Drudge has the following short item up (without a link obviously): NYT Sunday – “Obama can not assure economy will grow again by end of year; Urges Americans not to ‘stuff money in mattresses’…”

It always amuses me that the same outlets that complained about Drudge’s influence for years now sneakely leak information to Matt every time they’ve got a big article coming up. In other words, Drudge isn’t so evil that they don’t want to profit from him. That’s fine, of course, but the hypocrisy is stunning.

If the report is accurate, if Obama will indeed tell the nation that the crisis will continue for some time to come, I think it’s fair to predict that his and the Democrats’ poll numbers will fall in the coming weeks and months. This also happened here in the Netherlands when the government pushed through expensive bills which did little to nothing to end the crisis.

Experts believe Obama’s plan won’t merely ‘not work,’ they’ll prolong and deepen the recession. If critics succeed in informing the American people about this, Republicans will have a great shot at making a major comeback in 2010.