We need a Republican president — not to fix the economy, but to get the credit.

Obama's supporters might suggest that the jobs picture would have been far worse without the president's big-government, high-regulation policies. But past presidents were far less ambitious in hard times, and saw far better results.

If voters judge President Obama by job creation, as Democrats said George W. Bush should be judged in 2004, he will be revealed to be among the worst presidents in history.

Has one of our two major parties ever had a weaker field of presidential candidates in a year when its prospects for victory seemed so great? My answer, after hemming and hawing a bit, was yes: the Democratic party in 1932. 

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After inheriting a bad recession and making it worse, every day looking more like a modern-day Hoover, whining about his problems, Obama is discrediting the statism he was elected to restore.

No president since Woodrow Wilson or Franklin Roosevelt has been more enamored with the cult of expertise than Obama. That none of his economic predictions have panned out is not surprising. What is surprising is that so many people are surprised.

The economic policies of the Obama administration have not helped the economy rebound. His policies have instead hurt job creation and has led to a hiring freeze.