No way. B.O. is economically illiterate. I doubt he took a single econ course.
We don’t know of ANY course he took.
Here’s the deal...there are five to eight states where such news would make a difference and the Republican chances of taking house and senate seats would be less. So if you wanted to maintain a one-seat margin in the house (if you were that desperate) and a seat or two extra in the senate (say 51 or 52 Democratic senate seats)...then this makes perfect sense.
It doesn’t help to form up your agenda for 2011...because the margins are way too close. But it’s better than nothing to step forward toward the 2012 election.