Obama's Motives

President Obama is undertaking a week-long media and campaigning blitz to convince voters that the government needs to pass an economic stimulus package.

Why?

The bill is already wildly unpopular, based on some reports. But, there is plenty of support in the House and Senate to pass the bill today. So, what do citizens need to do? Why do they need to support it?

Obama is not out campaigning to make the country a better place. He is out campaigning (already) for his own public opinion numbers, and for those of the new and improved Democratic super majority in Congress.

I guess he learned a lesson from President Bush, was too rarely took his case to the American people and suffered poor job approval ratings. Obama is trying to avoid the same fate.

But it is pretty amazing that Obama is already in this position after just two weeks on the job. It's because Democrats, as usual, have overreached - they went for the whole shebang in their first economic bill with a Democrat president. They offered up new spending in every Democrat-approved area, while keeping the tax cutting and actual economic stimulus to a minimum.

So, Obama is out on the trail doing damage control. The man who was supposed to bring a new era to Washington, who supposedly had such a strong mandate based on the elections (remember his comment to Congressional Republicans - "I won"), is already struggling to maintain popular support. Obama has basically begun the 2010 mid-term election campaign.

He spent practically all his time in the Senate running for President. Less than a month into his Presidency, he is already campaigning again. What is he going to do when there is nothing left to campaign for?