Doing the right thing?

In a recent article in the Houston Chronicle, written by an unknown author, the argument being made is that Obama’s approval rating is taking a beating because he is doing the right thing and the Republican party has been saying no to everything he has tried to do. In a recent Gallup poll, only 44% of the American public approve of our president’s performance. Republicans oppose this new $34 million dollar unemployment benefits extension because they say that we cannot afford it, but President Obama came back saying that Republicans policies turned, "a record surplus into a massive deficit, including a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans," and that Republicans have "finally decided to make their stand on the backs of the unemployed."

As far as the approval ratings go, I think in this article runs very thin on logic. He or she hasn’t given any evidence to show why Obama’s approval rating is going down, all he or she says is that the Republicans are opposing him at every turn, but this doesn’t tell us why his approval rating is going down. What’s the connection to the Republicans saying no and his approval ratings going down? Logic would say that his approval ratings should be going up, but there no logic given as to why they are going down… just conclusions are drawn.

This unknown author tells us to give President Obama a break and cut him some slack because he is doing this for the good of America, not for the approval ratings. Personally, I think that the reason the Republicans are constantly saying no is because they are trying to save the future of this country from a mountain of debt.