he may not be like them but there s not the resentment i think that newt gingrich hopes there is toward mitt romney and bain capital. as the republicans bludgeon each other in the primary process president obama is looking toward the general election and a central economic message to his campaign. in the white house speech yesterday the president unveiled a renewed effort to bring jobs back from overseas. while the theme was aimed at corporate leaders the president s comments also made mention of several key swing states that will be critical to 2012. whether you are a small business, some of which are represented here, or a large manufacturing corporation, or a technology company, whether you re an historic brand or a brand new startup, insourcing jobs is a smart strategy right now. i don t want the next generation of manufacturing jobs taking root in countries like china or germany. i want them taking root in places like michigan and ohio and virginia and north carolina.
critical to 2012. whether you re a small business that are some of which are represented here or a large manufacturing corporation or a technology company, whether you re a historic brand or a brand new start-up, insourcing jobs is a smart strategy right now. i don t want the next generation of manufacturing jobs taking root in countries like china or germany. i want them taking root in places like michigan and ohio and virginia and north carolina. so my message to business leaders today is simple. ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to the country that made our success possible. that is the message you ll hear in the president s state of the union address later this month. overseas news. front page of the new york times, iran adversaries step up covert actions. experts believe israel may be behind a bombing and assassination campaign that is targeted iran yan nuclear scientistses and facilities in
as the republicans bludgeon each other in the primary process, president obama is looking toward the general election and a central economic message to his campaign. in a white house speech yesterday, the president unveiled a renewed effort to bring jobs back overseas. also made mention of several key swing states that will be critical to 2012. whether you re a small business some of which are represented here or a large manufacturing corporation or a technology company, whether you re a historic brand or a brand new start-up, insourcing jobs is a smart strategy right now. i don t want the next generation of manufacturing jobs taking root in countries like china or germany. i want them taking root in places like michigan, ohio, virginia, and north carolina. so my message to business leaders today is simple. ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to the
are we possibly headed into further stagnation? well, you know, the political strategist side of things i ve never had to look so much at politics to figure out where the economy was going. i tell you, it s like watching the keystone cops. it s gotten ridiculous. going forward we do have momentum carrying us into 2012. that s the good news. we hope we don t lose it because of political ineptitude. that s what would kill it. we have a lot of icebergs ahead. we hope politicians are better at navigating turbulent water than the captain of the titanic. that said, where are the positives? the positives are there is a glimmer of hope in the labor market. looks like the situation bottomed out after things fell apart last spring and the summer. we re seeing momentum return to job hiring. not enough momentum, but some is better than none. particularly small business hiring, new business burst, that s very important to the back bone of the u.s. economy and where we re looking for str
going to happen in 2012. tell me where you sit right now is 2012 going to be a better year economically than 2011? is there going to be economic growth? are we possibly headed into further stagnation? well, you know, the political strategist side of things i ve never had to look so much at politics to figure out where the economy was going. i tell you, it s like watching the keystone cops. it s ridiculous. going forward we do have momentum carrying us into 2012. we hope we don t lose it because of political ineptitude. that s what would kill it. we have a lot of icebergs ahead. we hope politicians are better at navigating turbulent water than the titanic. a glimmer of hope in the labor market. looks like the situation bottomed out after things fell apart last spring and the summer. we re seeing momentum return to job hiring. some momentum but some is better than none. new business burst, that s important to the backbone of the u.s. economy. that s looking nor strength going