[Califelephant]

Some think this is Durbin’s attempt to inoculate Obama — from now through the election — by blaming any and all growth and productivity woes on spending cuts demanded by the Tea Party.

[MNJohnnie]

Vain effort. Rightly or wrongly the President always owns the economy. 2012 will be a referendum on the 0 Democrats handling of the economy. No amount of spinning, whining or demagoguery can change it. It merely makes the Dems look like weak whinny children when they try to blame everyone esle for what they did.This tactics worked in 2008 because they could pretend to be the outsiders running against DC. in 2012 they are DC in most voters minds