[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Brian: Absolutely. I’d like to see plans from both parties. You’ll recall that we have yet to see anything remotely approaching a plan (or a budget, for that matter) from the Dems.

Completely absent from this conversation is Obama’s ACTUAL record, as well as the fact that he has been promising that JOBS are a priority since nearly the beginning of his Presidency. I don’t know how many times we’ve “pivoted” to jobs, but its been more than a few. One of the major selling points of the stimulus package was jobs creation (remember the whole getting unemployment below 8% promise?).

JOBS will be the key determinant of the 2012 election and because of that, yeah, it really doesn’t matter whom the GOP nominates. This election is Obama’s to lose and regardless of the Dem’s continued insistence on the good job he’s doing, there is a huge groundswell tacking in the opposite direction. Pay particular attention to the usual stalwarts on the liberal side of the print media and what they’ve been saying about Obama. This isn’t Fox News and the WSJ, this is the NYT and the WashPost, including Maureen Dowd, and Dana Milbank and even Krugman.

This president is in trouble and no amount of hyperbolic ventilating changes that fact.[/quote]
Totally agree Allan. Although the Obama’s budget didn’t really go anywhere (he did provide a budget that congress shot down), it doesn’t really matter. It’s all about JOBS. If unemployment stay at 9.1%, it would be a hard fight for Obama but if it goes up by the time we hit election, I don’t think it matters who Republican nominate. If JOBS take a nose dive again, it would probably the final nail in the coffin.