At least Cory Booker will have company under the bus.

“I don’t think we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work; this is good work,” Clinton said, adding: “There’s no question that, in terms of getting up, going to the office, and basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who’s been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold.”

Clinton urged the Obama campaign to instead focus on contrasting its vision for the country with Romney’s. His comments came at the tail end of a day in which another Obama surrogate, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), called Bain a “a perfectly fine company.”

Ooof.

Just between us, don't tell anyone because it's premature but another month or two of economic news like we got today and Democrats hitting Obama for his Romney attacks and Mitt might win this thing...BIG. But you didn't hear that from me.

"This Obama Guy Over Here, He's An Amateur"

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8.2 unemployment rate (wink, wink) only 69.000 jobs created in May.

Analysts were "expecting" a job creation number of around 150,000 (which would have been pathetic itself). Missed it by thaaaaaaaaaatttttttttt much.

Expect more to come shortly.

April's job number was revised down to 77,000. Unexpectedly.

More "unexpected" revisions:

BLS: employment for March was revised from +154,000 to +143,000, and the change for April was revised from +115,000 to +77,000.

Labor force participation was up by 642,000.

Construction jobs down 28,000.

Not even Obama's favorite "independent economist" Mark Zandi can spin this disaster. "There's nowhere to hide on this one".

More numbers will be teased out but the bottom line is....disaster. Disaster for the economy and Obama.

Keep this in mind when you hear idiots chanting "Four more years!" at Obama rallies. Who the hell wants four more years of this?

Five More Months!

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June? Huh. June.

Two videos this morning.

First up, Orrin Hatch opponent Dan Liljenquist says he supports tax increases (he calls them "revenue enhancements") if necessary to cut the deficit and as part of a deal to cut entitlement spending. Hatch says no to tax hikes, even as part of a deal.

Second, from the folks over at Breitbart, last night President Clinton shot down President Obama's attacks on Romney's business record, explaining both that Bain's activities were both good and necessary, and saying that Romney had a "sterling business career."

Have a great weekend.

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