According to Gallup, President Barack Obama's weekly job approval rating has dropped to a record low of just 43%. That's down one point from his previous record low set last week. The same survey also found 50% of Americans disapprove of Mr. Obama's job performance - another new record for his presidency. (source)

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Speaking yesterday to the graduating class of Michigan's Kalamazoo Central High School, President Barack Obama advised the students to "Take responsibility not just for your successes, but for your failures as well." Yes, the man who has made a career out of blaming others for his failures and his incompetence is telling America's youth to do as he says, not as he has done virtually every day of his presidency.

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The recent Washington Post headline says it all "Poll shows growing disappointment, polarization over Obama's performance". Exactly one year after he took office, the majority of the American people say President Obama is not delivering on his major campaign promises and over a third say he is falling short of their expectations. (source) This is not a sign of a fickle electorate. This is what happens when millions of people are conned by someone who has no idea how to do the job he has sworn to do.

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If the Secretary of State gives a major foreign policy speech and no media outlets broadcast it, did she make a sound? Hillary Clinton gave a long-scheduled speech yesterday focusing on Iran and North Korea but the live coverage at that moment went to President Obama who was making an unscheduled speech on health care reform. Given Mr. Obama's many foreign trips during his young presidency and his appointment of special envoys for most of the major hotspots around the world, one has to wonder if Secretary Clinton is truly the nation's top diplomat and if she has any real power at all.

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"No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves."

"No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top."

Anti-Obama rhetoric by the Republican leadership? Small business owners venting their frustration over Obama administration policies? Tea party protest attendees speaking to gatherings of frustrated Americans? No. These are quotes from President Barack Obama's speech today to the Ghanaian Parliament. (source)

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