Obama: Any candidate promising fast recovery from recession "is just looking for your vote"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama says recession recovery to take few years



President Barack Obama and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, take part in a roundtable discussion with small business owners at Grand Central Bakery in Seattle, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By BEN FELLER
updated 2 hours 5 minutes ago

SEATTLE — A campaigning President Barack Obama said Tuesday it will take a few years to dig the nation out of the recession, warning impatient voters that any candidate promising faster results "is just looking for your vote."

The president's economic outlook, coming in the heat of a divisive midterm campaign stretch, reflected his tricky political reality. He must try to persuade people soured by the sagging economy that they should re-elect Democratic leaders now, but he also is laboring to get voters to measure his efforts with a long view, as he looks ahead to his own re-election campaign in 2012.

Darting into Seattle to stir up enthusiasm and cash for Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, Obama spoke as a president whose agenda is on the line. He has pushed through all his big legislative items with virtually no Republican backing.

"Make sure you send her back to Washington," Obama said of Murray to a friendly ballroom crowd of 1,400 people. The event and a separate fundraiser for Murray were expected to raise $1.3 million for her and other Washington Democrats.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38733973/ns/business-small_business/

[leftstreet]

1. People should listen to him. He's an expert in this area n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Yeah, remember that FDR guy? What a liar!

He said he'd put people back to work, promised an even break for working Americans.

Can you believe Americans fell for that bullshit back in 1932? Stupid bastards.

But as soon as FDR actually got in office, he showed them!

[Skittles]

3. Any candidate promising "is just looking for your vote"

now we're talking

[dkf]

4. Hmm. No Bill Gross's $60 billion stimulus package from mass refinancing of mortgages then?

And at no cost to the Government too considering we are guaranteeing them anyway.

www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67G51120100817