Click here for linkOn Thursday, President Obama, after some hassling with the GOP leadership, is to speak to a joint session of Congress. He will also lecture and attack lawmakers. Expect a campaign speech cloaked as a jobs plan. The President is expected to deploy a central element of his reelection strategy: blaming Congress for his failings. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney previewed the strategy last week when he complained that the American people are “sick and tired” of congressional partisanship. It could work. RealClearPolitics has Congress pegged at an abysmal 12.3% approval rating.
Ultimately, of course, the only job the President will try to save with this speech is his own.