Brad Plumer:

(via Sully —- he always does such a great job of finding reactions to major events across the blogosphere)

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, is frequently the go-to guy for both parties when it comes to analysis of various jobs proposals. So, what did he think of President Obama’s speech last night? His report is behind a paywall, but here’s the topline: “The plan would add 2 percentage points to GDP growth next year, add 1.9 million jobs, and cut the unemployment rate by a percentage point.”

Now, throw out your ideology and how can you be against a plan that will produce those types of results? I’m not saying that this would be some type of cure-all, but how can anyone argue that nearly 2M jobs and a 2 point jump in GDP growth is anti-American, socialism, or just the ramblings of an angry black man and his “not-so-proud of America” wife?

At this point I don’t really care if a plan involves taxing the rich at 99% or if it means cutting the corporate tax rate to zero…….doesn’t matter to me one iota how we get there as long as we get there. The President’s plan will get us there……the Ryan Plan as well as Cut Cap and Balance have been absolutely torn apart by every economist (Conservative and Keynesian) that has taken a look at them.

If results matter, the choice is pretty easy