Senator Jim Webb on Obama's Jobs Bill: 'Terrible'

Democratic senators, Politico reports, are voicing obvious displeasure with aspects of the president's jobs plan. 

“Terrible,” Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) told POLITICO when asked about the president’s ideas for how to pay for the $450 billion price tag. “We shouldn’t increase taxes on ordinary income. … There are other ways to get there.”

“That offset is not going to fly, and he should know that,” said Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu from the energy-producing Louisiana, referring to Obama’s elimination of oil and gas subsidies. “Maybe it’s just for his election, which I hope isn’t the case.”

“I think the best jobs bill that can be passed is a comprehensive long-term deficit-reduction plan,” said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), discussing proposals to slash the debt by $4 trillion by overhauling entitlement programs and raising revenue through tax reforms. “That’s better than everything else the president is talking about — combined.”

The president tried to sell his plan by saying that it's made up of ideas that Democrats and Republicans alike have supported in the past. But now he's got to worry about getting hit from his left flank as he continues to tour the country and urge Congress to "pass the bill."