Dawg Pound
Obama threw a bone to the friendly crowd at the Milwaukee Laborfest on Monday. He yelped that his critics talk about him like a dog. Is he the Big Dog or Big Labor’s lap dog? Speaking of man’s best friend, Tony Blair, in his new book, says Bush has more integrity than nearly every other leader he has met.
The Big Dawg visits Cleveland today. Should be a howl.
Not All Gloom and Doom
Illegal immigration has dropped 67% over the past 10 years . Meanwhile, unemployment notched up to a rate of 9.6% for August. In an unrelated move, chief economic adviser, Christina Romer, gave her farewell address at the National Press Club. According to Dana Milbank, she explained that economists don’t know why the economy stinks.
Welcome to the Recovery
Kind of a dippy cartoon but Obama’s Recovery Summer slogan might be right up there with President Ford’s WIN buttons, and about as effective. While Biden was on the Recovery Victory Tour, Geithner was touting the economy in the NY Times.
