Continuing in the great tradition begun by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor several weeks ago, House Speaker John Boehner claimed credit today for Friday’s positive employment news…with a twist!
“The improvement seen in this report is a credit to the hard work of the American people and their success in stopping the tax hikes that were due to hit our economy on January 1,” Boehner says in a statement. “Removing the uncertainty caused by those looming tax hikes provided much-needed relief for private-sector job creators in America.”
This is a safer play for a couple reasons. Last time around Republicans took some heat for claiming all the credit for the positive numbers. And then things got a little bit uncomfortable a couple weeks later, when last months jobs numbers weren’t very strong.
Giving voters all the credit for good news, and Democrats all the blame for bad news means there’s no Republican fingerprints if the numbers turn around again.
