Obama says U.S. has been 'lazy' about attracting business

By Peter Nicholas
November 12, 2011

Reporting from Honolulu— Does President Obama believe the country he leads has the right stuff?

Every now and then Obama lets slip that he doesn't believe his countrymen are all that tough.

Back in September he told a TV station that the U.S. had “gotten a little soft’’ when it came to competing in international markets.

On Saturday, speaking at a business forum on the sidelines of an economic summit in Honolulu, he said the U.S. had been “lazy’’ when it came to enticing businesses to invest in America. the rest