frank knows. I wonder how surprised Frank would be to find out that lead based paint was used on the basis of federal and local government recommendations and insistence? Frank is an example of the perfect liberal. Only knows how to use insults because that takes the intelligence of a 9 year old and are easy to learn. Facts are difficult to learn.
http://www.leadlawsuits.com/index.php?s=699
The use of lead pigment in house paint is explained by three uncontested facts:

Master painters demanded lead-based paint, and government experts described it as the “best choice for house owners," because it was washable and durable.
Federal and state governments recommended, and often specified its use – in the 1920s, the 1930s and all the way to the 1970s.
No U.S. public health official or government – federal, state or local –advocated restricting the use of lead in house paint until 1949, when public health investigations in Baltimore first identified the risks to children from chipping and peeling lead paint in poorly maintained homes. The federal government did not ban the use of lead-based house paint until the 1970s.

No Frank. It shows how the government is often mismanaged by elected officials. First, they insist on lead based paint. Now they ban it. I agree with ban but the risk in Maryland was foisted on the landlords and with little warning. The state should have started a risk pool allowing landlords to pay in to reduce the risk. The state hates the investor class so they wouldn't even consider it. Look at asbestos. Asbestos was used at government insistence. When it became apparent how dangerous it was the laws were changed again and the private sector had to pony up for making products that they were required to make by law. The outcome? Investors determine risk more thoroughly now including environmental risks. I'm all for that. But to deny that government regulations increase costs is complete idiocy.

Steve - Oh Lord, just what we don't need any more of....Lorna the freaking Loon

Why are liberals so racist? Answer: It's their religion. It's Godless.

Democrats (the Party of the KKK) ARE racist. Look how they like to keep blacks down in the cities. Poor education (even NObama voted against the voucher program) and won't allow blacks to go to better schools. What about paying more and more Welfare for every kid out wedlock, the dems know they are going to get that vote. Maybe blacks should look at it and ask themselves, DO I really want to live like this? Why did Nobama say you don't have to look for work in order to get welfare? I know some libs who are big racists, one lives on my street and is a government worker. The WOMAN in this video gets it, maybe blacks should listen to people like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=906ouIDUdOw

You apparently beat me to it. You cornered the market.

@Bill I am on your side. Can't you recognize your friends! When Romney said he could ignore 47% of the country I knew he was the man for me.

You should seek mental counselling. Your comments are not funny and only indicate you are a sick and twisted individual.

@Bill it seems to me that you are not a real conservative. Are you telling me Romney should pay attention to 47% of the voters? Next you are going to say that corporations are not people.

You and Frank should band together you liberals make no sense!

"Who are those people?"

~ Antoinette Romney

But Marina, the left does NOT want to hear the REAL truth of what is going on. They live a rosey world because they STILL feel that Obama is going to pay for everything for them one day...maybe they think they have 72 vestal virgins waithing for them, but what do the leftie women have waiting for them, have you ever wondered> Maybe it is camels? Who knows what they think, it is ALWAYS IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS ANYWAY. hERE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE ON HOW THESE PEOPLE THINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpCHvHWUAvw AND THEY ARE still WAITING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI

of course it is. Housing prices are way down, money is cheap. Why not buy a new home or add on? It only makes sense. Obamas' failed policies made it happen. 100 bad decisions and now one positive comes out of it...hahaha wow great record hahaha oh wait, it did take him 16 hours to have the Navy Seals pull the trigger.

Well, it is a NO brainer that you can afford a home now. The money you were spending on rent in DC was probably double of what your house payment is. With that being said, under the previous run democrat majority congress w/ stretch pelosi, they managed to ruin the economy with Obama at the helm. Houses are not worth what they were previously, my home is worth $120K less that it was preObama, my retirement funds and investments are down 38%, interest rates are at an all time low, but gas is still up, cost of living is up, food prices are up, utilities are up, numbers of uemployment are up STILL, number of people on welfare is up 45%, coal industry is being devastated and more people will be out of work and on unemployment, more of our tax dollars are going to Mexico and South America AND YOU are concerned about your crazy neighbors???? But then again you must be a liberal and think only about yourself. Just like you want redistribution (since you want obama again) but what are you going to say when he wants more of your income in taxes, which he already has a plan for. Get the facts before you make irrational statements.