President Obama and Rick Perry are both headed to Pittsburgh this week -- not, I suspect, to sample a Primanti's sammich, as we homies like to call the gustatory tests of manhood that combine, meat, cheese, coleslaw AND french fries between two hearty slabs of Italian bread.

A tougher test of manhood awaits Obama and the Texas governor who wants to oust him from the White House when they talk about jobs in a city that has lost so many of them. Tuesday, Obama touts his jobs bill at a union training center. On Friday, it will be Perry's turn to unveil his jobs plan. Both have them have picked the right venue -- if they are willing to grapple with the hard truths that Pittsburgh represents. But those can be harder to swallow than a kolbassi with provolone from Primanti Brothers.