Dems want to change the subject fast, and polls show the need to talk more about jobs. Party officials say jobs will be their key message in August, followed by Hill action after Labor Day. Many Democrats fear the budget fights of this year have distracted from the issue that will be central to voters in the fall of 2012 - and officials want to get Paul Krugman off their backs.I don't think it's going to work that way. The conservatives aren't going to line up to support some new wasteful jobs program that's just going to pump money into unions and other Obama supporters as the 2012 campaign gets underway. They know that money will come back in the form of anti-Republican campaign donations.
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A Senate Democratic official tells Playbook: "There is nothing stimulative or jobs-based in this final deal that got struck. That's unfortunate, but it also gives us an opening in September that we can say, 'We've met you halfway and passed a huge, historic debt-reduction measure. Now it's time to do something for jobs.
Now is the time for conservatives to push for tax cuts for businesses to stimulate hiring. It'll drive the Dems nuts and remind the voters the GOP is serious about doing things that work, as opposed to throwing money down a rathole in the form of useless jobs programs.
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The latest food stamp tally increased from 44.6 million people in April to 45.7 million people in May. If it were a soup line, it would grow by 25 people every minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The July unemployment numbers should be released Friday morning.
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