In the art of politics, image is everything.
The image that transcends even the applauding Congress seals at Obama’s “Pass this Jobs Bill Now” speech last night is the one of his holiday-loving, shopaholic wife Michelle sitting there right beside organized labor leader AFL-CIO top dog Richard Trumka.
Make that sitting right there beside Trumka, a bare three days after Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa reminded her Community Organizer husband: “This is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of a # out and give America back to an America where we belong. And President Obama, we want one thing: jobs, jobs, jobs...”