I can only marvel at the cynicism of Speaker Boehner’s argument about ‘short-term gimmicks’ on the jobs front. Let’s assume for the sake of conversation that we buy that there’s an essential disagreement about macroeconomic policy and its role in spurring job growth in the near term. Let’s also set aside the extremely strong arguments that contractionary policies will almost certainly make the jobs situation worse. Even if you set those arguments aside, the Speaker is basically saying he’s not interested in doing anything to actually create jobs now or over the course of the next year. Read More

Obama to plant his construction jobs flag on the Boehner/McConnell bridge.