Interview with Sen. Jeff Sessions: Obama has failed to lead

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was on the road Thursday, traveling the ?beautiful state of Alabama,? he told me in a phone interview. Although the scenery there was pretty, the country?s economic outlook is bleak . Sessions is blistering in his criticism of the Obama administration.

I asked him about the Moody?s announcement and whether a downgrade in the U.S., bond rating was a concern. He replied, ? It has been obvious to all of us ? to all objective observers ? that we need to take strong steps now for the sake of our country and to get off the unsustainable path we are on.? He cautions that the debt crisis, if not addressed now, would be the ?most predictable financial crisis in history.? He cites warnings by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that show that these officials understand the debt is unsustainable.

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