If jobs jobs jobs are the issues in 2012, Democrats have a good talking point ..

The blame game will be played out in 2012 and one of the major fields of battle will be jobs, jobs, jobs.

The 2011 political year kicked off with Rep. Issa, chair of the House Oversight Committee , promising to hold Obama care to the standard of the number of jobs won or lost. Not heard much from that quarter, lately.   So independent financial services report the budget cuts being proposed could lead to a loss of 700,000 and the  budget cuts in state houses all over the country are threatening public employee lay offs.  Of course, greedy tenured teachers and greedy firefighters and greedy police officers do not count...because laid off public employees do not file for unemployment benefits  nor do they stop going to Walmart to spend money nor do our services such as teaching our kids or answering 911quickly  mean much, do they? Right?

 "So be it", said House Majority leader John Boehner. The job figures mean not much to the Republicans if public employees are the ones laid off.  Besides, if the 8.9% unemployment figure rises, they can always blame Obama in 2012 and say it was due to the fact the did not cut enough.Or can they?

I can see the campaign ads run by  Democrats in 2012 now looping  Boehners' "so be it" statement.  He has given the Democrats a gift of a great sound bite that will come back to take a chunk out of the Republicans' behinds if the jobless figures remain above 8%, thanks to that  quote. The advantage in the blame game  belongs to the Democrats thanks to that one boner.

If the jobs picture  improves as it is trending now, and even enough to compensate for the loss of public sector jobs, the  advantage tilts even more likely for the Democrats.

Either way, the Democrats stand a good chance to win the argument.

No wonder Republicans are trying to change the focus from the jobs issue to the deficit and balancing the
 budget. The jobs issue is beginning to look like it may be a Democratic positive talking point no matter what side of the 8% mark the jobless rate hovers by 2012.