Obama, Biden Chat Up Economy; Congress Talking “Stimulus II”

Here’s the President’s strategy: TALK the economy up.

President Barack Obama on Saturday downplayed divisions between the U.S. and Europe over how to tackle the world’s financial crisis and said China should have “absolute confidence” that its sizable investments in the United States are safe.

Larry Summer and Paul Volker added similar happy chit-chat.

Even Joe Biden, who has never been wrong on anything before, said a recent uptick in the stock markets is a result of the “Obama factor.”

We went from crisis to prosperity with the stroke of a pen and the use of a teleprompter!

Presto!  You’re now confident!

Problem is: China doesn’t believe it.  And they hold about one-quarter of the U.S. debt, about $1 trillion.  And we want them to buy a bunch more.

Wen Jiabao said this week he was worried about America’s ability to repay China.

He never said that before….

And Tim Geithner at least looks worried.

Geithner

And people in Congress are already saying the $740 billion-plus stimulus is maybe not enough.

“Biden should stop talking the ‘Obama Factor’ and President Obama might not talk up the economy so much in case he needs to go to the Congress for hundreds of billions more in additional stimulus money,” said William Kristol of the Weekly Standard on the Fox News Sunday show with Chris Wallace.

On that same show Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said, “solve the credit problem and eliminate toxic assets before asking for another stimulus.”

Corker

He seemed incredulous that Geithner had not yet addressed these problems.

“Move the second stimulus idea way to the side,” Corker said, “until we solve the credit problem.”

Obama Talks Up Economy:
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Biden on the Economy:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap
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Pelosi: Congress Needs to ‘Keep the Door Open’ to Second Stimulus Package

Pelosi

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Obama “Losing Stimulus”

“President Obama is losing the economic stimulus bill,” said Chris Wallace of Fox News on Tuesday morning.

“The White House asked me and several other journalists to interview the president on this,” said Wallace, calling President Obama the “Communicator in Chief.”

Wallace said something like 54% of Americans now want the stimulus plan scrapped or changed in major ways.

On transparency and ethics, Wallace said, the president is also in trouble.

“Tim Geitner got a pass for not paying his taxes,” Wallace said, “but a lot of people now have serious concerns” about Tom Daschle, the president’s nominee as HHS Secretary.

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