"The Private Sector Is Doing Fine". How These Six Words Started a Riot.

As Economic Concerns Mount, President Obama Says, ‘The Private Sector Is Doing Fine’
http://swampland.time.com/2012/06/08/as-economic-concern-mounts-president-obama-says-the-private-sector-is-doing-fine/

In the article posted above, it's a Friday morning in Washington D.C.; the President has been busy trying to improve the lives of American workers and prevent the European Union's economy from collapsing. He enters the briefing room, a place that isn't unfamiliar to him, and begins to inform his audience of his plans and the tasks that he's currently trying to complete. Somewhere in the middle of this briefing, someone asks President Obama about the current state of the nation's economy and he responded, and somewhere in his response were the words "the private sector is doing fine". Six words. These six words have fueled several arguments and other backlash towards the President. This article is worth reading because it illustrates how a simple statement from the President is being used against him in campaigns for rival Mitt Romney. Something interesting about this article is the way Obama's statement is related to statements made in 2008 by him and his opponent John McCain regarding the economy. This article is relevant to me because there are less than six months until Election Day 2012 and every statement made by the candidates has the potential to change a voters mind. Even though I won't be of legal voting age, I have several friends that will be able to vote. I chose to blog about this article to highlight how cutthroat politics can be. A simple six word statement caused Republicans to produce responses to show the public that he is wrong and have the potential to change a person's mind.