"Stocks on Wall Street declined sharply on Friday in the wake of a speech by President Obama on jobs..."

"... that added to the uncertainty already weighing on financial markets over European sovereign debt and the weak economic recovery."

See, that's why you don't want to act like you're doing something. People will hold you responsible. But when you're President, of course, you can't really fly under the radar. But that whole joint-session-of-Congress thing... it's so conspicuous.

The linked article is in the NYT, by the way. You'd think they'd be boosting Obama a bit more. Or maybe they are. This is what it looks like post-boost.