The US President is trying to keep the nation focused on a still-troubled economy as he pushes an ambitious plan to revamp healthcare, energy, education and financial regulation. With signs that the worst of the recession may have passed, US President Obama is trying to keep the nation focused on a still-troubled economy and regain momentum in Congress for his plan to revamp healthcare, energy, education and financial regulation — thorny issues that have long defied solution.”By no means are we out of the woods just yet,” Obama said in what amounted to an economic State of the Union address last Tuesday. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression grew out of “a perfect storm of irresponsibility and poor decision-making,” he said, and “we cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand.” Already facing push-back in Congress on his overall economic strategy, Obama was effectively laying down a marker: He will fight for his ambitious agenda and argue that his opponents are putting long-term recovery at risk.
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