Upon his return from his Martha's Vineyard vacation, a trip cut short so he could be photographed pretending to exercise some hidden capability to temper Irene's fury, Obama announced he wanted to give a speech to a joint session of Congress upon its return to D.C., on a night and at time which not coincidentally was already scheduled to be the night of the first Republican candidates' debate. Obviously the white House brain trust figured they'd steal attention from the debate and look presidential because, in their sophomoric calculations, if the Republican Speaker of the House turned down this imperious demand, Obama could blame his opponents for the growing economic disaster. This stupid miscalculation was the Obama finale for August. September is bringing him fresh agita. Last month's jobs figures -- zero jobs created -- is further testament to the genius in chief and his posse. And while we wait for the speech laying out his latest jobs plan, the White House press office is making every effort to dampen expectations, as if that....
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