He said that includes the health care overhaul, as well as an aggressive approach to global warming (though without a plug for the controversial cap-and-trade system for emissions that he favors), sweeping changes to address the nation's millions of illegal immigrants, "serious" reform of how Wall Street is regulated and children are educated.
Now the rest of the story. He may wish to believe it is because he was not communicating with you, but ...
SPEECHES, COMMENTS & REMARKS: 411. Includes 52 addresses or statements specifically on his health care proposals.
(CBS)NEWS CONFERENCES: 42 Of which 5 were formal, solo White House Q&A sessions. Four were in prime time. His last one was July 22, 2009. Nearly all of the other press availabilities were joint appearances with foreign leaders at which as few as 1 question was taken by Mr. Obama.
INTERVIEWS: 158. This is a striking number of interviews and far more than any of his recent predecessors in their first year. Ninety of the sessions were TV interviews. Eleven were radio. The rest were newspaper and magazine. The number reflects the White House media strategy that Mr. Obama can best respond to questions in an interview setting.
TOWN HALL MEETINGS: 21 excluding foreign town hall meetings, at which he would have an opportunity t connect directly with voters.
CAMPAIGN RALLIES: 7. The rallies were for Gov. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, D-Va, and U.S. Senate Candidate Martha Coakley, D-Mass. All of them lost. Despite the fact they all lost - he still had the chance to connect with voters at every stop, every occasion, and give his opinions on the issues of the day.
Source: CBS News, January 20, 2010.
So is his problem that he didn't connect with the people, he didn't communicate, get the message out?
And no, Ellie Light, it is not that we gave up because he didn't fix everything - rather, he is not fixing anything and is breaking even more stuff. That is why the public has turned on him.
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