In a sign of the times, US President Barack Obama faced tough questions last week from a TV comedy show host Jon Stewart, who asked why he ran his presidential campaign with audacity, but was timid about reforming healthcare in office.
It’s a mantra that was applied more broadly to the run-up to the mid-term elections this week, when politicians used the administration’s $814-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) economic stimulus as a lightning rod, with some singling out spending on science.
Under the obfuscation of finger pointing, vitriol, and a record-breaking $2-billion-plus in campaign spending, however, successes of the stimulus remained largely unspoken. White House senior adviser David Axelrod admitted the administration did not do enough to explain the Democrats’ accomplishments to the public over the past two years.
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