After Bellowing ‘Where Are the Jobs?’ for Weeks, Now Boehner Can’t Say When He’ll Create Jobs, How Many
Swing voters in the South and the Heartland who gave Republicans their majority in the House on Tuesday have gotten a rude awakening in the 48 hours or so since results were announced.
These voters elected the Republican candidates in their districts based on the candidates’ promises to make fiscal responsibility and job creation their top priorities.
But the swing voters should have been listening more carefully to the men back in Washington who will be their local reps’ leaders.
For example, in the final days before the vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear in his campaign stump speeches that the Republicans’ real objective had nothing whatsoever to do with the economy:
