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Republicans are a joke. When the un-employment rose, they critized Obama, even though Georgey boy got us into this mess and now that it is slowly declining, they are coming out again. Since Obama took office, what have the rebulicans done to help this economy. The answer is simply, "Nothing". Even though you are black micheal, you are a white mans pawn. The party that hates everything thats not white, are at it again. It is a shame another party is not created to take its place. this people are a complete joke.

Yup. As the economy begins turning around you can expect the Republicans to get louder and louder.

Funny, isn't it? Had the jobless rate gone UP, they would have slammed his policies as being somehow responsible. They surprise everyone and go DOWN and they point fingers at Obama's "failed policies" and "experiments?"

Got any PLAN, Republicans? Or just more whining and moaning as the "experiment" you hate begins working?

And what have the Republicans done for us lately, besides hurl accusations and insults?

Meanwhile, the President is continuing to do exactly what the majority of Americans elected him to do: save our failing economy, reform health care, and create a new green-jobs economy.

These Republicans are so predictably negative. Shocking.

There was nearly a 50% drop in unemployment numbers last month, but the RNC would rather remain critical and offer the Party of NO solutions, NO cooperation and NO direction. Could you imagine the bigger mess if these shortsighted Republicans were still allowed to wreak their havoc?

At least President Obama is working diligently for us to turn our economy in a positive direction.

WOW! I'm impressed. Republican are sooo concerned about joblessness.

Wow, the first really good news on the economy in over a year and this is how the republicans react. What are they going to say when the economy finally starts adding jobs again?

These remarks by Republicans make me wonder what they would have said if the jobless rate had gone up ...just goes to show, they are only interested in making the United States fail..

The party of "NO" is still at it. Despite their best efforts to prevent it, the economy is starting to turn around. The loss of jobs started on their watch more than a year ago and has finally showed some improvement. Now they start on health care and the deficit. The deficit started rising 8 years ago ON THEIR WATCH. Health care cost rose tremendously in those 8 years and nothing was done about it. How can they even pretend to defend their policy on these issues?

So if it's killing jobs,then why the heck is there lower unemployment?
The sun never shines during a Democratic administration does it

if these fixes fail , then America fails not Obama , not Congress , not the republicans either , but the average citizen is the one who will be burden ...................

Come on...it about time that the repubs realize that mess is from Bush, and take the responsibiltiy for it.
All I hear from them is slamming Obama and the Dems..put up some programs that make sense and expalin why they are different and why they would work.
It is time that all the polictal BS stop...this country needs everyone to work together..the partisan politics has got to stop or we will all go down the drain.

I want to ask all the politicians if THEY will be covered under the same health plan they are shoving down our throat????
If not, WHY? Why do they think they are better than the AMERICANS that pay their salaries?

I just completed a week long vacation where i drove 2225 miles up the coast of California, Oregon and Washington State. On that trip i saw first hand 1. the horrible state of our infrastructure - roads/bridges and 2. Happy men and women WORKING hard to repave and rebuild that infrastructure. we have a huge amount of work to do and more stimulus money? I'm all for it. When i would hit those sections that had been completed i realized that the third world highways we have come to expect as the norm take a terrible toll on our cars and are basically pretty dangerous to drive.

Just like the repubs we hear something good and they are so quick to try and make it something bad. Can't they at least let America have a feel good moment before trashing the Pres.

This is the typical reublican climate , so what if the economy has started to shift towards the positive , are republicans still say that nothings's working , if they haven't been paying attention lately but their are good indicator's that the stimulus is starting to take hold , but if they continue with the angry politics and the word ' NO ' to everything that is trying to be accomplished then we have to say that they are actually obstructing progress for all Americans , Yet even with the healthcare bill , why would we not want to fix our healthcare system , but yet republicans are constantly spewing out disimformation , why would we not want insurance companies to become more honest and settle for less profit , it's seems they make a lot of money but offer little in return , what's wrong with competition for the insurance companies that is the question most of you that have been disallusioned to ask your selves

Is the GOP serious? Slamming Obama because of 2.8 million jobs lost since he has been in office?? The standards they are holding President Obama to are not humanly achievable. They are failing to deal with the fact that Obama is cleaning up the mess of a GOP administration!

If my house (aka our economy) became mostly destroyed by a bulldozer (aka W) and a government agency came in to help me rebuild it, and one month later I went on a public offensive against the agency that was helping me rebuild because I had been homeless for a month under their watch, I would be doing the same thing the GOP is doing; distorting the truth and distracting attention away from the fact that it is their mess that Obama is cleaning up.

Shame on Boehner and the GOP for their counterproductive and immature attitude.

I would like to hear a Republican suggestion that would actually help the American people out of the mess that we are in. The continuous bashing of the current administration is getting old now. President Obama is working hard to right the wrongs of the previous administration, and the Republicans can not stand it. He will not fail, because he has the American people behind him, no matter what the so-called polls say. No one has ever asked me what I think. I am a 63-year old retired/working woman who is doing just fine. I have health insurance, but I would surely like to see those millions of people who don't have health insurance, get theirs. And I am praying for those people who are out of work, to once again get back to work. It will take time, but time is all we have. I am confident that President Obama's agenda will get us back on the right track. I am sick and tired of the Republicans never giving any solid suggestions. They had eight years and tore our country apart. I can not wait for the 2010 elections.

Repugs just can't get over that WE won the election and are winning at turning around this mess THEY created!

Seriously. Boner and "I Don't Do Pollicy" need to learn to mix in a little positive with the negative every once in awhile. It helps credibility.

Ah, yes...

According to republicans...

Good News = Bad
Bad News = Good
Fear = Good
Facts = Bad

These guys are so ridiculous. No wonder they continue to drift further & further towards irrelevance.

It doesn't matter what the GOP think in this stage of the game. They have no ideas, Rush is their leader who keeps ramming ideas in their head, they can't stand on their own two feet, and always have negative things to say about this country. They are the new Nazis in this country. If I were the Democrats, i would continue to let them talk, but continue my hardwork without them or their ideas. Right now America doesn't accept their ideas but they keep on drumming up we represent the American people. " How about the minorities in this country? You don't see them at your funky town meetings or halls. That is why I believe those meetings are stagged.

Make that former presidents...though its likely future presidents should they be Republicans would continue to allow our healthcare system to crumble.

The Obama camp will spin this saying "If it wasn't for the stimulus, things would be a whole lot worse!." That's like me saying I kept Katrina from being worse by putting a fan on my roof to blow the hurricane away. By the way, my electricity went out and the fan did not work anyway....kind of like the stimulus package.

If this doesn't truly explain just how negative and out of touch these crazed Republicans are, I don't know what does. What a bunch of losers.

he's still cleaning up the bush-republican mess he inherited. rational people know the unemployment rate doesn't go from 9.5 to 5 in one month.

The party of NO is disappointed that the economy is picking up once more. The American people are wiser that all of you put together. Continue to arrange protesters to sabotage the economy your waterloo awaits you Republicans at the front.

Republicans, please please please! be quite! We lost jobs plenty of jobs under Bush and spent money, with all those tax cuts................your way did not work either....stop acting like you are the only party that has all the answers to fixing a mess that you created, by doing it your way. Go ahead American celebrate that the job loss this month is lower than expected. I am so tried of all these politics.

Suddenly Republicans are all concerned about spending! Where were they during the great robbery of the Bush era?

What victory lap? Republicans are so full of crap. We continue to receive good news on the economy, and party of NO continues to be negative and pessimistic in wanting the President to fail. Unfortunately, if the President fails, the American people do as well.

What a bunch of sore losers.

What have the Republican congressional leaders done to help? Nothing!

At every turn they said no, yet, they find reasons to complain because the economic news is not as bad as expected.

Even if all unemployed person fund jobs this pass month, they would still complain. This group of selfish people should be voted out and many will during the midterm election.

Though there are too many ignorant people in this country; the Republicans think we are all stupid so they continue the fear tactics in the hope they will scare as many as possible.

Had they held the presidency, I hate to say the unemployment figures would have shown to be 15% by now. Just say no to everything except more wars and wasteful spending on the military machine, for weapons no longer needed or free give away to their friends in Haliburton.

Amazing the lack of perspective the Republican party has...it is their former president, their deregulation of the financial services sector and their wars on two fronts that dragged down the economy and blew out our budget deficit...all while accomplishing virtually nothing over the course of 8 years in terms of a domestic agenda. Obama has been fighting Bush's uphill battle with the economy and would actually like to fix a system that future president's allowed to fall into its current state of disrepair. Enough partisan rhetoric – offer some solutions of your own you cowards.

Maybe the focus should not be on creating new jobs which are not neccessarily good jobs, but rather finding ways to reduce the huge layoffs from companies who are not even losing money and still paying huge bonuses to executives.

It would have been much more effective if the republicans would have just said the unemployment numbers look promising. Instead they come back with nothing more than whining. They prove that they're really hoping for the worst, not a trend toward improvement. It's just more hooey from the nattering nabobs of negativity. I've tuned them out, I prefer to maintain my optimism.

why didn't they react when we went to Iraq in false pretext...ok how sad...GOP....GOP, for you....breaking pres. obama is not stopping health care...you think like this...ok..sad..sad...sad...it is not going to work....

The party of no is obviously angry that President Obama's policies are WORKING. No one expected 8 years of Bush's mess to be cleaned up in 200 days. That's idiotic thinking. Congratulations President Obama on your excellent job so far!

No matter what obama does it still isn't good enough for republicans. I say if you don't like the what's cooking in the white house get your boney arse out and stop whenning about it.

Excuse me? The unemployment rate was sky high and jobs were bleeding WAY before the President took office thanks to Republicans. If the jobless rate was zero or very low when he Pres. Obama took office and then it just Jumped up to 9.4 % then you would have an argument. But since the umemployment rate is a DIRECT consequence of the recession, almost depression, that the Republican leadership brought on this country I am thrilled that Pres. Obama's wisdom and forsight is helping us turn the economy around. We are not fooled. Be Gone! Your spin has no power here!

Republicans caused this mess. Why should we listen to them?

CNN, please stop protecting the Rethuglican. I can't stand you site.

If I was bashing he Democrats my comment would be posted and now that I am telling the truth about the Rethuglican you won't print my commment.

I already stop watching CNN and now I will never return to you site again. You are in the pocket of the Rethuglican and I find you to be nothing more that a tabloid rag.

Repubs in the latest episode of 'steel boner'.

This president can bring the employment down to 5% they will still complain. These dam " sons of jerks" are still playing politic. They just don't want to give him any credit. They are acting stupidly.

The Republicans before they criticize Obama should remember that the mess, such as recession and high unemployment, we are experiencing now are after effects of the bad decisions and "shock and awe" styles of management of a Republican president and Republican subordinates before our current president.

What a joke. These buffoons must have a short memory.The GOP laid waste to our economy.Thank GOD for President Obama coming to Wakarusa Indiana the other day. George Bush visited our area only with an outstretched hand looking for donations. Obama brought us HOPE.

God forbid President Obama could do anything right. The Republicans would probably find fault even if the unemployment rate was 0%

The GOP gave BIG business the power to destroy jobs, send jobs overseas, reduce wages, create fire-at-will. And now they are concerned about people's welfare. The GOP need to shut up and retire cause they have destroy the economy of this country.

of course they do, they had nothing to do with it and can claim no credit so they bash the POTUS.

WHAT A BUNCH OF LOOOSSSEEERRRSSS.

At what point will the American citizenry decide to put a halt to this oppressive piling on of debt by this administration? Apparently, a majority of voter last Nov thought Obama was smart, but he is proving that he doesn't have the faintest idea what to do about anything except weasel on all foreign relations, blame the US for all bad stuff, and pile on debt. Does he really think this is okay with Americans? (It's not!)

No matter what happens, these people are always going to find something wrong with something positive.

They are all immersed with their own pity party that they don't realize that life has more to offer than just "doom and gloom."

We just had a 8 year run of republican ideas, that is what got us into this mess. About the deficit, we are still working on a Bush budget until October. We just put the Iraq war onto the budget and that made the deficit go up quite a bit but that is called being open and honest with the Amarican people.

Sorry GOP you cant have it both ways....they Slam him if the numbers had gone up – even though he's trying to fix Their failures from the past 8 years.

His Stimulus IS WORKING and now the numbers dropped.

But of course thr GOP cant stomach to have Anything Positive at all to say.

They are predictably Negative & Devisive

Just amazing to me after "200 days" the GOP openly states their goal to "Destroy" his Presidency. Lest we forget what THEY (President Bush – Cheney & a GOP run Govt') were doing the previous 8 years to destroy our economy & standing in the world...Sad

Wow, can't they just say that's good news? Not everything is about their political futures. In fact, none of it is.

Voter's better wake-up to what the President and congress are doing to our beloved country! Absolute ruination!

Republicans are passe and irrelevant. Thank God they are powerless. We are making great strides because of Democratic leadership.

Oh man the Rethuglican are so funny, I can't keep a strait face. The Potus is this, and the Dems are that yet the Rethug has not answer for anything. OH yeah I forgot Taxes Cuts, Scare tatics, and Lies.

Thank you Mr. President you have not cleaned up all of the rethuglican mess but you are well on you way. I give you a B+ for all you effort.

The market is up and Job losses are down, no matter how small it is it is better than it was a month ago. Please take credit for all your hardwork. I for one will let you have the time to fix what is wrong in this country. Pass Health and Insurance Reform, America needs it. Not the Rethuglican they are health and don't need help with the health care. So let it be Health and Insurance Reform for all american except the Rethuglicans.

Real Republican reforms such as.........? Nevermind.

sigh... the Party of No the GOP/Whigs is a lost cause. The honestly are trying to make this country less stable with their rhetoric.... frankly its disgusting.

Ahhhh, the party of NO.

These idiots got us in this mess and now they act like spoiled children.

It's so nice to have adults in charge once again, 8 years was way too long.

The "Mission Accompished" crew is accusing Obama for a "victory lap"?
Amazing! Our country could be in stellar condition and the Republicans would be complaining!

What else would you expect these chumps to say?

These guys are truly twisted! This is good news for all Americans and they simply cannot find a way to turn from negativity and cynisism -not even for a bried moment...

Can somebody please explain this strange behavior and way of thinking?

Since Boehner wants to eliminate any competition for the health care industry, it seems that his position is anti capitalistic. Typical anti American position from the party of "No!"

GOP has memory problem. They forgot who created this mess at the first place. They didn't mention that last president (only 8 months ago) that doubled our national debt to almost 11 trillions.

America isn't failing ...Obama Wins again....Sotomayor confirmed, Cash for Clunkers huge success..Economy coming back.....Health Care REFORM is next....Wingnuts having fits because America is coming back...Obama has done more in 200 days than the Repugs have done in 8 years....

Every single time one of these comes out Boehner puts out a statement. Job numbers bad? Boehner complains. Job numbers good? Boehner complains.

The GOP started off as a political party, but it's dying as a joke

Some facts folks to counter Republican 'math';
1. One trillion dollars over 10 years you say?
2. We spend 2.6 trillion a year on health care.
3. 1 trillion divided by 10 years = 100 billion additional health care costs per year under the current bill.
4. 100 billion/year divided by 2.6 trillion/year = an additional cost of 3.8%
5. The current annual increase in medical costs is 15%

Conclusion: reform will save money and the annual costs of 3.8% are quite reasonable. Americans want reform. YES WE CAN!

This unemployment report is positive and is another indication that the recession is slowing and starting to turn around. The Republican leaders are so frustrated and blinded by fear that Pres. Obama's policies are starting to work that they are in denial. They seem to think if they criticize and exaggerate enough times that people will start to believe them. They need a dose of reality. They can't take any credit for any positive turnarounds because they tried to obstruct them all.

Big surprise, the Republicans will try and slam Obama every chance they get. Funny how Steele is blaming Obama for 2.8 million jobs lost since the begining of the year, especially since the recession started during Bush's reign. If anyone is to blame for this mess, its Bush and his Republican cronies. Its just more of the same from them. But have no fear, the American public will see through their lies and it will only serve to disengage them even more from the people.

The Republicans may like to forget that they caused this economic crisis. How much has the war in Iraq cost us? To what purpose? How about those banks in New York? Who was stuffing their pockets with our money? As a recovering Republican, I think anything the party says now is laughable. A fat, and I do mean fat, lot of rich, spoiled corrupt windbags.

I don't understand how you can slam the President with the news today. Is it great news? No, we are still at 9.4% unemployment. However, it is better news than we have been getting. This problem started under THEIR President's watch. So they should have just laid low on this issue.

Along with the jobs report came the month end report for some retailers. Better then expected PROFITS not to mention the rise in the stock market, but your right the stimulas isn't even helping at all

Unemployment is slowing, the markets are up, home starts are up and the Republicans still have nothing but negativity. All they seem to have is old, uneducated white people on Medicaid (social program) screaming down and threatening members of congress. Way to go Republicans.

Unemployment rate goes down, and the Republicans complain that Obama is making people lose their jobs. Wow. It's no wonder that nobody takes them seriously anymore... well, except for the 15% tea bagger population – but nobody listens to those fools anyway.

The GOP's hatred for any Democratic progress shows just how out of touch they are and how badly they're "praying" for the economy to tank for their "I told you so" moment...too bad for them that things are looking up. How long before they all move to Texas and secede...I can't wait much longer. LOSERS.

when did the president EVER say the Economy would be fixed overnite? Let's try to be a bit more UPLIFTING in this country!! AGAIN teh party of gloom

I'd like a job like Boehner's. Do nothing all day, send out nasty press releases, gripe in front of the camera, get a good tan, outstanding health benefits and isn't held accountable for anything he says or does / doesn't do. Did I say he makes a good amount of money doing this? Where can I apply for such a cushy job??

It takes nerve and gall for the Republicans to respond since it was their policies that cause the meltdown of the American economy-At the the President and the Democrats are trying to fix things while the Reps are just doing their usual lap-just say no-no to helping the people of the US and not the big corporations.The Republicans in their statements are just reminding the Americans of the problems they caused in the first place.

What is the party of NO response to the ailing economy ? NO. Answer to improving economy thanks to Obama hard work ? NO. God bless america. Republicans can continue to build Iraq and fight more wars. Clinton left money only for Bush to trash down. Go Obama. Spend it here to the tax payer.

THEY JUST WON'T STOP!!! The GOP is so blinded by their own anti-big government, anti-spending ideology that they can't see progress even when it's staring them in the face! Yes, the job numbers are irratic, but Obama IS doing something right or the job loss numbers would not be steading out. The Republican just will never give him any credit. AND WE SHOULD JUST LISTEN TO THEM AND KILL THE HEALTHCARE BILL!!!! Americans, is it REALLY in our BEST intrest to kill the heathcare bill knowing the job situation in this country, along with the fact that the GOP offers no real alternative healthcare plan? Politics aside, if you had to bet your LIFE on Obama's healthcare plan and just siding with the GOP, who would you choose. Remember this GOP is the party that told us "we would be greeted as liberators in Iraq". We all know how that turned out!

OMG – let the news get its feet wet first!!! Keep it up REPUBS. You're goimg to fimd yourselves UNEMPLOYED once this economy gets right and health care becomes a WAY OF LIFE!!! Watch the POLLS come 2010 – 2012!!

Way to GO – Party of NO!!!

Bush – DOW over 13,000 unemployment at 4.7 and we were told we were in a recession, Now DOW AT 9000 unemployment almost 10 economy shrinking at 1% and recession is over ?

So............good is bad and bad is good right ? Do I have it now?

Man Carter is even starting to look better.

More bad news for the Republicans. More good news for the rest of us.

All the money from the stimulus has not been allocated yet.....why don't you repugs idiots talk about how many jobs were save...and while your at it offer some solutions.......you guys are useless....President Obama Continues to make you guys look like unqualified idiots......face it you have been EXPOSED!!!!!!!!!!!

These guys seem to have a short memory on what caused this fiacso and who was in charge when it started.

Work together, please or we are all doomed.

For an economy that was 'cratering' on the edge of depression, we have come a long way in the last 8 months. That, of course, is with no help from the party of "No!"

As our economy starts to look better, the wing nuts are really getting desperate to scare people more. Fear and lying is all the GOP has.

An economic bust created by Republican, nay conservative, top end tax cuts, deregulation and speculative energy markets and these clowns want to blame an administration that has been in office 200 days? What a joke on the American people the Republican Party has been the last 8 years and more.

I'm still waiting for the GOP's plan to turn our economy around! Has anyone heard one yet? All I hear is the 'nattering nabobs of negativity'. It's far easier to sit back and criticize than to actually put forth a plan that works! Come on, GOP, what do YOU have that's new and not recycled from the past??!!

Things get worse, slam Obama. Things get better, slam Obama. That's the entire Republican platform right now. No matter what, slam Obama.

If you keep slamming a guy who keeps getting it right once the final results come in, you eventually lose all credibility. Saved banking system, saved auto industry, bettering overall economy through stimulus, improved foreign relations, shot pirates, and got a justice confirmed. 6 months in and the successes keep mounting.

The Republicans better pray to God healthcare doesn't pass and become another win while they've been opposing the whole way.

You know the Republicans had never had it in mind to work with the new administration.

Critical responses are pre-written, hell they probably have templates. From the get go it was the stick our feet in the ground and drag them, fight, complain, whine and blame this president for the mess he inherited mentality.

You can't have bi-partisanship if one side never had the willingness to try.

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.

The republicans ditched the country, when they were in control for over 8 years, continue to be negative, not cautious–critisize just about everyting without ever having a better solution then what we have or what is suggested by the other side

When all americans, not just the privileged americans, get something to bring the country together, it becomes the same old song...
"the sky is falling, run for your lives!!"

Maybe if we all got together as americans, not dems or repubs, but just the decent americans that the "greatest generation" taught us then we can continue to be a great country not just mouth off that we are a great country.

Good job Mr. President,

Keep going–we have a long way to go.

The GOP is a pack of losers. Can't they generate some new ideas? Do they constantly have to behave like a bunch of spoiled brats who just keep yelling foul when they get struck out.

Can you imagine what the Republicans and their supporters mSm would be saying if these jobs numbers were going up than trending down like these numbers shows today????????????.

Boehner, I'm from Fairfield, OH. We're going to replace you with someone with a brain in the next election.

Nice job President Obama. Your policies are showing results.

Wow...two negative comments from the republicans....what a surprise. If the man found a cure for cancer, they would still not give him credit. I was hoping for a little better from Mr. Steele, but what can you expect from a man who apologizes to Mr. Limbaugh because he doesn't want him to say something bad about him on his show. That is really having a backbone. Mr. Boehner...did exactly as expected as he has been doing since the second day of President Obama's presidency. No other president has been met with such negativity since day one. Without even President Obama doing anything. What does that tell you? As Hannity said.....the republicans will never support him and I guess he was right. Since nothing like this has ever happened before...one wonders if it is the color of his skin.

Democratic leaders would be well-served to work with Republicans on real reforms that expand Americans' access to affordable health care and help small businesses create more jobs."
that's what the beener stated, work with repugnants? is like asking a lion not to go hunting.......now they are talking about affordable health care???????? what happened to the last 4 decades??.....when they were enjoying their OWN healthcare without paying a cent......and still do today........incite, incite just like the alska hag......

I find it interesting that the highest unemployment percentages are in States that are also LIBERAL strongholds

CA – Liberal
MI – Liberal (Union)
FL – Liberal
RI – Liberal

While the CONSERVATIVE midwest strates are weathering this crisis better.

John Boehner hasn't made a positive comment since he hailed the Bush doctrine as a political mandate. Would somebody please ask this complete fraud to put a lid on it. As a native of Ohio I am totally embarrassed. Good to see the Party of No continues its verbal attacks without offering any solutions whatsoever. Very credible!

I love it. Economic advice from Republicans. Their attacks are as transparent as their promises to be fiscally responsible if given a second, third, or fourth chance.

Yay! Good news is TERRIBLE news! Up is down and Right is Wrong, let's keep on singin' that rightwing song!

Aren't we nearly at the verse where the economy was going to improve anyway and all Obama did was mortgage our grandchildren's futures?

I seem to remember that Obama's statement more or less informed us that the unemployment figures would continue to decline and the stimulus would take a while to take root and reverse the trends started during the last administration. Yes, at some point the current administration will have to take responsibility of these figures, but no one really knows how long the effects from the past will continue to haunt our economy since it has no real precedent in current times. The man has been president for less than 8 months, but he's expected to solve all our problems already! The GOP is just spouting more political propaganda for their 2010 campaigns!

It's funny, I don't remember hearing the repubs criticizing the former president for his ridiculous spending...

Reslugs just won't admit or just can't stand the fact that Prez. Obama is doing the best he can with the absolute horrendous mess the Reslugs handed him after eight years of total screw-up.

Republicans really need to "Shut Their Traps" for a while. Every statement that they make is negative and they offer no ideas. There is something to be said for things we learned from our parents and grandparents. Does anyone remember the line, "If you can't say anything good about someone then don't say nothing at all." While the democratic process lends itself to back and forth debate, there are sometimes closing the mouth is necessary. You never want to give the impression that you disagree with everything just to disagree. That turns people off. So repubs put the lobbyist talking points in the trash bin once in a while and think with your hear and mind. In fact, you all owe the democrats because they voted with you when you were in power to engage in that unfounded IRAQ war. So shut up for a minute.

Wow, they are suddenly in panic mode... Never mind that the overall unemployment number went DOWN, and that the number of jobs lost was far fewer than originally projected....

But hey, let's call this what it is... These guys wouldn't have been happy if NO jobs were lost. They can't make up their minds. Either too many jobs were lost, or we are spending too much money to prevent that. Bone-Head and the RNC can't stand that they are being exposed as the enemies of the recovery. Good luck in 2010, guys! If this keeps up, everyone will remember what you did to support it. Oh, that's right! You didn't....

When will the GOP remember that negativity is not leadership?

Republican leaders (not republicans) are so pathetic. They have NO ideas of their own but criticize the efforts and progress the democrats are making on the economy.

I wish one of the morons on Boehner's staff would actually read the health reform to him. He is obviously incapable.

It amazes me that wing nuts like Boehner do not any competition for the health industry. I am sure he will continue to get big contributions if reform fails.

The GOP again out of touch with reality.the fact of the unemploment rate seems to be slowing down seems to evade them.Would they be happier if more Americans were out of work?Why does the GOP dislike the working American so much?

What can you say . The repubs are right , the numbers show it even though the white house has tried to skew the numbers.

Republicans are just freaking out. These economic results are strong signs that the actions taken by Obama are working and are turning the economy back. I see this as a replication of the Roosevelt initiatives to quell on the great depression. With the Obama policies we will see another great term of economic expansion for all Americans, in the same way we saw it after the great depression. Republicans are not learning the lessons; they are just the party for the racist whites and unscrupulous conservatives.

since the Repubs are largely responsible for letting their big-biz buddies send American jobs overseas with no corresponding tax penatlies for doing so, where do they get off criticizing now?? Anyway, the President could cure cancer tomorrow and they'd whine he a) had not done it soon enough, or b) it was a socialized cure or c) cancer really doesn't kill anyone, anyway so it would be a fake victory..... a pox on these old, old, old, annoying guys!

Why is it the ONLY thing Republicans can do is complain? Not once this year can I recall them EVER coming up with a solution. Well thank God we finally have someone in charge willing to take the heat to talk about the issues the GOP don't want to face.

The unemployment rate fell for the first time in a year.

That includes 5-6 months where Bush was in office, yet none of you Republicans complained about the state of the economy when Bush was in office.

It takes time to stop a train wreck. Like Obama said from the very beginning the economy was never going to turn around overnight.

Exactly. When is 247,000 less jobs and 9.4% unemployment a victory? Obama is a lying political beast, who is self-serving and trampling all over our future for his and his cronies game.
Is anyone else disgusted by Obama having an "enemies list"? He's a typical fascist dictator.

Have the Republicans forgotten that it is their policies that got us into this mess in the first place?Obama is just trying to clean it up the best way his can.

If I said what I really thought about those two CNN would not print it. They may not print this. republicans ARE the reason that we have high unemployment anyhow, but not they want to blame Obama because that is all they have to offer. No real ideas, it's just Obama's fault.

I wonder how long the Republicans will stay on the sinking ship of an argument that the stimulus is not working. They could have chosen to be more cooperative on it and taken credit for the tax cut part of the stimulus which was about 40% of it. Instead they continue to ignore facts just as they have on Obama's birth place, climate change, etc. Facts just don't seem to even faze them.

"2.8 million Americans have lost their jobs since the president took office"... so, the tanking economy that we had last year was supposed to rebound the instant Obama took office? He's been President for half a year??

Unfortunately for Steele, the economy is showing signs of recovery, there's no denying it. The unemployment rate is being reduced for the first time since April 2008. Thanks for all of your hard work President Obama. The silent majority recognizes the administration's achievements, and see's thru Steeles comments.

hi wish i had the power to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,all these republicans in congress

Republican leaders (not republicans) are so pathetic. Be happy that the economy and job lost rates are improving. All rhetoric and no ideas.

these repugnant imbeciles should be sent to Mars.......even if the economy would recover a significant percentage......the beener and the rnc and all CONServatives would still find sarcasm in their statements.....where was the victory lap taking place, anybody saw the President do it? of course not....they are getting more mentally incapacitated by the day.........

Seriously?! I actually WANT to vote republican, but they are making it impossible with all the childish behavior!

Please, give us republicans we can vote for...

I read/watch the news carefully. From all I can see, the Republicans have nothing to offer this country but negativity, gloom and doom, no support whatsover for the American people – there is NOTHING they find right and they don't offer solutions. I will never ever vote for this party again and I will do my best to keep them out of power. They are destructive, they distort, and they use scare tactics. The typical UGLY American. And for those moderates – shame shame shame you don't speak out. And for those media that fan the flames, shame on you. I'm sick to death of "expert panelists" and daily polls of 1,000 people that are supposed to be representative of millions? Give me a break!

Everyone retirement age that is against government run health care should put their money where their mouth is and give up their Medicare. That or shut up!

OH REPUGS,

You cannot stand anything good that happens to the American people do you if it is the work of the DEMS, you are a sorry excuse of a party and a bigger sorry excuse for Minority Leader, when are the Ohioians going to wake up and boot this guy out of the office, all I have heard him do is creticize, well Mr. Minority Leader, you were in tha majority with the past administration, if you are so smart including the RNC, why in the world did you let this great country come to this ha, if you are so smart give us an answer or shut up and let people clean up your MESS!!!!!!!!!

Oh, the Republicans have a solution now, after 30 years of Republican dominatin in Washington, from Reagan to the Republican COntract for America during the Clinton years, to Bush Jr., the economy and healthcare system today is a PRODUCT OF THEIR DOING. If they have the anwsers, why didn't they implement their great solutions during their 30 year reign of power? Indeed everything they did during those 30 years has led this nation on the road to ruin.

Remember it was the Republicans with their $3 Trillion in tax cuts to the wealthy and their $3 Trillion Wars and their failure to regulate Wall Street that led us to where we are. Obama has been on the job for 200 days – fewer days than Bush was on vacation during his term.

It is this propaganda style and false accusation mode that has soured me on the Republicans after voting for Reagan and Bush 1.

Unfortunately too many Americans are still fooled by Fox News and Rush.

The Republicans are a bunch of crazy people. They created this mess and now that there's a little light of progress, you want to throw dirt on it. Wow, and these people were voted into office, HOW? WHY? WHERE is the BI-Partsian. I see a group of angry old men , that are scared that they will be losing their perks. They care nothing about the American people, if they did we would not be discussing the issues that we are having now. They took, and they where greedy. Now the Democrats are cleaning up their mess, their failures. Instead of thanks, good job, they throw dirt. Republicans grow up!

NO, NO, AND NO!
Republic party is trying to shovel excriment against the incoming tide of better news since we removed them from any legislative responsibility.

Republicants are excellent at critizing, poor at offering solutions and like lemmings happy to walk off a cliffs edge in lock step like they did with there "hero" Bush. What losers…

Everyone knows that the job reports and unemployment are lagging indicatiors in which the economy is going. Bottom line, the tide is slowly starting to turn and unemployment will finally start to trend down. Republicans will be heart broken when this happens.

These guys can't stand the fact that the economy is slowly but steadily recovering. The Republicans are demonstrating over and over again that they are still very bitter about the election and that they really don't care about anything except attack Obama.

Bring some ideas, besides the "Just say NO" and may be the Country will listen.
Until then, please do yourself a favor and stop embarrassing yourself.

Republicants are excellent at critizing, poor at offering solutions and like lemmings happy to walk off a cliffs edge in lock step like they did with there "hero" Bush. What losers...

Republicans are a full of crap. Why can't you do research on many issues instead of listening to CBO, polls, and special interests?? I can't even understand what is your point about Health care that will increase costs, drive up the deficit, raise taxes, and destory jobs. That not enough information, you need to tell us more details instead of manufacturing people to be angry at Democrats. Thank you and nice try. I know that Polls can't prove with only less than 2,000 or 5,000 results from their opinions. If more than 1 millions from their opinions, story will tell big differences.

Bohner's belligerent behavior keeps blockin' his short-sighted and jaundiced vision further and further. He does not seem to act like a responsible politician. This guy is a maniac and he should be kicked out of office for his unskilled yakkitting.

They take the best economic news this country has saw in over a year and try to twist it to their agenda???.....Instead of trying to help, they're still obviously only trying to further tear the country apart. And in the process, only making themselves more irrelevant by the second.....

Heaven forbid you take any good news for what it is: GOOD NEWS.

Stop your fear mongering for two seconds and be glad that the jobless rate is starting to go down. This is something that should bring a glimpse of hope and a moment of happiness to ALL Americans.

HUH???

Did I read the job report wrong or is it that the Repubs are reading something else? The job reports said that it's down a 1% and that the lost of job is the lowest since last year... not sure if they know how to read or even understand what that means... But to me that would say it's not going up its declining meaning less people are loosing there jobs... and the stock market is looking better every month... My stock is doing very well... And how do you expect to have a complete 360 of this problem in 8 months? When the average person can't even pay off a 1,000 credit card bill in 8 months, but they expect the debt that was left to be wiped out in 8 months... With the repubs saying this today about jobs... i know now that they just don't like Obama... Because it’s very clear that it's down instead of up... But maybe they are reading something else...

Typical Republican drivel considering they are the ones that got us into this mess.

Funny, i did not hear the President take a victory lap for anything, i just heard the media announce the Jobs news...

If you follow the Republicans anything that could be seen as our economy getting better, the president has nothing to do with but every mishap is his fault... .

Hillary Clinton said it best " If the Republicans saw our President walk on water, they would come back and tell us that he cant swim"... LOL

Thanks for the motivation Repubs (haters) .... "Yes we can "

What a joke Michael Steele and John Boehner are. These imposters talk as if President Obama made this mess. Have they forgotten their failed policies and failed ideas of the previous 8 years got us in this mess. Obama, said it was not going to be easy, more jobs would be lost, but WE WILL RECOVER AMERICA. I am going with the Man who has a REAL PLAN, AND REAL IDEAS, AND WHO LISTENS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE MAN WHO IS NOT LYING !!! THAT MAN IS PRESIDENT OBAMA. THANK GOD FOR HIM.... WE WILL RECOVER AMERICA. LETS KEEP OUR AUDACITY AND HOPE ALIVE !!!!

Gotta love automatic "responses" from the GOP talking heads. If these "off the cuff" responses were any closer to each other they'd have to be considered verbatim copies. With the economy slowly improving it's getting harder to believe the phony outrage coming from the party that caused this to begin with.

Bonus points for once again trying to tie the health care reform measures to the way better than expected jobs report.

This is good news for America, why can't the Republicans accept that. Stop all this hating and scare tactics. Maybe you would do better in the upcoming elections.
All of this Obama bashing just makes you look like sore losers.

Twelve minutes later, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, reacting to the jobless numbers, criticized Democrats for what he called their "job-killing agenda":

Please John Boehner please stop with your criticizing becasue it is not working.

You know...I can't recall when the republicans actually had a plan...let alone something that actually worked.

I bet I can sum up the most popular republican plan...."let's give the wealthiest americans a tax cut....yeah, that's the ticket....Look how good its worked in the past" Never mind it got us in this position in the first place.

How many americans can't remember when the republicans were running the economy? It was only 7 months ago and already they have better plans? Why didn't they use them before? Oh that's right...they failed. OK...then why is everything Obama does wrong for america? Even modest improvements are denounced i.e. no good deed or improvement goes unpunished.

Please....some republican answer that for me

Guess what GOPers? There are less unemployed than were predicted. How is this bad news for anyone other than you all?

I for one am very happy for each American who hasn't lost their job. One would think we ALL should feel this way.

Unfortunately, continuing to say NO and mocking those who are at least trying to act responsibly does have it's consequences.

Sorry, but Republicans you can not spin this good news. I think all and all President Obama end of the week was great. Noboby is listen to you losers any more.

The GOP leaders are increasingly sounding like sour grapes each time something good happens to the US public as if they do not want our plight to improve so they can continue to blame the Obama administration. It is pitiful that instead of working hard to improve our situation and get us out of the economic troubles by cooperating and constructively collaborating with the president they resort to the constant criticism. They forget that we are as a country is in this sorry state because of the inefficient handling of the problems that we faced under the GPO leadership. Does any one ever want them in leadership position again?

These people in the Greedy Obstructionist Party are truly insane. After they have been responsible for the worst downturn in this country in years, they still keep running their mouths inappropriately and constantly. If they can't say anything constructive, they should just not say anything. What kind of leaders are they not to be able to see that this is encouraging news, not discouraging news for the millions of our ciizens who need some good news, and that if spending did not occur at this time by our government, we would be really in deep "do" ?
Enough of their foolish remarks after the announcements of good news for this country. YEAH AMERICA!

Poor poor conservatives. Every time we get good news they try and either make it bad news or find bad news. Only because it's bad news for there election chance. They don't care about the people just getting elected.

Hmmm. WHO exactly ran up the deficit over the past eight years after a Democratic president had a SURPLUS?

Republicans should look in the mirror before criticizing the new president about how he is handling the economy. He's been president six months – he has to clean up EIGHT YEARS of Republican mess.

No matter how good the news for Americans the GOP will denounce it. What sore losers!

They can tweak the stats and reports as much as they want. Pork does not create jobs, it's just that simple.

Unemployment figures waver as people become ineligible for continued unemployment benefits. Why? BECAUSE THEY'VE EXCEEDED THE LIMIT.

People have been unemployed so long that they're no longer even counted as unemployed, but this president and this congress declare "victory".

Sad.

I just want to get this straight, so, the people who drove the economy into the toilet by pushing for a complete lack of regulation and putting their collective head in the sand when things went south, are now upset that the economy is beginning to turn? Don't they want the economy to improve? Or is it because the Democrats are in charge on so no matter what happens, even if it is great for America, then the Republicans will say it is bad? How is that patriotic? How is that constructive, or, do we not care?! Hmm, well, I do, so, please Republicans, if you have something constructive to say, please offer that up, otherwise, stop ruining the country. These statements serve no purpose!

The republicans worse nightmare??? America getting better.

Think about that......the GOP is cheering for and hoping for the demise of America.

Makes me sick...

So what ideas does the RNC have? NONE? Thought so.... why don't they just shut up....

Suck on it GOP ! I am sure you will find something wrong with this too. I know they want President Obama (and us all) to fail but he will win.

Had the numbers gone up you would have slammed the president, when the numbers go down you slam the presiden. there is no winning with you people.You are just haters.You know who you are.

So, the unemployment rate goes up and the GOP scream, holler and complain. The unemployment rate goes down and they still complain? Well what the hell? Go figure.

I'm ashamed of the behaviour taking place at the town hall forums over health care reform. Health care reforn is good and can work....not everyone is always going to happy w/the terms, etc...but it works in other countries and can here. the republican party needs to be more open minded to the presidency and the american people if the want to survive the party. The ungliness that erupts at meetings should not be tolerated yet it is encouraged thru the republican representatives...they are the ones who encourage this type of nonsense by their hate speeches etc. We need to pull together as a country....we can learn from other countries and their methods. We need to promote unity w/in our own borders instead of letting other countries see us dividing.

What victory lap? I've heard "until jobs are a net positive we're not satisfied; though the trend is headed in the right direction."

Imagine how quickly we could get out of the recession if all americans (republicans and democrats) worked together to find solution for the worst down turn in our life time?

Obama is doing the best job possible. Why do we hate him for everything?

ok ...don't answer that.

You will never please these Republicans. Coninue on President Obama as we, The American People, know you want the best for us–it is clear your plans are working and the "Party of NO" just wants us to hurt more. Shame on the Republicans, they are truly showing who they really are; may they never reign again.

Geesh,

These people are whackos. Does anyone need any more evidence as to where these racist pigs stand? They hate America. We need a "War on Republicans" not a "war on Terror".

The "Johnny Reb" party is D.U.N. There needs to be new party; the Conservative Democrats. but these people are absolutely nuts. What a bunch of hypocrits. How dare they claim God and Jesus. They stand for against EVERYTHING our Lord and Savior stands for. Stop the blasphemy.

If President Obama was White, there wouldn't be such retoric. C'mon CNN, do you thing these ignorant mouth breathers are gonna be your future market?

I am so tired of the Republican's who will say anything bad to slam the Democrats.

The Republicans are so un-American it is unbelieveable.

The Republican's are becoming like the Republican party in Scotland.

In Scotland the official name of the Republican party is the Republican Communist party.

Is the American Republican party following the same path?

I leave it for you to decide.

GOP: blablablabla

Why don't you Republicans quit fighting the prsident in some testosterone- laden sophmoric show of immaturity. The people who put you in DC want OUR lives to improve. You think its a high school rivalry issue. This is why we will replace you one-by one in every election. GROW UP!! YOU"RE THE ONE WHO TOOK US TO THIS POINT!!

Of course they slammed him. Republicans hate to hear good news...that the President's agenda is working. Things are "changing" America, and we're going to be stronger for it. The President was honest when he told us it would take months – years – to turn the mess he inherited around. It's beginning to work...in only 200 days. I am still waiting to hear one – JUST ONE – idea from the Repubs that would make the economy or health care better. Just one. They don't have anything, so all they can do is spew hatred and incite riots at town hall meetings. They are so wrapped up with insurance companies to get richer, they don't care about me at all. Why can't all of America see that? Oh...that's right...the Repubs are "color" blind. Keep up the good work Mr. President. This white, Christian, southernn male supports you 100%!!!

What the republicans fail to mention and, of course, CNN, is the big job loss last fall while they were still in power. What they will not admit, and, of course, CNN never mentions is that these last eight years are what created all the numerous diasters we face.
They refuse to accept the American people will no longer allow or tolerate big business, lobbyists, special interests and those who support them run our country and make crucial decisions for us.
They give us no credit for intelligence as they continue to try to
destroy our country and us.

How quickly republicans are poised to attack our President? It says our job loss went down...what is the problem? Michael Steele with his priviledged job...what exactly do you do other than (I am taking it to the streets) "hate on President Obama"?
Everyday the negativity that is the republican party is making their base more hateful and bias. The Republicans are creating and breeding hatred. A truly scary mix.

The only reason the jobless figure dropped in July is because upper management went on vacation. Jobs will continue to be shed - except for in Washington, D.C., gotta feed that Socialist Machine!

If someone handed these republicans whatever they wanted right now, as long as Obama or the Democrats are in office, they would be complaining about it. I'm tired of do nothing congress people who just want to complain, confuse and cause chaos! It is time to get things done in this country, not sit back and enjoy the easy life.

In the words of Jon Stewart - "Is there never any sunshine allowed in a Democratic administration"?

Get on board or get out of the way.

give Obama a break.

Do republicans even remember Bush's "Mission Accomplished" aircraft carrier fiasco?

If these people spent half the time trying to undo the last 8 years, that they spend atatcking Obama, then maybe the country wouldnt be in such bad shape.

Republican party is a toxic poison .
One of your own Sen martinez from Frorida just abandoned your party because of of your mob mentality and uncivility.
Stop scaring and lying to old folk about health care reform.

Federal unemployment figures do not count people like me. I lost my job in October of 2008. My benefits are going to run out in October–then what will I do? Obama's aides need to check under the bridges of major US cities– there a lot of people under there who cannot find work and have lost everything. They are not counted in Federal statistics. Its a DEPRESSION and the sooner we call a spade a spade and start treating it like the Economic emergency it it is–the sooner we can get people working again.

Like they can say anything about "Victory Laps" "MISSION ACOMPLISHED." These guys are the Blockheads from Gumby.

Cant the (republican evangelicals) just shut up and get to business! What is wrong with this country!

Can someone tell the Republicans that without the stimulus unemployment will be 20%, Go to China mart (wal)and see where all the jobs are going.

Steele and Boehner sing the same old song, but never offer a tune that will work for the American people. Republicans are great problems finders, but pathethic problems solvers!

Complain, complain, complain! Hush or come up with a suggestion. This constant bashing of everything Obama-related from the right is just annoying. When you complain without an answer, you are just complaining.

Republicans have very bad memory

They forget everything from 2001 to 2008 but they don’t know that we won’t forget

Are Republications NOT Americans?.....because they sure don't act like they are. the biggest problem we have right now is the division of the parties...the Republican candidate lost...the President is Democrat!...so what!...support your government people! It's for the good of the country! Not everyone is always going to agree on matters but it's a shame that the republicans would rather instigate trouble than unite for a better ecomony etc. Health reform it's a bad idea.

Not one of you government officials should be praising your actions or pointing fingers as American jobs and home loses are a direct result of your mismanagement of this country for many years now. Republicans & Democrats are both to blame for letting Big business rip us off, you do nothing, but salivate like dogs when the lobbyists wave cash in your face. Your salaries keep going up, your "socialized" government healthcare coverage leaves you nothing to worry about while the rest of
us are still losing jobs and homes. The stimulus has only helped those who do not need it get record profits and bonuses AGAIN! So pat yourselves on the back or point at each other with blame, it only shows that you don't stand for America. You stand on America.

Do these Republican moroon goofballs have anything good to say? What a bunch of Jerks? Every time they open their mouths, they upchuck political vomit.

Leave it to the republicans to put a negative spin AGAIN on everything the president accomplishes! I'M GETTING SICK AND TIRED of the right wing nut jobs and their childish behavior, their ranting & raving and threats to congressman in townhall meetings...and their scare tactics with the whole "just you wait til 2010" crap...give me a break! the way these racists ignorant idiots are acting, there's no way we're going to allow them to continue holding seats in office!!!

Are these bone heads serious at some point you have to work with the rest of the country and stop the negativity. Republican tax cuts didnot work and will not work they have NO plan to fix anything, they complain about everything as my mom would say IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL so please shut up. This negativity has grown just as old as most in your membership.

Are both of these guys deaf or are they simply unable to communicate without lying? No one in a leadership position is talking about a government take over of health care. The entire debate, for those who listen, is about controlling rising costs and increasing access for those without coverage. I simply don't understand why we can't have an intelligent debate and discussion about how to address one of the most pressing problems facing this nation. We have the most expensive health care in the world with some of the poorest outcomes. Something needs to change in health care and it's time for an honest debate rather than spreading fear and lies.

It took george bush and the help of the republican party for 8 years to put us in this predicament. They are not concerned about unemployment, they are concerned that their rich cronies aren't making the money they need to get richer.

I don't recall the President saying the stimulus would keep unemplyment from rising higher than 8 percent. The stated goal I recall was to keep unemplyment from reaching into double digits and then work its way down over time.

The fact the the economy is improving is a victory for all Americans.

These NEGATIVE Reps are an embarrassment to the USA. HOW CAN YOU BE SO NEGATIVE WHEN "WE"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED ALL THE ENGOURAGEMENT WE CAN GET. I cann only hope that this guy has the voters of Ohio give him what he mosts deserves.....HIS WALKING PAPERS.

Michael Steele, WHO ARE YOU!!!! . Your party just can't accept the fact that they have ruined the economy the past 8 years. Stop passing blame on Obama. He inherited all this mess from Bush and many of the republicans so called ideas. Stand up accept responsibility. Instead of bashing our president, why don't you sit back for a moment and look at all the good Obama has done for our country so far. I didn't see any republicans saving those girls in Korea. Oh yeah; it was a democrat.

The reason Obama is pushing to get things done so fast is that he knows that once people see the details of what he is doing they will reject his programs. He has to hide the details until they become law.

Job-killing agenda?! Just who does Boehner think is responsible for the job losses, Obama? It amazes me that after eight years of blaming the Clinton Adminsitration for everything that went wrong under the sun the republicans blame the economy on Obama after barely six months in office. Fortunately open minded, free thinking individuals see republicans for what they are and we will not forget come the next election.

Oh what a dumb lot they are. So quick to forget we are in this mess because of dumb ass Bush. And let's not forget McCain where "the economy is fundamental sound" during his campaign. If teh republicans had acted quicker when teh first signs of this US led worldwide recession was beginning under THEIR watch, how many MILLIONS of jobs could have been saved back then??? "W" was no brain when he owned the Texas Rangers either. Remember these jobs were lost over time and it'll take time to gget 'em back, not overnight.

like the real reforms put in place by the republican party?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? why weren't all of you dumb repubs in that Pitt gym a couple of days ago?

The ONLY reason we're seeing this is Obama and his goons were able to put a creative spin on things. You know dang well if they weren't able to bend the numbers in their favor that we wouldn't be seeing this now. I mean why not, they're holding back other reports, wonder why?

As usual, the republicans shoot off their mouths. As a person with two brothers who are unemployed, I am glad to see the unemployment rate slow. As someone who has a brain in my head, I know that the problem the previous administration got us in would not be fixed in a matter of weeks but would be many, many months. The economy is recovering and the republicans just hate that.

Everthing they stated was true to take it as constructive criticison. Obama sheep....2.8 MILLION JOBS LOST since the supreme leader took over. Please don't report my grandmother to the Healthcare hotline at the Whitehouse.

I don't know who sounds more ridiculous- the Democrats for celebrating that we "only" lost 247,000 jobs last month or the Republicans for celebrating that we are still losing jobs under Obama.

This is good news and lets us know that we don't need anymore borrowing, stimulus or bailouts. Let things alone and we will slowly get out of this recession.

blah, blah, blah. Repubs would criticize the Easter Bunny if it stood near Obama.

Aren't these the most stupid statements you've heard from republicans to date? What is wrong with these people as every news is bad NEWS to them after GW Bush Jnr did this to us. I will be surprised if America looks their way again in 2010!

They're emboldening the enemy with such 'Blame America First" rhetoric.

Gee whiz; the stock market's way up, unemployment less than anticipated, wages bumped up a bit instead of declining as expected - but these signs of recovery after only six months in office apparently mean nothing because the situation was worse than anyone thought when Obama took office. I guess the Republicans are so impressed with Obama's intelligence and abilities that they figure he would have fixed everything by now. Contemplate the world had McCain and Palin won the election...

The shotgun method of reponses by the GOP is getting overexpose. 8 years ago we did not have quick reaction of twitering, e-mail, blogs and web news. You could not connect the dot as fast as you can today. Just say NO is starting to connect with really crazy people faces as the point people for the GOP.
This may look good on local news, however the WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING AND THE USA IS STARTING TO LOOK CRAZY, CRAZY AND CRAZY!

Sounds to me like the Party of NO is having a hard time with the turning in the economy. They have bet on failure by the administration and when they start to see a light flickering at the end of the tunnel it is hard accept.

Since when did they start caring? They're the ones that shipped all the jobs overseas. In fact, GWB praised it...

I've seen a million of these urgent Republican press releases. They're all the same. When are they going to present the public with their own policy ideas? What exactly do they think would help the economy? They don't have a clue.

Typical GOP reaction. I guess they have gorgotten about "The war in Iraq is won" by their ex-leader George Bush. Obama has actually made a difference, albeit a small one to start with. However the magnitude of the problems left by the GOP are so large that it will take time to repair the damage they caused in the first place

Steele and Boehner, were where you for the past eight years??? when all this spending has brought us to this point???? After all what was't that Bush said??? We got drunk and now we have a huge hang over. And we are paying for it. Thank you Bush, Steele and Boehner, to the last ones, thank you for looking the other way!!!!

Of course they reject the jobless figures, it hurts their attack machine, them saying NO and that means this President is succeding. It is pittiful when a party will do anything to remain in power.

President Obama, keep up the good work. It will be over soon and you would have turned this thing around in 1/4 of the time it took the GOP to tear it down. You are a true American hero!

Gop is scared that stimulus is working. They will be the next unemployed.

Congratulations President Obama. Pay no attention to the nay sayers in the Republican Party. They would not be happy if everyone in the United States had a job and were millionaires. Continue chipping away at problems stemming from eight years of Republican policies. You are doing a great job!!!!

steele and his do nothing republicans just can not stand the fact that president obama is making headway. the president never told us he could fix the republican mess in 6 months an the american public knows this. the repubs have been worthless and have had NO ideas of their own so all they can do is blow smoke an hope we americans are fooled by the slander and lies of the good ole GOP.
president obama is successful an has the american people behind him in spite of the negative ugly spin the republicans are spewing.

I have finally come to the conclusion and with care analysis that the Republican Party is un-American.

Why shouldn't Obama be satisfied with the current trend of the economy? His stimulis is Working and working at a faster pace than I thought, and as Obama stated, we shouldn't be satisfied until the job market starts to flourish once more and it looks like it turned another corner. All we hear, is Republican's whine and whine and never offer any solutions(just look at the health care issues!), And another joke, is that they call for tax cuts or no taxes, How in the heck do you think roads are maintained, infrastructure improved and schools built? There will ALWAYS be taxes whether or not we like it!

Steve

It doesn't matter what the news is on employment (fairly good today) or how the Obama administration comments on it (fairly modestly and blandly, saying it's good news but things are still bad), the Republican leadership will still say the news is awful and the President is taking "victory laps."

They just invent their own reality.

Uh, the first time the jobless rate has decreased in ONE YEAR and the republicans still put a spin on it. We were told by our new president that it would take time and it has but the economy is on the rebound. Anyone who says otherwise might also have a Kenyan birth certificate to sell you.

I will never vote repulican again. not that I ever really did that often. I just can't stand their agenda. I believe in quality. not quantity. we deserve a cleaner environment. affordable health care. excellent educational opportunities. a decent job. no. I not a slacker. I worked since I was 17 years old. retired in 2006. I have health insurance provided with my annuity. however I see many around me that are in similar condition. no health insurance. no back up. we are surviving. we are among the retired poor. we are struggling to help our kids who have lost their jobs. have no insurance. have children in a school. I am tired of republicans puttiing down obama supporters as welfare recipients and non contributing members of society. hogwash!!

I can't believe they are so angry the economy is showing good signs of recovering...THEY ARE ANGRY AT THIS!!

Wow..fine Americans.

What? The economic indicators are better than expected. Ouch! That bit of news hurts some people.

I distinctly remember the President saying from the very beginning of his tenure that the recession would have to abate before employment rebounds. Yes, we all would like a quick fix but not even a resurrected Houdini could perform such magic.

How many ways CAN the GOP prove itself to be irrelevant and obnoxious?

The rushpulicans have had 6 months to work with President Obama but they have choosen NOT to so they need to get out of the way.

OMG, enough is enough! doom, and gloom, the sun will never rise as long as there is democrat president. if only we had voted for mccain all these problems would already been fixed. if only the american would have voted for the gop, then we would be in so much better shape than we are in. give me a break!! eight years of gop rule got us into this god awful mess. and for gods sake, please realize at some point that bush was president, the man on top of the government. there is no way on this planet that the gop can not accept any part of this recession. and now that things have been done, the gop hasn't even tried to come up with solutions, just doom, and gloom. and i know that there will be those of you out there that will still eat up what is being said by limbaugh, hannity, and fox news like it is written in the bible. but if the gop has the answer to fix this huge mess, then why in the hell did it happen on bush's watch? and remember this just like limbaugh, if it takes time to get fat, and will take longer to get skinny again. get the point?

I am so tired of listening to these Republicans.
We live in this electronic age where we are used to getting instant gratification and when we don't get things RIGHT NOW we complain.

The Republicans are using that to try and get us all worked up. They are putting a lot of energy and time into this instead of trying to bring the nation together and work with The President to fix things.

The fix IS NOT going to happen over night. It will take time and a lot of work. The President has been very clear on this.

The Republican need to KNOCK IT OFF!!!!!!!!

And the Republican plan with NO NUMBERS or DOLLAR AMOUNTS was a solution for exactly what?

Where were these know-it-alls when the economy was collapsing for the past 8 years under their majority rule? Why do they not have a real solution?

I am a lower-middle-class American and I want UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE! I don;t even care if my taxes are a little higher. Better than getting bullied and dropped and rejected by these overpriced blood sucking criminal private insurance agencies. They do not care for anyone but the rich.

For 8 years people were losing jobs and the economy was crashing and all these GOP leaders were happy to waste money on two wars and throw away millions to their criminal buddies- Now they know it all and judge. Give me a break. We are not falling for it.

America Unite!

I agree 100%. What has happened since Obama went into office is unbelievable. We really received change, didn't we? I don't understand how these democrats think they can run this country. We could get rid of some unnecessary expenses from all of them. Why does Nancy need her private plane? Does she fly home at our expense??????????
It seems health care is the major concern for Obama. Does he and his royal democrat senators really understand what unemployment is ? Do something about this unemployment; quit giving money away when it definitely is not helping the most needed American citizens.
Get with the republicans and get this mess cleaned up and don't blame it all on Bush. Remember we had Clinton before Bush. The housing problems started with Clinton.

LOL...it must be really hard for these republicans to stay relevant these days. Even when the economic news is good they have to complain..ha ha I love it!! Housing market is becoming stable, stock market is rebounding, jobless numbers dropping what are they going to do when things start to get even better. Their argument is ridiculous when in the history of America have we had a economic crisis that WASN'T caused by capitalism...Wall Street collape Great Depression, S & L collapse, .com bust, stock market crash of last year..etc etc. All have been caused by private industry not gov't.

im so sick of republicans and democrats

both of these parties can, in the word of Ralph Malph, sit on it.

The Republicans are simply not credible. President Obama has done an extraordinary job of preventing economic collapse. His Stimulus Package has just began to kick in, but has already gone far to bolster optimism in the market system.

The Republicans BLOCK real reform.

The Republicans have had the power to make real reform for the previous eight years . Rather then push for real reform when they could, they just talked a bunch of CRAP and the result is the mess President Obama inherited, but they are still talkng a bunch of CRAP.

Wow I agree If we would have elected john mccain and Sarah palin they would have turn the average 750000 job lost during the last days of Bush to a 3 millions jobs creation in 3 months without any government stimulus spending.
Because we republicans believe americans people are stupid and will believe everything we tell them.
Amen

Why for once cant the GOP be positive. Have they always been this negative? We have a positive upturn in the unemployment rate and they still dont give up on the bashing. God they suck

What a bunch of whiny babies the Republicans are.

Boehner is gone next year thank goodness. I hope the people of Ohio vote him and his tanning bed out. Why do all the republicans try and make it sound like it's a government takeover when clearly it isn't. After listening to the ignorant questions from right wing loonies, I can see why they are so gullible to believe anything Rush puts into their head.

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The unemployment rate fell!

Please, please, please President Obama and our Congressmen, please do NOT " work with Republicans on real reforms". We are still battling our way out of the disastrous results of Republican policies, and all of their proposals are more of the same. Things are working and improving under this present administration, and the fact that everyone can see that except Republicans is simply pathetic. They are so desperate for Obama to fail that they will distort even positive news – how sad!

The party of "no' cannot even deal with good news on the jobless front. Their negativity and lack of any "let's try to work together attitude" continues to ooze with every statement they make. There only tactic continues to be creating fear and doubt among Americans in order to make political gain in the next election cycle. Growing up a Republican in 60's and 70's and witnessing what has happened to the GOP since that time has truly saddened me!

John Boehner should be ashame of himself because during the Bush administration he put Ohioians in the soup lines while Boehner played golf and sun tanned. This guy is about as phony and useless as they come.

They are right..... Simple math. if the jobless figures went UP, and the unemployment rate went DOWN, that can only mean less people are looking. Which means people are giving up. Great job, Obama.

What happened to the Michael Steele column assuring us that jobless claims would rise? Those Republicans have some very compelling arguments.

BOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO Boehner will cry when any good news comes our way. He and his loser republican friends can not stand to see America do well. They want Obama to fail and America to fail. If I were a democrat in Washington, I would ignore the republicans, and do what bills are needed without them. Anyone who wishes America harm for their own personal political gains, are sick people.

Suddenly, these right-wing slugs have all the answers. They didn't seem to have any solutions for the economy when they were trashing it for some 8 years.

Typical of CNN to even post the Republican response. They were obviously hoping the unemployment numbers would be bad so they could take their own 'victory lap".

We get it already. No matter what happens, you will complain and say Obama's doing a terrible job. Hostages are freed from North Korea? Obama's doing a terrible job. Hostages freed from Somali pirates? Obama's doing a terrible job. Great progress in Iraq? Obama's doing a terrible job. A moderate with incredible experience is picked for the Supreme Court? Obama's doing a terrible job. Gun rights are expanded so you can carry in National Parks? Obama's doing a terrible job. We have a better reputation across the world? Obama's doing a terrible job. Stimulus? Health Care? The Environment? Obama must be doing terrible there too.

If you say the same thing no matter what he does, why should we still listen to you?

WOW! I'm speechless. It is clear that republicans don't want the country to success as long as a democrat is in the white house. They want things to get worse so that they can say the democrats failed.

its a good point from teh republicans. Its is GREAT that not as many people lost their jobs... but people are STILL losing their jobs. No, it is not 523k lost but still....237 THOUSAND People lost their job! Thats a lot of people!

This is truly sad!!! Bill Clinton brings two women home for their captivity, and its ruled a failure by republicans; now we have news that economy is turning around and that is not good news. I think calling the Republicans the Part of "NO" is too good for them; These folks are the Party of Lies!!! We need to become the Party of "NO" and reject these liars!!!

Get over it - join Obama in celebrating a jobless rate drop. No need to incite any more paranoia over job losses - otherwise Republicans politicians will continue to lose their jobs if they haven't changed their attitude of "losers."

Sooooo a few days ago the Republicans were SCREAMING about the jobless numbers saying it points to this Administrations failures. No that number takes a turn for the better and they say this points to the Administrations failures.

What???? Did I miss 1st grade logic class? Apparently a whole party did.

I'm still waiting for just ONE Republican to tell me where the budget SURPLUS from the Clinton days went? and they still label Dems as "tax and spend" Remember..... "Read my lips...." LOL!!!

I hope the good people of Ohio have the sense to vote the Orange Man out of office. He is one of the biggest pessimists I've seen come out of the DC offices.

Vote someone in who will offer solutions, not just NO NO NO NO NO

Even when there's good news, the Republicans will still look for ways to say the opposite. We could catch Osama Bin Laden tonight and unemployment rate could drop from 9% to 7% next month and they will say, "What took so long? It should have been fixed Jan 21st, 2009."

Keep spinning House Republicans you will be part of the unemployed in 2010.

Seems the republicans are just throwing up bricks and hoping a feather will come down.. They now see President obamas plan is working and they are scared, Now they have to resort to the same fear mongoring that they always do, dont be mislead by the republican GOP,

Dear GOP:

The sky has been falling since 9/11/2001.

We are not listening anymore.

Goodbye.

What would you expect the republicans to do? Say that the Obama administration has made some tough but good decisions? That his actions are fixing what the republicans destroyed over 8 years? If these polls were used while they were in office, they would be swinging from the rafters telling everyone how great they are. But, because they are happening during the presidency of the first African American, (whom they would sell their own mothers to see him fail), they just can't stand it. They are seathing more and more with the economy turning around, housing starts up, the Sotomayor nomination, unemployment going down, and Americans ignoring them more and more. Too bad, So sad. It is not their time.

GOP created the mess in the past 10 years and now blames the solution.
The Cash for Clunkers Program is needed to replace those unhelpful members of congress who want our economy to fail in order to fulfill their political agenda.

They have government run insurance as members of congress but call Socialism when it come to provide the same advantage for American People.

I suppose any trending towards the better is good news, and is always welcome. However...

"If laid-off workers who have given up looking for new jobs or have settled for part-time work are included the unemployment rate would have been 16.3 percent in July. That's down from 16.5 percent in June, which was the the highest on records dating to 1994."

A sobering thought to think 1 out of 6 people are unemployed.

The question which remains is – when the recovery eventually takes place, will it be jobless?

I hear a lot of whining from both Steele and Boehner but no alternative suggestions. I'd like to hear about a viable idea or plan from the republicans, or else have them shut up and stop crying in their beer.

Ummm.... I think they missed the memo. Actual job loss rate (%) went DOWN! Wake up GOP and come back to this world.

Too bad more people didn't lose their jobs than last month, that's the only thing that would have made the Republicans happy here.

Correct.
Ask yourself this seriously. Have you ever stopped for a second and thought hard about just how the stimulus (most of which has not actually hit the street) would have caused any kind of economic recovery? Furthermore, any kind of genuine, organic economic recovery vs. a perceived and fabricated economic recovery on a shaky foundation?
There is a difference between propping people and industry up and having independently financially healthy industry and people. Can't we all agree on that?

you know what Michael Steele(token) and John Boehner(tan man), granted the job market is not the best, but there is hope on the horizen and you two can't believe that help is on the way. Now when GWB an his Republican groupies put the American people in this mess we did not know that all you all exist. Why don't you all come up with a plan like the President has asked of you, no you just want him to failed like the drug addict Rush said. But guess what its not going to happen

When I think of a lost job....I try to make it inclusive to reality...it's not just that 'one' person that is affected, usually there are families involved dependent on that breadwinner...so when i see the figures of 250,000 (or what ever) I times that by at least 3 or more....that is a substantial impact on the heart of America. Stop saving the corps..get back to saving the little buisnesses...go to your local stores and build them up with your support..that is where the real difference will be made in the long term.

Let me get this straight. Repubs criticise when this unemployment extravaganza began and are still criticising at the first sign in over a year that it's ebbing. Come on guys I know you love being "the party of NO" but come on, show that your adults!!!

Their hypocrisy know no bounds. They put the first 1 Trillion on our deficit and lead us to the crisis we are now in but can only point fingers at others instead of helping find a way out. Politics is the only thing they seem to care for.

Wah! Wah! Wah! the president's agenda is working Wah! Wah!

Delusional, desperate Rethuglicans grasp at anything – even postiive news, to spin it negative. Just this week alone, we have a new Supreme Court Justice confirmed, two American citizens were freed from North Korea, a senior Al Queda leader in Pakistan was killed, the Cash for Clunkers program has been extended another $2Billion dollars due its huge success, and now the jobless rate has started going down. But this isn't enough for the Rethuglicans and their hateful supporters who simply cannot and will not accept the fact that Barack Obama is our President. These haters won't give it a rest. Keep showing up at the Town Hall meetings and disrupting any civil discourse that might just educate you about the distorted garbage that Fox News has been feeding you. A lot of good it's gonna do you!

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wow...From what I've seen the economy is slowly (very slowly) getting better. But according to Steele and Boehner...the sky is falling.

They won't be trying to scare the public would they?

RNC – how did the economy get in this shape? On your party's watch is the correct answer. Constant criticism and propaganda, without any any attempt to ameliorate America's problem is putting the Republican Party on the endangered species list.

I can smell the fear from the GOP getting stronger and stronger.

They know without doubt that President Obama's programs are going to get us out of the morass they put this country into.

The louder they squeal like the pigs they are, the more successful the president's programs are working. Be afraid, GOP, be very afraid.

Wow, I didn't think republicans could get any worse. They are blowing my mind with this one.

JOB KILLING AGENDA
Pluuuuuze dont make me laugh Boner when people with Intelligence and commonsense knows your PARTY And Bush killed the Jobs and wrecked havoc on the Economy, Just read his LIES Where are your ideas boner? aint heard nothing from the republicans only bashing the President and Democrats and lying making things up PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!