and i also think that s a winning stan politically for the president. i think if the house republicans say no, i think he can take that to the voters. you know, people care about jobs in this economy. and they want bold not, i think, not boldness, i think, not timidity. gene writes in the post, so obama should go big, not small, with his jobs plan. it s hard to overstate how apprehensive most americans are about their future. boldness from the president may or may not get nations mojo working again, but timidity surely won t. he can offer voters a choice between a pinched, miserly vision of the country s prospects on the one hand and an optimistic, expanse of view on the other. he needs to demand what s right, not what the other side is willing to give. that is for sure. we go back, we ve been talking over the past couple of days about fdr. i ve been reading a traitor to his class. you look what fdr did. it took him a while to move the