too many years and their philosophy is simple. we re better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. that was president obama delivering an address on the economy in kansas this week. the white house said it wasn t a campaign speech, but sounded like the blueprint for the 2012 reelection bid. wall street journal columnist kim strassel joins us with more. kim, is this the president s campaign strategy and what should we make about it? yeah, paul, the battle lines are drawn. here is the problem if you re president obama. you can t run on the economy because it s in the tank. you can t necessarily run on accomplishments, if anything they ve made things worse, you ride to the bad times and run a pure class warfare argument and tap into american resentment and bash on wealthy americans and organizations and the government the size that obama prefers can make sure everyone gets their quote, fair share.
too many years and their philosophy is simple. we re better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. that was president obama delivering an address on the economy in kansas this week. the white house said it wasn t a campaign speech, but sounded like the blueprint for the 2012 reelection bid. wall street journal columnist kim strassel joins us with more. kim, is this the president s campaign strategy and what should we make about it? yeah, paul, the battle lines are drawn. here is the problem if you re president obama. you can t run on the economy because it s in the tank. you can t necessarily run on accomplishments, if anything they ve made things worse, you ride to the bad times and run a pure class warfare argument and tap into american resentment and bash on wealthy americans and organizations and the government the size that obama prefers can make sure everyone gets their quote, fair share.