OBAMA TRIES TO TURN AROUND BAD POLLS ... By Giving Our Jobs To Illegals?

THE ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!

“We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers,” said Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. “President Obama is on the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president should support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws.”

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Obama White House tries to turn around bad poll number


President Obama and press secretary Robert Gibbs, from last year.CAPTIONBy Pete Souza, The White HouseThe polls aren't looking good for President Obama.


ABC News says 51% would prefer to see a Republican Congress elected in November, as a check on Obama. A CBS News poll says only 13% of Americans say Obama's economic plan has helped them personally.

And so on, and so forth.

The White House sees the same data and relates them to another set of numbers, particularly the high unemployment rate. "There is, rightly so, a great frustration in this country with where we are economically," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

Its political response until the elections Nov. 2: Ask voters for more time to let the $862 billion stimulus bill create more jobs -- and argue that the Republicans got the country into this mess in the first place.



Gibbs cast the election as "the choice between what got us here and what is getting us out ... that's exactly the type of choice that we'll have come November."



Republicans can be counted on to emphasize the high unemployment rate -- 9.5% -- and rising federal debt that tops $13 trillion.


The Obama approach isn't novel, of course. Back in 1982, having launched an economic plan and facing a tough set of first-term congressional elections, President Ronald Reagan urged voters to "stay the course." Most did not, and the Democrats scored big.

We'll find out in November how well Obama does with such slogans as "moving forward or falling back."

"The political numbers change when the numbers of unemployed Americans decrease," Gibbs said. "And that's what the president is focused on each day."