Good morning.
The President is heading to Camp David for part of the Labor Day Weekend. Before he goes, he'll make some remarks on the August job numbers, which will be release around 8:30 a.m. Eastern. We'll post when the numbers are out. It probably won't be good news.
Next week, Obama will apparently announce some news strategies to improve the economy. The Washington Post has an article describing some possible ideas, which we'll talk about more later. But, there was a nugget in the article that caused me pain. See, Team Obama wants us to know that the President is engaged. As proof:
His advisers described his attentiveness - noting, for example, that he discussed the economy with New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) for 15 minutes before golfing - but got little traction.15 minutes before golfing on Martha's Vineyard. Wow. Um, whatever genius in the White House offered that example of the President's commitment should be fired. Seriously. If they're that out of touch, we've got bigger problems than even I imagined.
Earl is making its way north after lashing the coast of North Carolina with high winds and heavy seas. The storm is weakening as it heads north. DC is under Earl's cloud cover, but I don't see any signs of rain and it's not windy.
Who knows what news will drop on the Friday before a long holiday weekend...
