Using Inauguration Day as a starting point, unemployment was 7.2% . After the Wall Street bailout, Porkulus, and the $645B earmarks bill, the unemployment rate is 9.5% ; a 32% rise in unemployment under President Obama - and he's only just begun. Actually, I blame much of this on the previous administration but to be consistent, if Obamatrons want to take credit for a stable stock market, they should also take credit for the the rise in unemploymnet.

I heard an Obama spokeswoman on NPR this afternoon suggesting the need for another stimulus package. I guess the last one has been sort of a bust. I would have thought that all the hope generated by borrowing so much from China would have juiced the jobs numbers a little.