WASHINGTON — The Republican presidential debate made two things clear: The 2012 contest is focused more than ever on jobs, and the GOP field is led by two men who can make plausible, though certainly imperfect, claims of experience in job creation. President Barack Obama, already under pressure to present a compelling new job-expansion strategy in his nationwide address Thursday, will now feel even more urgency. The California forum Wednesday night covered several topics, but above all it helped Rick Perry and Mitt Romney showcase their credentials and proposals on the jobs front.
Unlike Obama, they don’t have to offer detailed plans or confront a hostile Republican-led House. The president, whose popularity is sagging amid 9.1 percent unemployment, must try to craft a plan that can win bipartisan support even as his would-be challengers keep heaping scorn on his record.
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