Obama Keeps Repeating Himself

Apparently he's frustrated by foot-dragging Democrats who refuse to even have a vote on his so-called jobs bill.

President Obama used his weekly radio address to urge Congress “to get its act together” and pass his jobs bill.

"It’s been almost three weeks since I sent the American Jobs Act to Congress – three weeks since I sent them a bill that would put people back to work and put money in people’s pockets," Obama said. "And now I want it back. It is time for Congress to get its act together and pass this jobs bill so I can sign it into law."

Obama’s nearly $450 billion jobs bill – known as the American Jobs Act – would raise taxes on the wealthy, invest in infrastructure, extend the employee payroll-tax cut and fund unemployment insurance benefits, among other things.

The legislation faces opposition from Republicans and some Democrats in Congress. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that Democrats don’t currently have the votes to pass the bill, although Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, the top Democrat in charge of messaging, said it was too "premature" right now to say whether there were enough votes.

So when this bill never passes he'll be out campaigning against Durbin and Schumer. Actually, nobody wants anything to do with it, except for some mythical people Obama has conjured up.

"Everywhere I go, they tell me they want action on jobs. Every day, I get letters from Americans who expect Washington to do something about the problems we face."

The only places he goes these days are fundraisers.