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Originally Posted by Adder
I think you know the answer to your questions. Club likely thinks the economy would be a-okay if only we had stronger austerity, no health care reform, and the elimination of perceived future threatened regulation.
He's already said Obama needed to lead more on the debt ceiling, where he should made the magic speech that would led Boehner and Cantor to say "yes, we would like more of what we asked for like Obama offered."
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I think Club likes the GOP position on the debt ceiling because he does not like to pay taxes and is in favor of things that cut government spending. I think Club, like many Republicans, attacks Obama for not showing "leadership" when what he really means is that he disagrees with Obama's priorities and policy views. When Obama does show leadership, Club tends to disagree with him, IIRC. Club generally does not agree with Obama, and is quick to find fault with him -- e.g., Obama is making a bad choice because a campaign spokesman put out a statement about Bachmann's entry into the race seven weeks ago. (If the spokesperson had said nothing, you could call it a lack of leadership.)
None of that is that interesting to me because I feel like I understand where he's coming from. What I'm interested in is what he thinks is wrong with the economy, and what he really thinks Obama could have done about it. There is this knee-jerk view on the right that tax cuts are always good because they permit more business investment, and that we'd be out of this recession if only the government collected and spent less money. Not sure whether that's what Club thinks or whether he was looking for some other form of leadership.
