The Heritage foundation? you mean the same right wing ideologues who said the bush tax cuts would eliminate the deficit by 2010. Obama inherited the worse mess ever. The economy was on the brink of total failure.

You want facts? well here they are. Obama's accomplishments are too long to list here, but you can read a nice list with citations here: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/01/a-long-list-of-president-obamas-accomplishments-with-citations/

You want to put the same people that put us into this economic mess back into power? you want the same foreign policy team that lead us into multi trillion dollar illegal wars? then you my friend, are the one not using your head.

In addition, I am a small businessman. The 2 above referenced small business organizations do not represent the views of the majority of small business. In fact, many polls suggest small business prefers Obama.
http://www3.cfo.com/article/2012/9/growth-companies_small-business-sentiment-politics-obama-romney

If President Obama does not win another term we will be in samw the position that put us into the recession in the first place. It is the obstructionism going on in Congress that has prevented President Obama from being able to put in place the policies that would improve the job outlook in this country. So let's put the blame where it belongs, on those people in Congress who's sole purpose has been to keep President Obama from getting another term without any regard for the people they have been sent to Washington to serve.

Oh my, so scary. And even with all these horrible things, Obama's lead in the polls seems to be growing. I guess that speaks volumes about how lame a candidate Mitt Romney really is.

David and Jean, the "they want to take us back to the policies that got us in this mess in the first place" myth was recently debunked by Bloomberg News; according to Bloomberg, most of the policies that led to the 2008 financial crisis were put into place by Democrats. Here's the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-12/about-those-policies-that-got-us-into-this-mess-caroline-baum.html.

President Obama had two years to do something effective about jobs and the economy, when he controlled both houses of Congress. Instead of focusing on the economy, he chose to ram through The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which led the people to elect a Republican House in 2010.

Best Political Ad Ever!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/samuel-l-jackson-to-voters-wake-the-fck-up_n_1919317.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

Most of the President's was as a result of the budget Bush stuck him with on the way out. What infuriates me is people like Fran expect the President, who by the way has very little actual control over the economy, to wave his hand and the economy would be back to normal. Real action requires the cooperation of Congress.

debunked by an opinion piece? hardly
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/business/economy/26inquiry.html

as for the affordable care act, being singly responsible for the republican's taking over the house, that is certainly a large leap of logic.

I'm a republican, however, it was not the Democrats that led us into a war which turned out to be a huge mistake. All of your other points are salient and, as it respects mortgage lending standards, they're already prompting banks to relax those yet again. It was the relaxation of lending standards that led to disequilibrium in the market and this applied not only to the housing market, but to the credit and student loan markets as well.

The republicans pushed a costly war down our throats and the democrats pushed costly lending standards down our throats. No party has a corner on stupidity. No party.

Debunked? Not so much.

Lending practices had a part to play in the financial crisis, but to say that it was the cause is foolish and simplistic. The lack of regulation and changes in regulation that the GOP has always fought for are at the heart of the crisis. Banks and financial firms took advantage of the easy money, knowing the government would bail them out. We’re all still awaiting serious legislation to correct the abuses that occurred, and we all know very well that the GOP will have NONE OF THAT.

You also seem to forget that large tax cuts for the richest Americans and two wars might also have little bit to do with taking Clinton's surplus and turning it into the giant heap of debt we're facing now. Not sure what there is about that to debunk.

You also fail to note the huge number of filibusters used by the republicans since Obama took office, and specifically the filibusters used in 2009-2010 to thwart anything Obama wanted to do about jobs and the economy. In fact, you only have to go back to last year when they filibustered Obama's jobs bill that even Moody's said would grow the economy by 2% and add 1.9 million jobs. Republicans loved the payroll tax cut and the tax breaks for investments in business equipment that Obama wanted, but because some of it would be paid for with a 5.6 percent surcharge on incomes over $1 million they remained the party of "NO" and threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Oh, I think its very logical. Obama now wants to reneg and underwrite the warn act when it comes to notification of massive layoffs in the defense industry. He's outrageous!

I thought this blog was about being unemployed? Maybe stick to that...

Well, at least I didn't have to listen to 3 hours of Sean Hannity to get all these GOP talking points!

Fran,

Thanks for compiling your litany of Obama's failures. And double-thanks to the Patch for publishing it. As you can see from the comments the delusions of the average Obama voter are legion. Sure it's Congress's fault! If by "Congress" you mean Harry Reid, who hasn't enacted a budget in 3 1/2 years.

Sadly too many liberals are high on Hopium and still believe that the magic unicorns will bring prosperity just as soon as the Tea Party is declared illegal.

Did you see the latest Obama campaign ad? It was only posted for a brief time on their web site. "Republicans are coming for your lady parts!" Really. That's all they've got left. Well that, and "psst, didja hear Romney is a Mormon?"

An American Ambassador is dead. Killed by al Qaeda. Obama was warned. He did nothing. Unless you count playing golf and going on The View as "doing something." BTW, the guy who killed our Ambassador to Libya? He used to be a guest of the US Army. Obama released him from Gitmo. Oops.

Say do you think that "kid" Obama just released (and deported to Canada) might also return to a life of jihad? His father's a big time terrorist. But nah, Eric Holder swears the kid is clean. You know, the same Eric Holder who gave all those guns to Mexican drug lords so they can murder our border agents (and a whole lotta Mexican kids too). He's the best Attorney General Evah! At least since John Mitchell.

But hey, Beyonce loves President "I Candy". What could be more important than that!

Fran, I have read some of your other columns. You are a long-term unemployed professional in a dying industry. You choose to remain unemployed rather than seeking training for a skill that is in demand and/or accepting a job for less $$ than you *think* you are worth, and it's so much easier to blame the gov't., isn't it? Newsflash: the world is a lot smaller now and there are people in developing countries who can do almost any job for a fraction of the cost than it costs here. It is delusional to think that any President can fix that. You know who can improve the economy and how? Look in the mirror and follow these 3 simple steps: 1) Work (which might mean taking a job you'd rather not do for less $$ than you *think* you are worth); 2) pay your fair share of taxes; 3) Don't spend more than what's left. One last point: no intelligent voter should pay any attention to anyone who rips apart one candidate without detailing how they think the other guy can do better.

Fran,

Maybe you should contact Mitt Romney and get a job writing for a private equity firm. I've done pretty well in recent years going into New York and writing for financial services companies. But, of course, you might have to commute across the Hudson River, which you say you don't want to do.

I've met Mitt, and he's not a bad guy. However, I plan to vote for Obama. The difference between your perspective and mine may be that I'm willing to go where the jobs are, and not blame the government.

Richard Sorensen