Is the role of the president to intervene and 'create' 'jobs'?

Evidently, that is what our seven non-interventionist republic party primary candidates think because they all one way or another paid lip service to Obama's failure to 'create' 'jobs' thereby at least implying they have better ideas about 'creating' more 'jobs'. Haven't these people heard that it is not the role of government to intervene, choose winners and losers, and determine outcomes? Shouldn't they be praising Obama for 'creating' no 'jobs'? Why is the non-interventionist republic party suddenly a bunch of hand-wringing, tree-hugging pansies in touch with their feelings and worried about everybody else?