President Obama's jobs panel missing in action
By Josh Gerstein
Politico
7/18/12 4:37 AM EDT
President Barack Obama’s Jobs Council hasn’t met publicly for six months, even as the issue of job creation dominates the 2012 election.
At this point, the hiatus — which reached the half-year mark Tuesday — might be less awkward than an official meeting, given the hornet’s nest of issues that could sting Obama and the council members if the private-sector panel gets together.
For starters, there’s the discomfort many business leaders may feel in appearing to embrace the president with his reelection bid in full swing. [Yeah, they're especially uncomfortable when Barry Soetoro stupidly believes and publicly fantasizes about government being the creator of businesses! 
B.]
Then, there’s the fact that some members of the commission have conspicuously declined to endorse him. And that Obama has conspicuously declined to endorse some of their recommendations. And that some of what Obama won’t endorse has been warmly embraced by Republicans, including likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
To cap it all off, several of the companies whose CEOs serve on the panel are involved to some extent in outsourcing — a fact that could undercut the ferocious attack Obama and his campaign are mounting on Romney over his alleged ties to the practice. [Why should this be a problem for Barry Soetoro? He and his administration have outsourced jobs overseas with BILLIONS of taxpayer funds. B.] ...
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