Newsweek cover: "Hit the road, Barack - Why we need a new President"

So the piece highlighted on the cover is written by former McCain advisor Niall Ferguson but still:

In his inaugural address, Obama promised “not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.” He promised to “build the roads and bridges, the electric grids, and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.” He promised to “restore science to its rightful place and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.” And he promised to “transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.” Unfortunately the president’s scorecard on every single one of those bold pledges is pitiful.

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In his fiscal year 2010 budget—the first he presented—the president envisaged growth of 3.2 percent in 2010, 4.0 percent in 2011, 4.6 percent in 2012. The actual numbers were 2.4 percent in 2010 and 1.8 percent in 2011; few forecasters now expect it to be much above 2.3 percent this year.

Unemployment was supposed to be 6 percent by now. It has averaged 8.2 percent this year so far. Meanwhile real median annual household income has dropped more than 5 percent since June 2009. Nearly 110 million individuals received a welfare benefit in 2011, mostly Medicaid or food stamps.

Welcome to Obama’s America...

There's tons more and all of it most damning for the White House.

Yet that a news magazine known to be a mouthpiece for the Obama administration is putting a story like this on its cover is something quite hopeful for the country.

Carry on.

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"Hit The road Barack" featuring Mike Huckabee (bass) Rep Tim Scott (vocal) rock musician Chris Holly (vocals) (video) http://youtu.be/OrR6tvo8b7w