New York Times: President Obama delivered an upbeat economic forecast and a defense of his economic policies on Thursday, telling a crowd at a manufacturing plant here that job growth would continue and that "next year is going to be better than this year." Mr. Obama came to this economically depressed city as part of his "White House to Main Street" tour. He dropped by a local restaurant, Duff's, to sample a Buffalo delicacy - spicy chicken wings - and toured Industrial Support Inc., a specialty manufacturing company, where he gave himself credit for breaking the "economic freefall" the nation faced when he took office 16 months ago.