Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus

May 18, 2013 @ 3:03 am


President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Zoom

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the U.S. should focus on attracting good jobs, educating workers and ensuring workers get paid a decent living.

Obama has been pushing those priorities in recent visits to Baltimore and Austin, Texas. Obama says he'll make the case in more U.S. cities soon.

Obama says politics in Washington often aren't focused on what Americans care about. He's alluding to a series of political troubles that dogged him last week and overshadowed his agenda.

In the Republican address, Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland says red tape in Obama's health care law will drive up costs. He says the embattled IRS needs less power, not more.

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Obama address: http://www.whitehouse.gov

GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference


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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    We Americans to tackle big intrusive Obamunist government.
    January 22, 2013 1:59 pm
    IMPEACHMENT STYLE!!!!!!!
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    he White House struggled to back up his sweeping rhetoric with specifics
    January 22, 2013 2:33 pm
    No different than his first term. Lip service, unfulfilled "promises", lies, fabrication and lies. The only thing he's good at is spenidng MY money.
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  • CH wrote...
    The only thing he's good at is spenidng MY money -
    January 22, 2013 6:25 pm
    look at where your check comes from bozo. Its my money! Correction: mommies money! Lip service? second job?
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  • CH wrote...
    We Americans to tackle big intrusive Obamunist government -
    January 22, 2013 6:32 pm
    with your guns? Speak up the secret service wants to know. Did you have a good cry yesterday? Still got your picture of President Romney on your wall? Leave it up he can lose again in 2016
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    This is one act of Subterfuge the regime has been up to.
    January 29, 2013 5:40 am
    With all media attention focused on the Dear Leader trying to abolish our Second Amendment and ObamaGate, the regime is attempting to get all these illegal aliens American citizenship.

    More votes for Liberals!

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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    "Can be..."
    February 2, 2013 10:56 am
    HOPE & CHANGE!!!!!!! ALLEUIAH!!!! Yes. It can. But you and your socialists in Congress are in the way.
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  • CH wrote...
    "Can be..." HOPE & CHANGE!!!!!!! ALLEUIAH!!!! Yes.
    February 2, 2013 4:48 pm
    Jobs report pushes Dow above 14,000. The blue-chip index hits its highest level since October 2007. The S&P 500 also reaches a 5-year high. Employers add 157,000 jobs in January; November and December gains were better than thought.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    More propaganda from Comrade Owebama.
    February 4, 2013 4:23 pm
    It's not working, Barry. The 2nd will live on despite your treasonous intentions.
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    seems to me like FUNDING may be an issue
    February 6, 2013 5:23 am
    since the Obama administration has failed to comply with the law on a budget proposal over the last 4 years....no consequences when the lord and savior brakes the law.....soon he will have to pay the consequences for runaway spending and out of control debt he has burdened AMERICA with. Inteptocracy at it's finest.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Strategy?
    February 6, 2013 8:05 am
    How can we fool Americans today!
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