[FreeReign]

I wouldn't really classify 138.5 million as "record shattering" when there were 137.8 million when he took office.

Household survey says about 136.9 million jobs when he took office. Not the figure you gave.

[Your Nightmare]

I used the seasonally adjusted Employment Level data from the BLS. I used this data because it matched the 138.5 million the article used. What numbers are you using? And what do your numbers say was the employment level in Jan 2001 and current?

Series Id:           LNS12000000 Seasonal Adjusted Series title:        (Seas) Employment Level Labor force status:  Employed Type of data:        Number in thousands Age:                 16 years and over
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1992	117978	117753	118144	118426	118375	118419	118713	118826	118720	118628	118876	118997
1993	119075	119275	119542	119474	120115	120290	120467	120856	120554	120823	121169	121464
1994	121966	122086	121930	122290	122864	122634	122706	123342	123687	124112	124516	124721
1995	124663	124928	124955	124945	124421	124522	124816	124852	125133	125388	125188	125088
1996	125125	125639	125862	125994	126244	126602	126947	127172	127536	127890	127771	127860
1997	128298	128298	128891	129143	129464	129412	129822	130010	130019	130179	130653	130679
1998	130726	130807	130814	131209	131325	131244	131329	131390	131986	131999	132280	132602
1999	133027	132856	132947	132955	133311	133378	133414	133591	133707	133993	134309	134523
2000	136561(1)	136599	136668	137264	136611	136923	136516	136701	136908	137124	137316	137632
2001	137790	137581	137738	137275	137063	136842	137091	136314	136869	136447	136234	136078
2002	135715	136362	136106	136096	136505	136353	136478	136811	137337	137079	136545	136459
2003	137447(1)	137318	137300	137578	137505	137673	137604	137693	137644	138095	138533	138479
2004	138566(1)	138301
1 : Data affected by changes in population controls in January 2000, January 2003 and January 2004.