The new normal in Washington

[Cerise]

Hmmmm, no, I believe he was directing his comments to her...... and I was just pointing out her 'net gangsta history of personal attacks.

 

[MrBishop]

History being the dominant word here.
She was speaking about her past.
What's your excuse?

 

[Cerise]

Have I personally attacked someone?

 

[catocom]

imo Jim basically hit the nail on the head in the very first post, first comment...

if ones takes the 'politics' out of the equations, ....
is there Really that much of a story here?
If so (remember...without politics...) why?

 

[jimpeel]

I'm not sure what the article is trying to say. The Obama administration continues to work on job creation. There's no indication their accepting the current crisis as "new normal".

A good question.

If Bush were president, they would be calling the recovery a "jobless recovery". There are hundreds of examples one can cite where that was done in the press.

In this case, they give Obama for two reasons -- both of which we all already know -- so what was unacceptable for one becomes acceptable for the other. There are numerous examples of this double standard across the spectrum.

The Labor (insert whatever he being called this week) has stated openly that where there may be a recovery the unemployment rate will stay at ~10% for the foreseeable future.

There is also that little thing about the job numbers being up but mainly because all of those census workers who were hired temporarily. When the census is over, they will be out of a job and the same people who created the up numbers will now be feeding the down numbers.

We'll all have to wait and see how the double standard will play out on that one.

 

[spike]

If Bush were president, they would be calling the recovery a "jobless recovery".

Like they're doing now with Obama you mean.

In this case, they give Obama for two reasons -- both of which we all already know -- so what was unacceptable for one becomes acceptable for the other. There are numerous examples of this double standard across the spectrum.

It's not acceptable to have high unemployment no matter who is president.

The Labor (insert whatever he being called this week) has stated openly that where there may be a recovery the unemployment rate will stay at ~10% for the foreseeable future.

That would be unfortunate but we're trending in the right direction at the moment.

There is also that little thing about the job numbers being up but mainly because all of those census workers who were hired temporarily. When the census is over, they will be out of a job and the same people who created the up numbers will now be feeding the down numbers.

Job numbers are not up mainly because of the census.