economic assessment? or is this boosterism? >> i think the president as a leader has to inspire confidence while -- >> so it's babbittry? >> well at the same time not seeming detached from reality. it's better news than in some previous months. even though the number of jobs created -- >> you're getting a little too careful for me. is this a trend downward, which is b.s.? because there's no evidence of a trend downward, it's still almost 10% unemployment, it's been that way for a year. where's the trend line? want to draw one on a map? it's flat. >> right. and one of the reasons the unemployment number dropped which is what the white house is focusing on, is because a quarter of a million people have given up looking. have taken themselves out of the labor pool. so i think there is a structural problem here that the president in political terms has a real hard time coming out and