Hopefully I’m not the only one that’s noticed that the tone regarding the economy coming out of Washington has changed markedly in the last week.  And it should come as no surprise.

The Obama administration desperately needed to convey how bad things were to garner support for the $700+ billion “stimulus” bill, as well as the $400+ billion budget.  There would be no way he’d have the votes if people thought that kind of money weren’t needed.

Now that those two bills have passed, Obama has become the nation’s loudest cheerleader.  And for good reason.  His entire political capital rests in the success of those two packages to somehow speed economic recovery.

It also doesn’t help that the Chinese are questioning their investment in U.S. debt, to which Obama responded with such arrogance as to question why they would even be worried.  In fact, he’s trying to sell the Chinese even more debt; an effort akin to selling bullshit to a cattle rancher.

In effect, there’s really no reason for Obama to maintain any further pessimism, as doing so no longer helps his cause.

I hope the American public is tuning into the political game that Obama has forced us all to join.   After all, now that he owns Boardwalk and Park Place, he can’t help but encourage you to make a run at GO!  And if you land yourself in jail, not to worry, he’s got incentive to bail you out.

I can hear the construction commencing on those four hotels on the most expensive property on Monopoly.

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