Political Ninjitsu: GOP Rep introduces his own ‘American Jobs Act’ because no Democrat filed Obama's plan

This is awesome. I noted yesterday this Rush piece: Rush Limbaugh - As Of 12:35 This Afternoon Not One Democrat Has Stepped Forward To File Obama's Bill

Because Democrats refused to file the bill, an astute GOP Rep filed his own bill, and took the name ‘American Jobs Act’ that was hanging out there in limbo. Political ninjitsu! From The Hill via memeorandum: GOP rep. introduces alternative ‘American Jobs Act’

Texas GOP Rep. Louis Gohmert officially introduced the American Jobs Act of 2011 on Wednesday afternoon.

"My bill is not the president's bill, it's a real job creator," Gohmert told The Hill, shortly after filing his two-page alternative to the president's plan, under the same title.

Gohmert said that he read the president's 155-page jobs plan, when it was emailed to lawmakers on Monday afternoon.

Calling the president's plan a "disaster," Gohmert said that he checked to see "who filed the 'American Jobs Act' for the president, here in the House, since we had to do it 'now, right away," but discovered that the plan had not been officially introduced in the House.

So, at 1:20pm Gohmert filed his own version of a jobs bill, under the title included on the president's legislation distributed to members of Congress two-days prior.

The Texan lawmaker's measure would eliminate the 35 percent corporate tax to spur job creation in the private sector.

Nancy Pelosi, with fresh egg on her face, refused comment. But even if Dems would introduce the plan, it's DOA. Even they are criticizing it! From The Politico: Hill Dems pick apart Obama jobs plan

President Barack Obama’s new jobs plan is hitting some unexpected turbulence in the halls of Congress: lawmakers from his own party.

As he demands Congress quickly approve his ambitious proposal aimed at reviving the sagging economy, many Democrats on Capitol Hill appear far from sold that the president has the right antidote to spur major job growth and turn around their party’s political fortunes.

“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.”

And those are just the moderates in the party. Some liberals also have concerns.

More from The Heritage Foundation: Conservative Nabs Naming Rights to ‘American Jobs Act’ After Obama Delay. And from Hot Air, Reason Hit & Run, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Gateway Pundit, National Review, Pirate's Cove, Patterico's Pontifications, JustOneMinute, Business Insider, Don Surber, JammieWearingFool,  Nice Deb, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and Lawyers, Guns & Money. As for Obama's original job-killing jobs bill, the jig is up, and nobody is buying his bs any longer: Obama Approval Plummets on Jobs Plan: Poll

A majority of Americans don’t believe President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan will help lower the unemployment rate...

...By a margin of 51 percent to 40 percent, Americans doubt the package of tax cuts and spending proposals intended to jumpstart job creation that Obama submitted to Congress this week will bring down the 9.1 percent jobless rate.

...Compounding Obama’s challenge is that 56 percent of independents, whom the president won in 2008 and will need to win in 2012, are skeptical it will work.