On the Record

If you were President, what would the U.S. look like at the end of 2013 in terms of jobs, unemployment and economic growth?

Well, you'd see a very dramatic change in the perspective of small businesses, entrepreneurs, middle-size businesses and perhaps even some large multinationals. They'd say, You know what? America looks like a good place to invest again, a good place to take risk, a good place to hire again ... This is all about creating good jobs for middle-income Americans, and it's a place where the President, frankly, has failed. His effort to put in place a series of...