[Recovering_Democrat]

I offer this for discussion. I got in lots of arguments with liberals after the election, as I pointed out people losing jobs AFTER the election. Libs continued to bash Bush for it--even though the era of "Hopey Changey" was just around the corner.

Now I think the opposite is happening. People see Hussein's unchecked power ending, and so are willing to take a bit more of a risk.

thoughts?

[ottbmare]

I very much hope that the business community and America in general become more optimistic after November 2. That said, I’m also concerned that people will be disappointed and upset if a newly Republican-led Congress can’t instantly undo all the financial and cultural damage and change everything back to the happy golden days of the 1980s.

[Stosh]

It would be useful to point out the point on that chart at which the donkeys took over Congress - it’s the House that writes the budget, not the President (except for the current regime, in which the House hasn’t even been able to pass anythng more than a continuing resolution).

Bottom line - employment went all to hell when the democrats got their hands on the Treasury.

[Qbert]

Regarding the chart itself: If it included the latest three months of this year, it would have shown:

54,000 jobs lost in June, 171,000 lost in July, and 54,000 lost in August.

I don’t think Claire will be updating that chart anytime soon to show what a wonderful job Obama has done...