President Obama traveled to Michigan yesterday to talk up the potential that clean energy has to create jobs, then moved on to two fundraising events with some major campaign contributors. Despite the message of hope, and the money that is rolling in to get him re-elected in 2012, Obama has a very tough road ahead. The president hasn’t left Washington, DC for the past month as debt negotiations have been ongoing, but even now that he’s making a very small trip he’s undoubtedly going to catch flak for campaigning when the country is in such a state of chaos.
It may be a legitimate point, as critics can rightfully argue that Obama should spend every waking hour of his life working on some plan to help pull the U.S. economy out of the toilet, as well as a way to stanch the bleeding that has been caused by runaway government spending – much of it on his own watch. Nonetheless, politicians are always campaigning for their next election, and the president is no exception. Still, Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is making sure that people know what’s going on, saying, "Everything that this president does is either a fundraising or a political move in order to advance his march to a second term."
That ignores the fact that Obama cancelled 10 fundraisers last month so he could stay in Washington to work on the debt deal, so it’s clear that Obama is not the only one engaging in a bit of politicking. Now that Obama is back on track with fundraising, one of his stops will be in Manhattan where two $35,800-per-ticket events – that’s the maximum allowable contribution for a single contributor – will help to add some funds to his war chest.
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