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US needs its president working double time in this difficult time. Many beleive that it is make or break it time for US. Here are some things Obama should be doing according to David Gergen. Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/11/gergen.market.leadership/index.html

• Stop campaigning for 90 days to concentrate full energies on the economy.
  Stop campaigning for 90 days to concentrate full energies on the economy. Cancel the bus tour, the fundraisers, etc., (yes, keep your family vacation -- everyone in the Obama household deserves it), and first and foremost, reclaim the label that FDR had in the Depression: "Dr. Fix It."...
• Work on bipartisan deal on creating Jobs
  Summon Republican and Democratic congressional leaders back from vacations and hash out a deal on jobs. Obama has priorities (payroll tax extension, unemployment insurance, trade, infrastructure, etc.), but so do Republicans (regulatory relief, especially for small business; repatriation of corporate profits; trade; increased energy production, etc.)...
• Fill in the position of chairmanship of the Council of Economic Advisers with someone who knows what they are doing
  Appoint a heavyweight such as Laura Tyson to fill the vacancy in the chairmanship of the Council of Economic Advisers. (She held the job in the Clinton administration.) It is stunning that no one has yet been named to succeed Austan Goolsbee, who announced his departure months ago.
• Talk to the economic movers of the Industry. Someone has a solution.
  Surround yourself with the most authoritative economic players in the country and consult with them regularly -- from former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker to former Treasury secretaries (Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, James Baker, George Shultz, Henry Paulson), Warren Buffett, ..
• Look around the white house to see what people are saying.
  Pay attention to the tone inside the White House. Reports filter out that many on staff -- not everyone -- are angry and feeling victimized, blaming Republicans, Standard & Poor's and the media for current troubles. ...

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