Steve Benen: If recent history is any guide, Republicans will probably start complaining about the Bureau of Labor Statistics sample size any minute now, complaining it’s “skewed.”
The new jobs report released this morning was largely in line with expectations, showing a U.S. economy that added 114,000 jobs in September…..
Given the severity of the Great Recession that began in late 2007, and the losses associated with the years-long jobs crisis, no one should pop any champagne over 114,000 new jobs…..
The reason, however, that the new report is encouraging is the larger context: the unemployment rate dipped to 7.8%, which is nearly a four-year low, and the revisions found 86,000 additional, unreported jobs from the last two years.
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The Obama Diary 
YEAH!!!!
Congrats on 1st COS.
Good morning TOD.
Congrats COS.
BOOM. Thank the good Lord.
Who sure doesn’t like ugly! 🙂
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Yay!
Yes Lord!
Good morning all. Great news to wake up to.
Wonderful news. Good morning Chips and TOD.
I sobbed with tears of joy when I read the unemployment figure. On to victory Obama2012
Yes, Daisey, who would have thought that unemployment statistics could make a person emotional. I never followed them before, now I wait for them anxiously and either feel depressed or shout with joy. Today’s a joy today. Hallelujah!!
Thank you Lord.
UT, all I can say is that you’re the best–absolutely the best!!!!
Go, girl!
LOVE THE REPORT THIS MORNING….LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TO THOSE ROMNEY LOVERS WHO MAKE SUCH A MESS OF THEMSELVES! GO PBO…MAY THE LORD DEEPLY BLESS YOU…HOPE YOU GET MY CARD SOON!
The guy has 30,000 people show up for a rally after he supposedly has his ass handed to him after a debate in which his opponent lied about everything under the goddamn sun. And now this morning on “Morose Joe” Joe has a sad because the jobs rate fell below 8 percent, give me a fucking break.
Don, if all goes as plan I am going to watch Morning Joe on 11-7-2012 and smile, smile, and smile liked I’ve never smiled before. Because to see morning Joe depressed will be worth all the bull shit I had to listen to from him for the last two years. I betcha his ass doesn’t show up to work so I don’t get the satisfaction.
Bless your heart :-). Michele even if “Morose Joe” doesn’t show up on 11-2-2012, his absence won’t change a thing and he won’t be able to hide forever!!!!
36,000+ – can’t forget those 6,000 in the overflow!
Those who said Romney “won” have a strange definition of “winning”. And a strange set of values. Only the most cynical, depraved individuals could think that Romney showed the world any qualities that would be admirable in a President. There was only one person on that stage who respects the Office of the President – the current occupant.
“…strange” indeed. mitt looked and acted like someone on speed or something. I definitely do not want this person as my president!!!!
This is why Obamabots have to continue to believe everyday and work hard for President Barack Obama’s re-election..
President Obama gave his opponent rope to hang himself and Robney was on display like the failed jerk we all know. You don’t fuck with Big bird and Elmo and don’t get blowback.
OMG…here’s a BRAND NEW WEB Ad from the Obama team which literally destroys Romney’s debate performance:
great ad! more like this!
Why won’t videos show up anymore ? I have the same problem…..
Grr
Thank you, HF, have FB’d … Off to breakfast, then to work… Will peek in as am able. {{{{{Chips}}}}}. {{{{TOD}}}}
HP that’s great. More, more.
Where is it hopefruit2?
See the link above. I don’t why it’s not embedding as I want. 😦
Let’s see if this works:
Woops, now this:
PBO did say yesterday that if you want to be POTUS, you’ve got to tell the American people the truth! Damn straight!
hf, after days of frustrating attempts to post vids, I figured out that the URL has to look like this:
h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWHLgMCDuOs
[I put a space after the first “h” so it would post as a URL rather than the video]
rather than this:
So basically, you have to get rid of the “s” after the “http” and eliminate the middle chunk “feature=player_embedded&”
Thanks meta – that is good to know 🙂
Agree great ad. And tell Steve Benen that no one have even thought about popping any champagne, please give us a break.
Expect all the crowds to start hitting 08 levels!
Revisions up From the last 2 months, not years! Right?
so basically, politically speaking, despite Mittens debate “win”, with the unemployment numbers, the $150 mill fundraising haul, the. jobs number, and the EC dominance, Obama STILL wins the news cycle!!! KARMA’s a bitch ain’t it!
Once again proving that the media narrative means shit when real world truth happens.
too bad for Mitt supporters, they weren’t even allowed 48hr to crow. I suspect that Romney’s first debate performance will be something for the to cling to.
Also, too – don’t forget Big Bird – he did very well on the twitter, drowning out Mitt.
Great news! I had an intuition that this report would be a good one!
Chips. You’re indeed a mind reading goddess. I was b&m’ing in last thread why that bikini colors aren’t in red & blue reading from left to right. And wham. 🙂
I know that RWNJs are shocked! They were hoping for the rate to go up again and continue to push Myth Romney on the undecided. Well too bad! PBO & his administration have been busy working for the American people instead of obstructing anything positive for the country. I remember how much the MSM jumped on the low number last month. Well it was wrong and was adjusted up! Thank goodness! 🙂
I hope the 1-20-2009 dinner crowd heads explode…
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Off to work.
7.8% bitches!!!
hee hee hee
Time for the happy dance, TOD!
Beautiful day!
Chips, can you feature that part in Michelle Obama’s speech in which she said while we as Dems are always hand wringing and sweating it her husband is always looking at the long game……
Good news all around. With the adjustments for the past 2 months, this comes out to 200,000 new jobs. With the report earlier of the extra 386,000 new jobs from last year, this puts Obama well over the number of employed when he became President. If, using Romney’s own statement that you can’t hold the first six months against a new President, then Obama’s administration has overseen a couple million increase.
Also, the drop in the UE is not, as some on the right might try to say, because of discouraged workers, because it shows over 400,000 more people in the workforce or looking for work.
Plus, I expect next month’s report, just before the election, to revise this month’s upward.
Plus, there was an uptick in public sector employment.
Plus, looking back at the debate, it is obvious that all the lines that can be used against either of the candidates came from Romney. The Big Bird is the most obvious, but also the “new accountant” line which basically admitted he had sent jobs overseas. Plus others.
The jobs numbers are even sweeter because some economists had predicted that it would tick up to 8.3% but instead it went down to 7.8% despite an increased labor force participation from last month.
President Obama is going to have so much fun a this year’s Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, October 18.
Mark your calendars, TODers. This is going to be a blast!
Will it be in Washington DC Meta?
I think it’s always at The Waldorf-Astoria in NYC.
Maybe Mitt will cancel…
Well, there was actually a big brouhaha because Cardinal Timothy Dolan invited PBO.
Why is that a brouhaha? Sorry, didn’t hear about that!
Due to PBO’s stance on birth control and same sex marriage.
Thanks, Meta, so it was the Catholic right who had issue? Thought Mittens was having conniptions.
BTW, Romneys reaction via TPM to unemployment/job numbers… “this is not what a real recovery looks like”. umm ok Mitt
He’s going to make me add more colorful words to my vocab! On a regular minute-by-minute basis! 🙂
From Heidi Shierholz, economist at the Economic Policy Institute:
This is one of those months where the two surveys are telling somewhat different stories. The establishment survey (which provides the job count) shows the kind of steady but modest growth we’ve been seeing for the last two-and-a-half years – job growth that is basically just enough to keep up with growth in the potential workforce.
On the other hand, the household survey (which provides the unemployment rate) was extremely positive, with a substantial drop in the unemployment rate (and furthermore, that drop was due to people getting jobs, not leaving the labor force). The rule of thumb when the two surveys tell different stories is to go with what the establishment survey says. However, the household survey provides reasons to be somewhat more optimistic about job opportunities for American workers.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/05/966031/campaign-surrogate-admits-romney-is-changing-positions-just-to-win-votes/
And in other news…Boner says jobs numbers are nice, but it’s not happening FAST ENOUGH. Really fuckwad? I wonder what they would have been like if your RWNJ’s in congress hadn’t blocked everything!! Get rid of these guys…I’m tired of hearing their BS!
If we through all the Republicans in Jail, the Country would be better off!
Just sayin.
I know, I know just the place. Gitmo. That’s where you put the terrorists whom you don’t want in your own backyard, right ?
We would still be payng for their upkeep, and no doubt they would demand private suites, laptops and as much food and booze as they want. Their ‘rights’ as American citizens, yeah?
Boner is devastated because his plans to get to 10% unemployment have failed.
Yuk…Gingrey….. I think he is the one that took Newt’s place here in GA…and keeps trying to shove the F- 35 down the throats of the DOD when they don’t want it or need it.
Looks to be a few old folks trickling down to see Romney.
Just as I expected, Ralph Nader is on.
He is whispering in the Ears of Sanders and Shultz, and now he is on MSNBainC.
Of course.
Well, I called that one. LOL!
yes you did call it.
WooHoo – happy news all around today! Proud of our President as usual.. & look at these amazing crowds- the American people know whats up. On personal news.. I received my ballot in the mail last night- on my Birthday 🙂 and will be marking it solidly for Pres Obama & VP Biden & a straight Dem ticket & mailing it off today. Yes I’m stillll in ND- but am so grateful I’m going to get to Vote.
Happy B’day, sheri.
thank you amk- spent a lovely night w/ sister, mom & youngest son playing poker 😉 it was hillarious
Bet the son won. 🙂
Actually I won.. at the end – so there! But yep son didn’t do too bad- pure luck 😉
3 wimmin vs 1 young man. And you didn’t let him win?
wimmin/smh.
are you kidding?? huh.. In Fact.. although I won the entire pot.. we gave all the big money – quarters- to my son .. min/smh
We men don’t want charity.
lol.. ha! alright I got nothing for ya here.. however my son sure did want those quarters.. although today I plan to put him to work.. thus not charity. Ha!
That’s Cruel.
wimmin/smh
oh dang you’re hard to please..,. min/smh 🙂
egg.sack.lee what wifey unit says. 🙂
Ha! she must love you HUGE 😉
She has got no other choice. 🙂
lol 🙂
sherijr, did we miss your birthday? So sorry but it sounds like you had a special treat awaiting you!! A very, very HAPPY belated birthday to you!! Hope you get to be in your new home very soon.
thank you meta! there have been so many delays on the house.. it has gotten plain silly… am hoping by NEXT weekend.. but we’ll see. Anyway, thanks for the good wishes.. 🙂 had a very happy birthday.
Sherijr, ((((((((((((( Happy Birthday))))))))))))) I hope that your day was a joyful one with those you love and care so much about. HZ
ohh thank you very much HZ… it was pure joy 🙂
Great sherijr, that brings joy to my heart as well. Soooooooooo great.HZ
Sherijr–Best birthday gift in the world. Hope everything else falls into place for you.
thank you.. and yes voting today- on my Grandson’s 5th Birthday was an extra special gift.. !
Happy birthday, Sheri! Great birthday present. 🙂
Morning in America…
ZING!
That’s the next tweet to jack welch-
you should know about cooking the books, Now hit the road Jack and don’t come back no more.
tweeted Jovie
Protect Big Oil, Fire Big Bird
Heads up everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/05/heads-up-president-obama-in-virginia/
People are catching on, lol :
I agree .
We keep joyful for this wonderful news. Keeping pressing onward. HZ
https://twitter.com/BlGBlRD/status/254256989364965376
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