On the President's speech

After listening to the speech and shutting my ears to the pundits and thinking about it overnight as I went to sleep I realize that this is a worthy effort though not as big as it should be or in fact needs to be.  But at least it is something that might get through a recalcitrant congress (read Tea Baggers) and may be of help and may in fact prime the pump for the needed recovery.  The only troubling aspect of President Obama's solution is that he kept his powder dry for too long. And that thought made me think cynically that perhaps he waited to kick off his re-election campaign which puts this effort squarely in the realm of the political.