JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON (AP) — Fleshing out a year-old initiative, the Obama administration wants Congress to enact or expand tax breaks for small businesses and remove barriers to startups, seiz 2 read more

By: Terence P. Jeffrey

KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to visit the Washington Auto Show on Tuesday. 3 read more

Last week’s State of the Union address was a sad and pathetic affair, full of transparent rhetoric and demagoguery, brimming with incandescent hypocrisies, variegated with an expansive assortment of half-truths and lies, palled by a mediocrity that almost seemed intentional, detached from reality like an unmoored hot-air balloon that slowly ascends to the heavens, stuffed with dense and infuriating arrogance, and draped over our nation like a several-sizes-too-small coat with promises and ideas rendered diminutive in the shadow of the historical moment.

You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election year

First lady Michelle Obama the other day railed at “the few at the top,” who do all sorts of bad things. A few months ago, we began hearing of the “1 percent” who are responsible for the current economic mess

**Written by Doug Powers Joe Biden has said the administration owns the economy now, but the President Obama has been a little slower to come on board… until now. From Real Clear Politics : WCCO-TV correspondent: “When I finally did have a chance to talk to President Obama one-on-one, I asked him at what point does the economy become his fault and not his predecessor’s?” President Barack Obama: “It’s always my responsibility.

At the Heritage Foundation last week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan demonstrated why he doesn’t need to be running for President to be framing the debate for 2012. He delivered there on October 26 a breathtakingly beautiful speech on Saving the American Idea, which defines the Spirit of 2012.

**Written by Doug Powers The “jobs bill by executive order piecemeal” initiative continues : This afternoon, in yet another executive action intended to boost the economy, President Obama signs an executive order that addresses prescription drug shortages. The signing marks yet another move in the president’s “we can’t wait” campaign to grow the economy through unilateral actions while his $447 jobs bill remains stalled in Congress.

SOMETIMES the best stimulus is not the biggest, but the one that’s possible.

President Obama’s re-election campaign took in more than $70 million in the latest three-month fund-raising period.

I blogged last night about the Obama government jobs bill bust in the Senate. My coverage is here

Here’s a reason to check out CBS in the next 24 hours. Via Fox Nation, we learned CBS Boston reported President Obama gaffed in his press conference Thursday.

**Written by Doug Powers Vice President Joe Biden spent some time in Florida talking to a class of 5th graders about the economy and his favorite three-letter word, jobs . In his discussion about the troubled economy, do you think Biden was forced to admit to the kids that the stimulus was a waste of a huge amount of money, “we have to spend money to keep from going bankrupt” is a ridiculous theory , “green jobs” is a disaster , and that trillions have been charged to their generation and beyond on the Sheriff’s watch alone? Nah, he just blamed Bush: “Because things got really bad before we came into office and an awful lot of companies said ‘there’s no more jobs for you here.’” Is that the same Biden who just last week took ownership of the economy on behalf of the administration

CBS's Erica Hill let DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz bash congressional Republicans unopposed on Thursday's Early Show. Hill also failed to ask the Florida Democrat about her eye-opening claim on Wednesday that ” anyone ” can see that the economy is improving ” and now, we've begun to turn the corner

Immediately following Obama's presser on the economy and such, MSNBC went to Dylan Ratigan and Ed Schultz for commentary.

Asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos if he regretted his promotion of the bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra, Barack Obama said, “No, I don’t.” This cavalier answer provides yet another snapshot of the arrogance and ideological fixation that drives his presidency.

WASHINGTON — Supposedly this White House has just made a furious attempt to sink a book, Confidence Men : Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President , by Ron Suskind, which came out September 20. Jay Carney, the White House spinmeister, spoke ill of it. Numerous former White House staffers spoke ill of it

Americans didn’t trust the Bush administration to manage the economy. They don’t trust the Obama administration to manage the economy. It’s time to have a discussion about a different way to manage the economy.

Once upon a time, loud dissent, filibustering in the Senate, and gridlock in the House were as democratic as apple pie.