NYT Editorial: The House Republicans are never going to give Mr. Obama anything

[kpete]

EDITORIAL
The Jobs Crisis
Published: September 3, 2011

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In his speech on Thursday, Mr. Obama does not need to alert Americans to the dire situation; they have been telling pollsters for months that job creation — not budget cuts — should be policy makers’ top priority. This is his chance to present a plan big enough to ramp up job growth in the near term, while initiating long-term fixes to improve the economy and sustain employment.

He should not calibrate his policies to fit what he hopes will be acceptable to his Republican opponents. The House Republicans are never going to give Mr. Obama anything, and they are ideologically opposed to the government’s acting on the scale that is needed.

The American people will understand if Mr. Obama makes his case clearly and powerfully. The Republicans will refuse to, and the president should speak candidly about their disregard for workers. (Last week, the Republicans showed their disregard for the presidency by fighting over the timing of the address.)

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Mr. Obama should explain that the efforts will be paid for, over time, by tax increases and spending cuts that will begin as the economy recovers. For now, they will require more borrowing, which is prudent, given the need and today’s low interest rates.

Republicans will insist that the nation cannot afford to do the things necessary to create jobs. We can’t afford not to. Mr. Obama must be clear about that on Thursday.

the rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/sunday/the-jobs-crisis.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

[MannyGoldstein]

1. "Make no mistake: I think if I just give them one more thing, ...

then the Republicans finally realize I'm a partner they can trust. Just one more thing, I'm pretty sure."

[ChandlerJr]

2. Mister Obama?

n/t

[CakeGrrl]

5. Presidents are sometimes referred to that way after acknowledging them as POTUS.

[struggle4progress]

23. NYT style manual: first reference President Lastname, later references Mr Lastname

[bluestateguy]

11. It's a New York Times thing

Very prissy paper.

[TwilightGardener]

3. The pressure is building. I hope he knows that there are big expectations of him

on that night. I know he's not stupid, but you never know what his staff is telling him.

[mazzarro]

10. Why will he believe anyone else other than himself and his staff

of corporatist DLCers/New Democrats/Third Way adherents?

Hey the rethugs are only just one more concession away from becoming more amenable to Obama and his policies anyway :sarcasm:

Well, progressives have been screaming for Obama to jettison this stupid belief in bipartisanship about rethugs and were called all sorts of names for not falling in line.

[enough]

4. This presupposes that he wants something different from what they want. (nt)

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I hope Obama reads the NYT.

[tblue]

7. I know that and you know that. But does Obama know that....yet?

Does he really not understand that or are we being played?

[BeyondGeography]

8. Barack's trying to figure out how he can say all of that without calling out the Republicans

:crazy:

[FrenchieCat]

9. Corrections NYT: They are never going to give the American people anything.....

just take things away!

This ain't about Mr. Obama....doh!

[Fumesucker]

17. That's not entirely true, the Republicans gave us two lovely wars..

And president Obama tried hard to match their largesse by giving us a couple of more.

[glinda]

12. It is obvious that they won't. Question is why does he continue.

[XemaSab]

13. The New York Times is still hoping for that pony

n/t

[FrenchieCat]

14. Like when they got their war on?

Aren't they precious?

[MannyGoldstein]

15. They fired the editor-in-chief and reporter responsible for that

They hold people accountable. That's a good thing.

[FrenchieCat]

16. Oh.....well then,

Guess they've got it going on, now! :patriot:

[MannyGoldstein]

18. And they apologized. And they broke the warentless wiretapping story

after Bush personally threatened them at the White House.

[Angry Dragon]

19. then they are nothing more than terrorists

it is that simple

if they put their ideology above the people then they are breaking their oath of office

[Monk06]

20. Barak Obama is the leader of the NEW Rupublican Party, minus the teabagger/no nothing nativist wing.

Who establishment Republicans wish would go away.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Paper of record...I am impressed.

[tblue37]

22. They might call him "President Obama" occasionally. It wouldn't

kill them!