The President pitches a $50 billion jobs plan, and accuses Republicans of being obstructionists.

Speaking in Wisconsin, President Barack Obama talks about rebuilding America’s roads, rails and runways. “Make long overdue investments in upgrading our outdated, our inefficient national infrastructure.”

Acknowledging there is no silver bullet to fix the economy, Obama promises to fight for the middle class, despite criticisms from his opponents. “Some powerful interest who’ve been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time and they’re not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog.” [Read more...]

It’s important to understand how much President Barack Obama wants to influence the November elections, so says Mordecai Lee, Political Science Professor at UW Milwaukee.

Lee says Obama needs to get U.S. Senator Russ Feingold reelected, and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett into the governor’s office — not just for the sake of helping out his fellow party members. “There’s another layer to that, and that’s that Obama, thinking about running for reelection two years from now, would like to have in place, in a state that is a swing state like Wisconsin, both a U.S. Senator who’s Democratic and a governor who’s Democratic.” [Read more...]