The message is finally getting through.

He doesn't actually play the blame game but when he feels that he is being blamed for something he does respond.

Oh, and funny thing about the ramifications of healthcare reform ...

At least in CA the biggest insurance company will no longer be offering new policies for individuals and families as of September 22nd due to the law that takes place on the 23rd ...

Several others have already notified us that they are pulling out of a few states ...

I think it would be much more accurate to say that anytime someone tries to hold him accountable or responsible for anything he resorts to blaming.

What he doesn't understand is that people aren't blaming him for what happened in the past. We know he inherited a mess. What we're upset about is that he's making it worse.

Every time he brings up the analogy of the Republicans driving the car in the ditch, all I can picture is Obama getting in the car and gunning the motor while digging the car farther and farther into the same ditch.

There is actually a lot he could be doing. Small businesses aren't hiring and investors aren't investing because of all of the uncertainty. Nobody knows what all the implications of the healthcare bill are really going to be on small businesses because the HHS Secretary is the one tasked with filling in most of the blanks, and that has yet to be done. The recent bill that was suppose to protect us from another financial mess actually just places more and more regulations and paperwork on small businesses, and we still don't know what the tax rates are going to be on small businesses and investments.

Dems will tell you that tax hikes on those making above $250,000 are only going to hit the wealthy, but about 30% of small businesses are in that same tax bracket, and that 30% is responsible for most of the jobs that are created. You raise their taxes, and they are not going to have the money to hire as many workers. If you tax dividends and investments more then you're going to have less investments and therefore less capital going into the economy.

I really don't consider this to be a liberal vs. conservative argument, but more about common sense. I can't believe there are intelligent people who believe it is better to take money out of the private sector to put in the hands of the government where it can be spent on such important things as studying monkeys when they've gotten high on pot or the mating habits of salmon. Who do you think spends money on contractors to fix up their homes, or buys new homes, or goes out to eat in the kind of restaurants where college students are working for tips to pay their tuition? Leave the money in the economy to work. Increase incentives to invest in the economy and create jobs.

Those that are not being offered healthcare or insurance from that company will still need healthcare. Some avenue will provide such services.