I tend to agree with Arraya; on the national scale I don’t see much in the way of sources of new jobs coming down the pike.
That said, I just saw graphs yesterday on Calculated Risk or Mish (I don’t recall which) that showed the lower-educated people are the ones who are really getting it in the unemployment shorts. Those with bachelors’ degrees or higher (i.e. most likely to buy vs rent, especially around here) are only around 6% unemployment nationally. (but rising slightly, according to that graph.)
Not sure how this plays in the local San Diego area; our mileage may differ. Depends on how DOD/medical/bioresearch pan out, I guess.
Politically I am arch-conservative on crime and guns, pretty conservative on fiscal stuff, and pretty liberal on social stuff.