General Powell’s remarks about the President

Here are retired General Powell’s remarks about President Barack Obama on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on last Sunday:

Powell said; “You can't just sit around beating up the President. But the President also has to I think shift the way in which he has been doing things. I think the American People feel that too many programs have come down. There are so many rocks in our knapsack now that we're having trouble carrying it. I think the President has to like a like a razor blade, just go right after the single issue that is uppermost in the minds of the American People and that's employment. And he's done a lot with health care, with cap and trade, with education. And I understand the importance of all of that. But as far as the American People are concerned, the main attack is employment. … I think he has lost some of the ability to connect that he had during the campaign. And it is not just me picking on the President. It's reflected in the polling. Some of the anxiety and anger that you see out there, I think comes from a belief on the part of the American People, whether it's correct or incorrect, and the White House would say it's incorrect, that not enough attention, his singular focus should be on employment…”

President Obama is all these things and more, that's why the confusion. People are left going in all kinds of different directions at once, and aside from being against Obama, there’s nothing new, nothing fresh for Republicans to be for. The Republicans can’t keep their emotional rant against Obama and the Democrats up forever. Sooner or later the anger and fear won’t have the punch they once did, and the Republicans won’t be the party that can take things in new directions. They’ll be the party of tired old rivals. For how can America go forward to reclaim being number one in the world? Given that Smaller Government and Less Spending cannot be the only answer.

But are those jobs quality jobs that a person can support themselves on or low paying service sector minimum wage jobs? We used to make steel in America, now we make happy meals.