Obama deficit News

Washington - While as a group, Congress remains unpopular, President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plunged to a minority of 45 percent who think he is doing a good job. A majority of 48 percent do not approve of the president’s performance.

Washington - Democrats and much of the mainstream media have dogged Republicans for their efforts to control Washington’s out-of-control deficit spending for years.

While mainstream media takes Republicans to task over the “fiscal cliff,” President Barack Obama is on holiday, including golfing with his long-time friend Bobby Titcomb, who was arrested last year on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.

Washington - President Obama has been in office nearly four years and the economy is worse than when he was elected. But Mr. Obama is yet to articulate how he would make things better for average Americans if they grant him a second term.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the White House reported Tuesday that the U.S. federal deficit will soar to nearly $1.6 trillion this year, "miring the nation in the deepest pool of red ink since the end of World War II."

In many pre-election Canadian polls, Canadians preferred Barack Obama to their own leaders. The Canadian's love affair continues, with Obama scoring far better than in U.S.

In the first 100 days of the Obama Administration, he and the Democrats have ran up a $1.7 trillion deficit, dwarfing the Bush deficit of 2008.