but there is the budget battle that will come later in the year when we need to do spending bills for 2012. this is the same battle that almost led to the shutdown in february and march. and to some degree, they can create their own leverage. they can be unwilling to move forward on other priorities until they do jobs. the truth of the matter is, though, and it gets to your introduction which was eloquent on this point, there isn't all that much they can do. people who want to see action on jobs would like to believe they have more power than they actually do. they cannot move congress, unless congress is the more powerful branch. congress has the capacity to put the pressure on the president. but where do the outside forces come from? do other forces help him in that effort? today, morgan stanley came out with this report and said we're going to have fiscal tightening and that will create a policy induced slowdown. republicans might want to listen to that. >> so the president has to get to us on jobs, jobs, jobs, and that republican house is all up for re-election too, right? it's not just the president. >> true. >> ezra klein.