that we see from the white house not only this week but on these jobs fridays, the first friday of every month, in this case the second friday of the month because february was so short. the president often schedules these events at manufacturing plants and as ron reported, manufacturing is one of the bright spots in the economy. we can expect the president to do what he has done for the past several months now as the unemployment rate continues to decline. the white house telling us accentuating the positive, it's gone down 0.8% since last august. almost half a million jobs in the manufacturing sector have been created over the course of the last two years. 24 straight months of private sector growth as well. the president is going down to a rolls royce factory and this is something that he did the other day in north carolina. emphasizing foreign investment into manufacturing. as for the politics of this, the president obviously the first democrat to win virginia since 1964 and lbj and they have reaction from republican leaders in congress on today's numbers. led me read you john boehner.