Candor is not something for which politicians — especially politicians who are seeking re-election — are often known.
So it was stunning when President Barack Obama made two candid admissions during a recent interview with ABC News.
The reporter said: “There are so many people who simply don’t think they’re better off than they were four years ago. How do you convince them that they are?”
The president replied, “Well, I don’t think they’re better off than they were four years ago.”
Of course, since he has been in office for most of that time period, it should be apparent that he and his policies bear at least part of the responsibility for the fact that the American people are not “better off than they were four years ago.”