Top of the Ticket  Political commentary from Andrew Malcolm
Barack Obama on the economy: No silver bullet but vacationing
(Democratic) Congress sure isn't helping  Vacationing Democrat
president Barack Obama riding a bike For at least the second
time this month, a defensive Democratic President Obama has
pointed the finger of blame for the stubbornly stalled economy
at a slow-moving or possibly even-stalled Congress, which is
still on vacation, if you can believe such a thing with all
these troubles going on.  Thanks for the midterm campaign help,
Mr. President.  The president, who just returned from his latest
vacation himself, didn't have time today to mention that
Congress has been run by his own Democratic party since the 2006
elections with even larger majorities after 2008. (Full text
below, as usual.)  But the problem he sees is that pesky
Republican minority that disagrees with his plans and, as one
result, is doing so well in polls of the American public these
days. (see video below.)  Clearly, the