For the past several weeks, as the economic situation has deteriorated, the Obama Administration has shouted that they “get it,” they would have a plan, finally. Obama had two years with complete Democrat control of government and didn’t do anything to turn around the economy but now, when he is facing reelection, he would finally reveal the “grand plan” to get America working again. There was a bus tour, a vacation and some disagreement over a specific night. All that is behind us. Tonight we would get the vision.

So, how did that work out? Comments from Breitbart-opolis below the fold.

Andrew Breitbart:

The sometimes quasi-conciliatory tone in his speech contradicts his and Big Labor’s Labor Day declaration of ‘war’ against GOP ‘barbarians’ and ‘sons of bitches’. Looking to get mommy and daddy (Congress) to open up its checkbook again will cause some behavioral modification. His presidency is effectively over. But that doesn’t mean the press can’t go full-court press to pretend otherwise as it goes to hyperdrive trying to turn the country’s ire on the Republicans.

Mike Flynn: Tonight we witnessed the end of a Presidency. To say the speech was a rehash of failed ideas is an insult to failed ideas. Even the Democrats seemed bored. I almost set up a side bet on when Joe Biden would fall asleep. As we witnessed last night, the media will squander whatever shred of credibility they have to prop up Obama, but it is now beyond them. The speech was petty, petulant and highly arrogant. Worse, it revealed, for the entire nation to see, that Obama has no clue what to do. A poll-tested line here or a focus-grouped policy there isn’t up to the challenges at hand. The GOP should pick their nominee carefully, because that person WILL be President.

John Nolte, EIC, BigHollywood:

This speech was an unmitigated disaster. To paraphrase “Animal House, ” angry, desperate and patronizing is no way to go through life. Welcome to “Stimulus 2: Electric Fail-a-too.” Furthermore, it’s a shame it took the President nearly three years into his term to figure out taxes and regulations hurt job growth. Who knew! I’m glad that after frittering away 30 months on boondoggles like ObamaCare and all those vacations, that he’s finally got some energy towards, you know, the economy — but no one trusts this president anymore. He’s feckless, incompetent and adrift. This is a man who got everything he wanted passed for full two years and in turn put us in this position. More of the same is not the answer, nor is talking down to everyone when the pile of rubble you’re hollering from is your own doing.

Dana Loesh, EIC, BigJournalism:

He called a joint session of congress to rehash his Stimulus 2009 speech. The admin proposed to seize capital from job creators to pay for the reduction of private sector jobs and the increase of public sector jobs. He proposed nothing short of a game of cups. Every job mentioned tonight was a union job. Richard Trumka, who was a guest of honor while earlier 500 of his members took six hostages in Washington, told the President today on TV that he better “go to the mat” for them. Obama did.

Larry O’Connor, EIC, BreitbartTV:

“Pass this bill now!” Have you ever noticed that every one of Obama’s “Big Ideas” is presented to Congress with this sense of urgency? ObamaCare, Dodd/Frank, Stimulus, now this. Always urgent, always ram it through. no need for committees, no need for debate, no need for deliberation. Pass it now.

This was not a president acting with urgency, this was a president pretending to act with urgency. He has lost all credibility. He has told us from even before he took office that jobs would be his top priority and yet here we are three years in and he is acting like this has to be passed or else the economy will fall apart. Well, guess what Mr. President? The economy has fallen apart despite you whistling pass the graveyard telling us that things have turned around and we were entering yet another recovery summer.

The desperation and whining that emanated from the podium tonight was the last death rattle of a failed presidency. He is done, no matter how much he emphatically thumps his fist for effect.

Joel Pollack, Breitbart EIC:

Obama’s address was the worst major presidential address I have ever watched.

Substantively, Obama presented a “jobs” proposal that is more socialist than anything that even the most far-left Democrats have recently proposed as a new stimulus.

Also–if Congress must pass this jobs bill right away, why did Obama wait weeks, months, years to propose it?

Rhetorically, Obama’s speech was a shameless and breathless litany of straw men and partisan taunting. Republicans were right not to dignify this event with a rebuttal.

Overall, an insult to the American people. Barack Obama has diminished the presidency tonight.

I’m ready for some football.