rudy s hot dog stop in toledo. they recognized economy and jobs will be critical issue in next year s bid. i think the president shares the same feelings that i do. we re pulling out of the recession, but too slowly. we want to accelerate the recovery. leading republicans say the president policy are not creating jobs. our job creators are keeping capital on the sidelines because they know historic level of debt lead to historic level of taxation, which lead to historic level of unemployment. what the current 9.1 figure does not include is people out of work so long they have given up hope. we have nearly a million discouraged workers who have voluntarily taken themselves out of the marketplace because they fear even if they look they will not find new jobs. on a tough day, white house officials blame headwinds coming out the u.s. economy. high gasoline prices. instability in the middle east. crisis in japan. what is not clear is if or when what is dragging the