[quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Pri: I certainly do not hold the GOP harmless, but you cannot ascribe ALL of Obama’s woes to a recalcitrant Republican Party, especially on issues like healthcare reform. In truth, Obama held ALL the cards, as well as significant political capital, and badly bungled it. Also in truth, he should have focused on jobs first, with healthcare to follow, instead of the contrary.[/quote]

To focus of Job’s you need to focus on the economy , and to focus on the economy you have to focus on the home owner Debt, And trust me
“NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT”
But you are right, the biggest mistake Obama made was to focus on health care, but again go back to the sentence above.[/quote]

Nor-LA: You make a good point and one that is often overlooked: There ARE jobs available, but many are constrained from taking them, because they’re financially tied to an underwater home loan and thus cannot afford to move. This reverse mobility exerts an undertow that many don’t see, because so much of the focus has been on the unemployment numbers, not the jobs that go begging for this reason.

Another major factor in the jobs go begging category is that we’ve done a shit poor job of preparing our workforce for the challenges of the modern workplace.