Russ Jones - OneNewsNow

7/30/2010

President Obama recently spoke at a town hall meeting where he told his listeners that "things could be worse," but a dean of a major university says he doesn't understand how.

Even though unemployment rates are at double digits, the president is crisscrossing the country, telling voters not to abandon the Democrats for the GOP. He claims Republicans caused the current economic crisis and that it will take time for Democrats to reverse the financial downturn.

Dr. Charles W. Dunn, dean of Regent University's School of Government, thinks the Obama administration needs to take responsibility for its own policy decisions and stop blaming former President George W. Bush. He also notes that voters are becoming weary of his rhetoric.

"He promised a lot; he's delivered little -- and that's created a credibility gap," Dunn explains. "The public increasingly [does] not trust his leadership because of a high level of promise with a low level of performance."

The conservative political scientist also sees Obama as somewhat of an enigma with his significant policy initiatives yet low confidence ratings.

"He has [an] interesting performance today in that he has won while losing," Dunn observes. "He has put through various major pieces of policy legislation in Congress, yet his policies are unpopular and the public does not approve of his leadership. So he's an irony; he's a paradox."
< br> In regards to this election year, some critics suggest that instead of calling voters to change the future, Obama is simply hoping they will remember the past and continue the "blame Bush crusade."

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No abortion funding - 'an empty promise'

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow

7/30/2010

Irrespective of a presidential executive order and rule rewriting ordered by America's Health and Human Services secretary, healthcare reform does provide for tax-funded abortions.

The Congressional Research Service, a government agency, confirms that abortions can be funded under "ObamaCare." The president's executive order, reports CRS, "does not specifically address high-risk pools and the funds provided under Section 1101 of [the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]."

Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America says the CRS report proves the executive order was "an empty promise." She tells OneNewsNow that with the CRS report in hand, the president and health officials need to get into action.

"President Obama and Secretary [Kathleen] Sebelius ought to institute regulations to ensure that President Obama's promise is lived up to and that our tax dollars will not be used to fund elective abortions," states Wright.

Then again, laws passed by Congress have more weight than presidential executive orders and health agency rules. For that very reason, the CWFA spokeswoman says Congress should act and pass a bill to ensure that abortion funding will be banned.


LifeNews.com reports that more than a dozen GOP senators have signed a letter to Sebelius asking her to quickly issue regulations that would prohibit taxpayer money from directly funding abortions in the high-risk pools.

Survey after survey has shown stiff public opposition to healthcare reform -- and use of tax dollars to pay for abortion.





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