Good-old WSJ Has a Must-Read Take on Unemployment Extension

State of the nations unemployment woes? Trust the Wall Street Journal to unsheathe its knives on this one as only the Journal can do.

In an editorial in Tuesdays paper, Stimulating Unemployment, the Journal pointed out that President Barack Obama shouldnt be so eager to stage a look-at-these-poor-victims-of-Republican-heartlessness show, because all it does is call attention to the pathetic numbers of his own administration and the Democratic Congress over which he seems to have no control.

What was this show of his? While lobbying for the eighth yes, eighth -- extension of unemployment benefits, Obama trotted out "three Americans an auto worker, a fitness center employee and a woman in real estate whove been out of work so long they underscore the failure of (Obamas) economic program.

What a huge national relief to see the unemployment benefits extended. Just be sure you hold off on pointing fingers or laying blame for the long wait until you've read the Journal's editorial.