http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=1104156resident Obama recently spoke at a town hall meeting where he told his listeners that "things could be worse," but a dean of a major university says he doesn't understand how.
Even though unemployment rates are at double digits, the president is crisscrossing the country, telling voters not to abandon the Democrats for the GOP. He claims Republicans caused the current economic crisis and that it will take time for Democrats to reverse the financial downturn.
Dr. Charles W. Dunn, dean of Regent University's School of Government, thinks the Obama administration needs to take responsibility for its own policy decisions and stop blaming former President George W. Bush. He also notes that voters are becoming weary of his rhetoric.
Charles Dunn"He promised a lot; he's delivered little -- and that's created a credibility gap," Dunn explains. "The public increasingly [does] not trust his leadership because of a high level of promise with a low level of performance."
The conservative political scientist also sees Obama as somewhat of an enigma with his significant policy initiatives yet low confidence ratings.
"He has [an] interesting performance today in that he has won while losing," Dunn observes. "He has put through various major pieces of policy legislation in Congress, yet his policies are unpopular and the public does not approve of his leadership. So he's an irony; he's a paradox."
In regards to this election year, some critics suggest that instead of calling voters to change the future, Obama is simply hoping they will remember the past and continue the "blame Bush crusade."
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