Rep. Joe Walsh To Skip Obama Jobs Speech, Calls President 'Idiotic'

Source: The Huffington Post House Republican Joe Walsh, a Tea Party favorite from Illinois, will not be attending President Barack Obama's Sept. 8 jobs speech, the Chicago Tribune reports. "I don't see the point of being a prop for another of the president's speeches asking for more failed stimulus spending and more subsidies for his pet projects," he said in a statement issued Thursday. Walsh, a member of the House Small Business Committee, will instead be hosting a small business [...]