Pat Dollard

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The Hill:

The nation’s sluggish economy and dismal employment picture are unlikely to improve until President Obama shifts course from his policies that are “stifling” to both, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday.

President Obama has done everything he knows how to do to beat himself. The reason people have little confidence in President Obama’s policies: they’re just not working. Everything is worse. Two million people unemployed after he took office. Gas prices are a hundred percent higher, home values are down, debt’s up by 35 percent. There seems to be no relief on the horizon.

During an interview on CNN, Graham was highly critical of the president’s handling of the bleak economic situation, and said the 2012 race for the White House is the Republicans’ to lose.

Obama’s health care, job-creation and tax policies “will stifle job growth until they change,” Graham said, adding the president’s policy approach in each area has created too much uncertainty for businesses and individuals.

“What I hear at home … is you can’t borrow money,” Graham said, blaming, in large part, companies being unsure about future health care costs under the Obama-pushed reform law.