I agree. However, how does the President keep jobs from going offshor and overseas? How does the President control how companies run their manufacturing / business practices? Other than pushing for relief concerning over-regulation and making it tax-friendly to business, what can the President do to make businesses stay or to "increase jobs" as being government and not private sector?
I am no economist, so this is an area I really don't understand... I heard that Sony was doing great, but laying off thousands of workers because they have 'automated' them out of a job... what can be done about that by any President?
"he is going to the well too many times with this."
As for the spending, I agree. On one hand it's Congress that really are the out-of-control spenders and not holding the spending, but ont the other, it's the President that either signs or vetos spending beyond what he boldly stated he would hold at what? 4 percent or something?
You are right in more ways than one. Congress is filled with people not doing their jobs. They expect the president to carry all the weight and take all the heat, while okaying pork project after pork project.
It is time we held our (collective) majority republicans responsible for not keeping the crap off the President's desk. Save the heavy hitter for the big fights, but kill the junk before it gets to the President.