Scanner Optics
by digby
With Mitt Romney out there criticizing the administration for calling the jobless numbers a bump in the road, proclaiming, "No, Mr. President, that's not a bump,that's Americans," this strikes me as a technocratic version of Daddy Bush and the supermarket scanner:
The Obama administration on Tuesday night might have thrown a wrench into Senate Democratic plans to pass what they see as a jobs bill — by implying the bill spends too much money.
In a Statement of Administration Policy, the White House said it supports the broad goals of the bill.
"However, the bill would authorize spending levels higher than those requested by the president’s Budget, and the administration believes that the need for smart investments that help America win the future must be balanced with the need to control spending and reduce the deficit," the administration said.