Obama: Judge Me On The Jobs I Create

Much of the focus of the just completed Obama press conference is going to center on his answer to the obligatory Rod Blagojevich question -- the president-elect repeated that his staff had no inappropriate contacts with the embattled governor and that they would be releasing their internal findings on the matter next week.
But tucked in the proceedings was some serious discussion on energy and economic matters. Obama declined to speculate when he thought the struggling economy would turn around, saying, simply: "I don't have a crystal ball." But he did offer something in the way of a measure for performance judgment.
"The yardstick should be," he said, "am I creating these jobs and are we strengthening the economy."
Of specific note, the president-elect repeated something that his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, said on Sunday: that the economic stimulus that will leave his desk early upon taking office will focus largely on "shovel-ready projects," as in, programs that are ready to create jobs immediately. Moreover, it appears Obama will use state governments as a conduit for the cash:
"Governors and mayors are pleading to fund [these programs]," he said. "And the minute we can get those investments to the state level, jobs are going to be created."

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