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Krugman reminds us of how the Republicans thwarted any sort of jobs stimulus bill last year that would have given us over a million new jobs by this time:

We estimate that the American Jobs Act (AJA), if enacted, would give a significant boost to GDP and employment over the near-term.

** The various tax cuts aimed at raising workers’ after-tax income and encouraging hiring and investing, combined with the spending increases aimed at maintaining state & local employment and funding infrastructure modernization, would:

** Boost the level of GDP by 1.3% by the end of 2012, and by 0.2% by the end of 2013.

** Raise nonfarm establishment employment by 1.3 million by the end of 2012 and 0.8 million by the end of 2013, relative to the baseline

And as Krugman says,

Of course, it that had happened, Obama would be more or less a lock for reelection. Instead, having blocked the president’s economic plans, Republicans can point to weak job growth and claim that the president’s policies have failed.

Yup -- that's how it's played out so far...along with the massive layoffs in government sector jobs:

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