That the economy is feeble at best? It's been getting worse for
the entire time Bush has been in office. The trend is down not
up. The fact that the economy is growing slowly only says that
eventually there will be a turnaround and eventually the employment
numbers will improve. Eventually can take a long time.

It certainly does negate most of the "good news." Any serious
economist will tell you that.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
So, that doesn't negate the good news. It takes the unemployment figures
a little time to catch up. It's not computed every day, you know.
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message ...
The unemployment rate is about 6.5, the highest in 9 years.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
WASHINGTON - The number of American workers signing up for jobless benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in five months, a fresh dose of good news for the economy's revival . . .

Complete story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...i_ge/economy_4