Patterico has the summary :::
This surge in claims puts a damper on the last report, in which the unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly. However, it is consistent with the recent trend of unemployment news being “unexpectedly” bad again and again and again and again and again and well, you get the picture…
At what point does the WH press corp as this question ::: “ummm…Mr Press Secretary? We are less interested in the numbers and more interested in how you can keep a straight face while declaring these “unexpected”?”
Actually, I am curious when we can expect them to adjust their expectations to expect the unexpected.
Jeeeeeesuuuuuusssss.
This what happens when you have someone or some organization [in this case an administration] who/that divorces policy from results. It is as if they do not understand that when you hold out an object at shoulder height and allow it to drop, that…uh..gravity will take over. For them, when they hold it out, they still expect it to float and the fact that the object drops is “unexpected”.
Economics and basic laws of physics. Both are mysterious and mythical forces to most politicians [and sadly, most of the populace].
Update ::: Gatewaypundit has a useful graph on the Administration’s projections versus … reality. Check it out here.