The attempt by North Carolina
National Journal, by James Oliphant,
January 15, 2014
President Obama heads for North Carolina on Wednesday, a
state whose Republican governor seems to have swiped the president's feel-good
message on the economy out from under him before he's even been able—or
willing—to use it.
With Obama set to offer another sober dose of reality in a
speech about how the recovery has fallen short, Gov. Pat McCrory has been
declaring a "great Carolina
comeback" due—naturally—to GOP policies, not anything out of the White
House.
And yet, there's still no sign from the administration that
the president is prepared to strike a sunnier tone on the economy. Aides say
that instead, the president, in advance of his State of the Union address, will
continue to hammer away on job creation, investment, and education initiatives
to show that he's working to improve conditions for the middle class and other
struggling sectors nationwide.
If that means Obama is curbing economic enthusiasm, so be it
because the White House just does not believe it has a full story—complete with
a happy ending—to tell yet.
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