I had to groan a bit when I heard Barack Obama was going on his magical mystery tour to Elkhart, Indiana. More campaign staging. Elkhart is the heart of RV manufacturing and union country. He'll have no shortage of cheering crowds for his Savior-based economic message.

I find it disgusting that he will leverage the desperation of workers with hope and change nonsense. The RV industry goes through this every time there is a recession for the simple reason that RVs are not exactly necessities in difficult economic times. As I drive along the I-15, there are dozens of RV dealerships with lots full of unsold inventory.

But its worse that that. Its as if Obama was using coal miners to create his television moment, knowing full well that its his administration policy to bankrupt the coal industry. Democrats have been demonizing gas guzzlers for decades at this point, and you just know their plans for gas tax hikes and moratoriums on energy exploration are designed to kill the RV industry deader that Nancy Pelosi's credibility.

But hey, what else can they do? Rasmussen polling shows that 62% of Americans want more tax cuts and less spending, which should come as no surprise to Obama since he himself ran on tax cuts--so much for failed economic policies of the Bush administration. There is no argument the Democrats can make, so they have to go with what's worked--Obama's campaign skills.

Its a sign of desperation, a need to "do something, anything" to avoid a black eye so early in this administration's history. As it stands, the tax cutters are pushing the spending out of the bill. They might be able to pass something, but they'll never be able to call it a signature accomplishment, and in fact, its a virtual certainty that it will fail to remedy the economic crisis. The bill is a classic "ugly baby".

I don't believe for a minute that Obama is going to be able to move the needle. The campaign is over and its time to govern. You can't scare people anymore that they are already scared. What Americans need for the President is reassurance in the form of a real plan, a clear path forward and some prospects for stability.

I am actually a pretty good example of what kind of fix the economy is in. I'm literally frozen right now--unable to move forward until I have some clear idea of what the environment is going to be like. Its the ambiguity that is killing me and I expect you can scale that up to the whole country. Literally the biggest problem is that there is no clear leadership from the White House, no indication of what their plan is. The Stimulus bill doesn't mask it true nature very well--activity for activity's sake. Its a political band-aid designed to make it look like the government is doing something when in fact they don't have a clue, can't agree, or are pursuing another agenda.

The reality is that the solution is obvious. What's hard is the political consequences for a candidate that was totally dishonest with the American people.