Nearly every measure President Barack Obama has put forth to aid the economy has been rejected by Republicans in the House and Senate. And still the president’s poll numbers are down through little fault of his own.

Many Republican governors across the nation sneered at the “failed stimulus plan” and yet got in line to claim those very funds that helped their states make it through a severe recession; they then boasted about securing those funds without giving any credit to the plan that provided those millions.

In addition, the 2010 elections gave Republicans the House and nearly the Senate, effectively bringing the country to its knees not once but twice so far — and they are planning to dismantle the president’s new jobs bill at the expense of the American people. The “Teapublicans” are determined to make Obama a one-term president, rejecting every plan he proposes regardless of its merits.

Nearly 20 years of Republican policies have virtually destroyed the middle class and created immeasurable wealth to the top 2 percent, and yet they insist on keeping tax loopholes and subsidies flowing to major corporations while maintaining that Americans who live below the poverty level should be forced to pay their share. If this isn’t hypocrisy, what is?