Yuval is absolutely right. The two things that stuck out to me during the press conference were (1) how the esteemed White House press corps let Obama get away with this jive about “saving” four million jobs, and (2) how indiscrete Obama was regarding Biden, whom he obviously thinks is a goofball.

On (1): In other words, we’re gonna spend $1.2 trillion (factoring in the interest … but not counting who knows how much more when the new spending floors for future budgets are factored in) and we may not “create” a single new job, but the “stimulus” will be a success if unemployment doesn’t get (much) higher.

On (2): Even in this, Obama is shrewd. I find myself disagreeing intensely with virtually everything he is trying to do yet praying ardently for his good health these next four years.