Legal Commentary

Unemployment Claims Rise

By Big Tent Democrat

Digby:

[. . .] Bob Shrum says the country is optimistic and inspired and that talk of economic malaise and angry resentment and such are "the politics of 2010." Chris Matthews says that Obama is very much like Vince Lombardi.

At this point, I think Obama ought to be worried that Morning in America has arrived two years too early and that it will be dark again by the time he faces re-election.

Today's unemployment claims report:

In the week ending Jan. 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 454,000, an increase of 51,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 403,000. The 4-week moving average was 428,750, an increase of 15,750 from the previous week's revised average of 413,000.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 27, 2011 (boomark / email).