A Troubled Bridge Over Water

I talked about this on Twitter yesterday and will do so again here:  President Obama is coming to Cincy to make his infrastructure pitch to America with our own obsolete and crumbling Brent Spence Bridge in the background, connecting Orange Julius's district with Mitch McConnell's state.

President Obama will promote his jobs bill at a bridge important to House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) district next week, the White House announced Thursday.

The White House said that Obama would visit the Brent Spence Bridge in Ohio on Sept. 22 in order to highlight the “urgent need” for infrastructure improvements, one of the ideas included in his bill.

Although the bridge is located very near Boehner’s district, Obama has not spoken to the Speaker since he gave his speech introducing the bill to a joint session of Congress last week, and White House press secretary Jay Carney did not know Thursday whether Boehner had been notified.

Carney said the bridge was chosen because it is “relatively easy to get to from Washington.”

Republicans are howling that this is a "political move" and a snarky use of the Brent Spence as a prop to sell Obama's jobs bill.  You know what?  This is a political move and a snarky use of the Brent Spence as a prop to sell Obama's jobs bill, and frankly I can't think of a better place in America to do it.  Republicans are just pissed off that this is such low-hanging fruit that favors the President.  Sour grapes, folks?

I'm going to be off Thursday, so I'll see what I can do as far as getting across the river and getting some pictures.