[Son House]

But it likely reflects the difficulty adjusting for delays after the Thanksgiving holiday.

"But", why make excuses for the Democrat's Economic Policies not working, i.e. the Democrat stimulus bill, cash for clunker, mortgage assistance, student loans...ect, House Minority Leader Pelosi bragged about them. And give me the name of 1 economically astute Elected Democrat? And it can't obviously be one that voted for the health care bill, that was poor judgement and a bad decision at best.

I suggest the author go ask an elected Democrat why there is a "surge in first-time applications"? It's been 5 years, not including the previous 2 years they had control of the House and Senate.(Being they were so fast to associate last weeks numbers with a trend of economic improvement)

[familyop]

"The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 68,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 368,000..."

That's weekly. A month of that would add up to nearly 1 1/2 million jobs lost.

"The economy has added an average of 204,000 jobs a month from August through November..."

That's monthly.

[madprof98]

This is so totally . . . unexpected.

[kempster]

Seasonally Adjusted? You know, that is the time that retailers layoff extra people during the holidays. Oh wait, they don’t?

[FreeAtlanta]

No problem. The Obama regime will just adjust the number of people eligible to work so that the unemployment number stays the same. They are despicable.