This is awkward, like truly first-date awkward, when your hands brush and the other one pulls away. President Barack Obama speaking at the Caterpillar plant in East Peoria, Illinois Thursday afternoon on his economc stimulus plan (see video below) still before Congress: "When they finally pass our plan, I believe it will be a major step forward on our path to economic recovery. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. "Yesterday, Jim, the head of Caterpillar, said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid...