[mdittmar]

We have 1 year to find Conservatives to vote for.

Vote out those who aren't.

[jessduntno]

JOBLESS Recovery? You mean DEPRESSION?

[TwelveOfTwenty]

and the eye-popping better than expected nationwide unemployment rate of 9.8%

There, fixed it for the MSM.

Honestly, if 9.8% unemployment is a good reason to vote in the other party, doesn't that make us look stupid for voting out the GOP in 2006 when unemployment was at 4.5%.

[Plutarch]

Watch how the jobless rate hovers at 9.8-9.99 per cent until November. The Commerce Department will not bring themselves to report double-digit unemployment. More and more of the jobless will be labeled as 'discouraged.' and not count in the unemployment rate.

Survey taker (to jobless adult): "You haven't really looked for work in the last month, have you?"

[JoeFromSidney]

Every recovery I can recall in the past 30 years or so has been labeled a "jobless recovery." No mystery there. When things start looking up, employers would rather put people on overtime than hire new and untrained workers. Only when employers are confident that they can afford new workers will the number of employed workers increase.

[unafraid]

With unemployment rates approaching double digits, and absolutely no economic initiatives focused on job creation, it is nonsense to speak of near-term recovery. Economists claiming that we have ‘turned the corner’ should have their credentials revoked.

[magooey]

Republicans trying to use grim job outlook to their advantagePresident Barack Obama says his administration won't rest until everybody who's looking for work can find a job.

I guess that means he is President for Life!

[remaxagnt]

jobless recovery and my wife is half pregnant! morons these people are

[OrangeHoof]

The timing could hardly be worse for Democrats in Congress.

Huh? Worse timing would be approximately a year from now when the debt is climbing and unemployment is still creeping upward.

Not to mention, the Democrats could have fixed this situation a long time ago if they had voted to CUT TAXES and save jobs rather than pushing their socialist neo-com agenda. When your whole approach is to choke capitalism, it hardly seems surprising that unemployment would still be unacceptably high.

[upchuck]

From the article:

On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., convened a forum of economists on Capitol Hill to talk about job-creation and ensuring that the economy doesn't slip back into recession. Ideas included:

• extending jobless benefits
• a massive tax cut
• letting the unemployed keep their COBRA health insurance longer
• a massive tax cut
• a job tax credit
• a massive tax cut

Interesting that these "economists" couldn't come up with a single idea that that doesn't further rape the taxpayer.