"MORE JOBS MIGHT BE CREATED THIS YEAR THAN DURING GEORGE W. BUSH'S PRESIDENCY"

[jillan]

How are you gonna spin this Repugs?

by Ron Brownstein:

If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire eight years of George W. Bush's presidency.

That comparison comes with many footnotes and asterisks. But it shows how the economic debate between the parties could look very different over time -- perhaps by November, more likely by 2012. More important, the comparison underscores the urgency of repairing an American job-creation machine that was sputtering long before the 2008 financial meltdown.


Read the rest here -
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20100515_5237.php



(sorry about the CAPS in the subject line- I copied and pasted that headline)

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Sadly, the bar for that is pretty damn low.....

[jillan]

2. It is, but politically - I say that is a pretty sweet comparison.

[DrToast]

3. I've seen this reported before and it's a nice talking point, but pretty meaningless

Why would you compare one year of Obama's presidency to 8 years of Bush's?

[jillan]

4. He's talking about the number of jobs created this year - so far.

Why? It's called political talking points.

[DrToast]

5. I agree that it sounds meaningful, but it's not

[newthinking]

8. Your surprised? GD: P is pure talking points.

I don't expect anything else.

I am glad to see the jobs numbers picking up, Obama should get credit for that as it is (I believe) because of the stimilus. But we haven't done anything yet to position ourselves to have a strong and sustainable economy in the long run. If we don't make significant change to the way we do things we will just be back at another collapse within years. The underpinning of this economy is empty. We are back living on a bubble from pumping dollars.

[ZombieHorde]

6. Recommended. nt

[NYC_SKP]

7. Made move significant by the state of matters at the beginning of each administration.

Recommended.

:kick:

[Kittycat]

9. Completely unfair comparison

Think of all the jobs Bush created in China, India, etc...