The Great Thing About Having a Democrat in the White House is that All News is Good News!

Ed Driscoll points out how upbeat the news is when a Democrat occupies the White House:

Newsbusters spots U.S. News & World Report claiming, “Why a Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News.”


Hey, it all depends on who’s in power: back in 2004, CNN was giving President Bush grief for an unemployment rate that was nearly half of President Obama’s. Or as the Professor writes today, “That’s the great thing about having a Democrat in the White House: Everything is good news!”

Mike Opelka of Big Journalism adds, “Earth to Media: Unemployment Numbers Are Like Golf Scores — the Lower the Better.”

Here's U.S. News & World Reports spin on the unemployment numbers:

Another 610,000 people entered the labor force without being technically unemployed, a sign that first-time workers and other job seekers have decided to get off the couch and start hustling. There are a lot more where they came from, which means the unemployment rate might still rise in future months, before it turns around and starts declining for good. For once, it will be something to cheer.

So, unemployment is rising because people are hopeful about getting a job.  Hope and Change is working!

Or maybe they are running out of unemployment benefits.