[TheRealVille]

You are right. The numbers don't lie. The size of the Civilian Labor Force is not the same as the number of people employed. This is a pretty simple concept, yet you keep pointing to the size of the work force and away from the number of people employed.

In Jan. 2009, the Civilian Labor Force represented 65.5 percent of the adult population.

153,716 - 142,099 employed = 11,617 unemployed
142,099/153,716 = 7.56 percent unemployed

In April 2012, the Civilian Labor Force represented 63.3 percent of the adult population.

154,365 - 141,865 employed = 12,500 unemployed
12,500/154,365 = 8.10 percent unemployed

The numbers to keep your eye on are the number of employed people, which was higher in 2009 and the number of unemployed people which is higher now. Everything else coming from Obama and his cheerleaders are just campaign noise meant to confuse fact with fantasy.

No net jobs have been created since Obama took office. The unemployment rate is up and total employment is down. It really is that simple.

But, it is back to near what it was. There has been a 26 month job growth. We are going in the right direction. We were in the middle of a massive recession in '09, and no matter who took office then, it would have been the same with the layoffs. Obama has turned the employment problem around. Nobody is arguing that the economy is weak, but Obama has it going forward instead of backward.