Uh-oh, base eroding:
“A Gallup poll last week found Obama’s poll numbers in the African American community down from its once stratospheric 95 percent approval early in his term, to a still-high, but notably lower 81 percent — tying his worst ever showing from earlier this year. . . . Observers say weaker support for Obama owes to a faltering economy that at 16 percent unemployment for blacks — nearly double the national average of nine percent
Oh, and the Obama economy isn't going so swell if you want health insurance either:
Nearly one in 10 midsize or large employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insurance exchanges start in 2014, according to a survey from a large benefits consultant.
Towers Watson also found in a survey completed last month that an additional 20% of companies are unsure about what they will do.
Another big benefits consultant, Mercer, found in a June survey of large and smaller employers that 8% are either "likely" or "very likely" to end health benefits once the exchanges start
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Don't worry, it isn't Obama's fault.
and current housing bubble occurred because of massive deregulation during the Reagan administration
No, it did not.
And you can provide no evidence to back up this claim.
You can't name anything "deregulated" regarding housing during the Reagan Administration.
Since you have it exactly backwards, let me provide you references on the Democratic policies that led to the housing bubble.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/bush/legacy/timeline/
I posted this link before but i'm pretty sure you chose to ignore it. According to the Washington Post, Bush purposed/approved $845 billion in bailouts in his last year in office. In addition to all the money that went into funding the Iraq War. Unemployment steadily rose through out his 8 years. The trade deficit, for the most part, also rose through out his 8 years.
I honestly think the Dow Jones and Crude oil prices aren't necessarily any President's fault. Especially since most people want the Gov out of the free market until the free market bones them in the ass.
Look I'm not saying Obama is a savior and i'm not saying i'm happy with the job he has done. He inherited a ship with some serious holes in it while it was steadily taking on serious water. But to basically say that everything is his fault is rediculous.
And btw Obama's approval rating is STILL around the same level that Bush's was around this time in his first term.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/09/20/americans-overwhelmingly-_n_29895.html
Maybe this is why we have a Democraticly controlled congress
to the Washington Post, Bush purposed/approved $845 billion in bailouts in his last year in office.
Ok, but those bailouts were written by a Democratic Congress that Obama was serving in.
Unemployment steadily rose through out his 8 years.
Not true. It went down from just above 5% to the mid to low 4% range then back up when the sub-prime meltdown took place.
to the Washington Post, Bush purposed/approved $845 billion in bailouts in his last year in office.
Ok, but those bailouts were written by a Democratic Congress that Obama was serving in.
Unemployment steadily rose through out his 8 years.
Not true. It went down from just above 5% to the mid to low 4% range then back up when the sub-prime meltdown took place.
Now you're just nitpicking. From year 1 of the Bush era to year 8, it went up.
Of course I would like to see Obama solve some of the messes our country is in. But putting ALL the blame on him is like blaming him for a ship that is sinking from holes the previous captain put there.
to the Washington Post, Bush purposed/approved $845 billion in bailouts in his last year in office.
Ok, but those bailouts were written by a Democratic Congress that Obama was serving in.
Unemployment steadily rose through out his 8 years.
Not true. It went down from just above 5% to the mid to low 4% range then back up when the sub-prime meltdown took place.
Wrong - thought we went over this before. If you're so certain that most everything bad that's happened is the dems fault & vice-versa for the repubs, why do you need to keep putting out false info?
Unemployment rate was 4.2% when Bush took office & it was never that low again during his entire presidency. Went up to 6.3% after that & fell to a low of 4.4% in Mar of '07. Rose again to 6.1% in Aug of '08 & he left with a 15 yr high of 7.8% after the meltdown. The growth that repubs like to tout was mostly due to the housing bubble or more specifically home equity extractions where folks borrowed against the value of their home to finance personal consumption. Sure, profits were great at times but jobs & wages not so much & after the bust, they went bye-bye as well with nothing left to build on or help sustain anything. Since you post alot, you oughta at least get your facts straight -
Sorry, was wrong again - guess I oughta watch my own numbers if I'm gonna put 'em out there 
The 6.3% in '03 was just a 9 yr high. Forgot what a mess Bush 1 left after coming in with only a 5.3% rate & leaving it at 7.4%. Before 40 consecutive mos of under 5% under Clinton & him leaving it at 4.2% with historic growth in all areas & much reduced child poverty. Until Bush picked up where his Dad left off & it rocketed back to 7.8% as he left a much deeper & broader mess for his successor -
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