Keep This One On The Back Burner

Something tells me that the Democrats will use these skewed jobless figures in a week or two to show how bad the economy is doing and fail to mention that at least half of the new claims were because of hurricane Charley. What do you want to bet?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranks of Americans filling for initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought by Hurricane Charley earlier this month, the government said on Thursday.