Economy taking a backseat to Obama’s agenda

Clarence Lanzrath, Las Vegas

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 | 2:01 a.m.

Barack Obama, since Day One as our president, has been misled by his advisers, which has resulted in his putting the issues of the day in the wrong order of priority.

It appears he has in error put the cart before the horse. The cart is the costly radical agenda now being foisted on the American people and the horse is the economic engine that keeps our nation’s prosperity humming.

It would have made more sense for Obama to reverse his actions. After all, without a solid economy, which we currently do not have, all the socialistic policies being pushed — national health care, cap and trade, card check and others — cannot succeed without bankrupting our country.

Had Obama’s advisers been smart enough, he may have been able to outfox the American public by prioritizing the economy as America’s No. 1 issue of concern. If he had succeeded there, perhaps the public’s resistance to his agenda would have been lessened. Then again, maybe not.

Obama should remember that he has talked about change on numerous occasions. It is never too late, then, to make the right change unless his agenda is so fixed as to not let him do so.