In his latest New York Times piece on President Obama's unpopularity, Matt Bai continues to ignore the fact that there is an economy, and it isn't very good:

In proposing an economic package this week that includes spending $50 billion on roads, rail lines and other projects, President Obama opened the fall election season by doing what he has done from the first days of his administration: arguing that, in effect, stimulating the economy today and reordering it for decades to come are basically the same thing.