Everyone heard that jobs were back so they all went looking for them again. Trumping up the economy hurts Obama in some ways as it encourages those no longer looking for work to start looking again—which moves them to the unemployeed #.
“Trumping up the economy hurts Obama in some ways as it encourages those no longer looking for work to start looking again—which moves them to the unemployeed #.”
It also hurts him because people think he is completely disconnected from the American reality (as he obviously is). When he speaks of things being better, people think either 1) he is very naive, or 2) he is deliberately downplaying their plight. An increasing number of people are switching from the the former to the latter; he is doomed.