Then he gave GM and a cashbonus to the UAW ~ again, not much of a message to yout' who are not union members, nor even eligible to be in a union (most of them have closed entry to unemployed people).
The Republican response has been much more positive. Every candidate has said something about it, and Newt has a solid plan ~ Mitt less so.
Right now the battle is for Republican votes ~ not Democrat votes.
By Mid-summer Republicans will all be campaigning with a unified JOBS script.
None of the people I am speaking of need jobs. My brother and his circle of friends did things right, and they are well to do as a result, they are in the 1%.
What they are looking for is someone they are comfortable voting for, and as much as I HATE to say this, that person right now is Mitt Romney. However, it doesn’t look like Romney is going to get the nomination at this time, so if it’s Rick, he is going to have to do something to calm their concerns about how he comes across on social issues.
I’m not sure how that is done, but I know he isn’t doing it now.
I am still holding out hope that Newt pulls this out somehow, because to me he comes across as the most well reasoned person able to best communicate conservative principles at this time, but for whatever reason, he is struggling.