Economists: Obama's policies 'fair' or 'poor'

[azmouse]

I'd love to hear your comments on this article.

Quote:President Barack Obama gets mediocre marks for his handling of the economy and Mitt Romney easily outpolls his Republican rivals in an Associated Press survey of economists.

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Half of the 36 economists who responded to the Dec. 14-20 AP survey rated Obama's economic policies "fair." And 13 called them "poor." Just five of the economists gave the president "good" marks. None rated him as "excellent."

The economists' criticisms vary. Some say Obama was distracted by his health care overhaul. Others say his $862 billion stimulus program was poorly designed. Still others fault him for not pushing for an even bigger stimulus when the economy proved weaker than expected.

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Asked which of the Republican presidential candidates would do the best job managing the economy, two thirds of the economists named Romney, one chose former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The rest didn't pick anyone at all.
(and later in the article)
Many of those who chose Romney couldn't cite any of the former Massachusetts governor's economic proposals. Nevertheless, his background won over the economists.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45806128/ns/...r-or-poor/

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Yeah, if asked Id say Romney would do the best out of the republican pack too...but only because the rest are completely insane.

That isn't exactly the endorsement of Romney they are making it out to be.

[azmouse]

(12-29-2011 10:01 AM)SemiCharmedQuark Wrote:  Yeah, if asked Id say Romney would do the best out of the republican pack too...but only because the rest are completely insane.

That isn't exactly the endorsement of Romney they are making it out to be.

I was struck with how they couldn't even name any of his policies. I guess the rest of the pack of Republicans are so bad the economists felt they didn't need to know.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

(12-29-2011 10:04 AM)azmouse Wrote:  

(12-29-2011 10:01 AM)SemiCharmedQuark Wrote:  Yeah, if asked Id say Romney would do the best out of the republican pack too...but only because the rest are completely insane.

That isn't exactly the endorsement of Romney they are making it out to be.

I was struck with how they couldn't even name any of his policies. I guess the rest of the pack of Republicans are so bad the economists felt they didn't need to know.

That's about the long and short of it.

[NJMaverick]

Seems like a poor poll at best

[jaxx]

Quote:Many of those who chose Romney couldn't cite any of the former Massachusetts governor's economic proposals.

Good grief, can it get any more partisan? The delusionals who don't know what it took to get anything done.....