I suppose, inevitably, he would be required to get specific, but
this
is not smart politics:
President-elect Obama raised the jobs forecast for his stimulus
plan from 3 million to as many as 4 million on Saturday, upping
the ante of his economic blueprint for the second time in three
weeks.
The president-elect also rebutted conservative claims that his
plans would create new bureaucracies, saying 90 percent of the
new jobs would be in the private sector, up from the "more than
80 percent" he claimed last weekend.
Revising expectations upward, at a time when every
indicator points downward? Those numbers will come back
to haunt him because, of course, it won't
work.
Also notice that the Politico reporters use the word
"rebutted," as if Obama had disproven the claims of his
critics merely by gainsaying them. The honeymoon
continues . . .