this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. also ahead, for what we think might be the first time since those infamous etch a sketch chens that sent stocks soaring, eric fehrnstrom. first, we start with the jobs report. unemployment rate fell to 8.2%, but only 120,000 jobs add off the pace of the past few months. we re going to dig into it right now actually with mark zandy. a couple things caught my eye on the if failing to meet expectations and the big one retail jobs were a negative. right. right. which is not consistent with what we re seeing in retailing. look at retail sales numbers they re solid. vehicle sales have been very strong. i m suspicious of the number. these numbers don t go in a straight line, they re affected by seasonal patterns and we had warm winter weather so that may be messing with the data. i m not reading too much into the weakness particularly retail. that isn t consistent with everything else we know. when you look at everything else, every
about inequality. amazing. it turns out this is where you are supposed to talk about injustice, not out in public. you aren t supposed to raise uncomfortable topics out there. you need to save that for quiet rooms like this. you aren t supposed to talk about huge income gaps in this country. no, sir. you save that for the quiet room. well, you know what? i had enough of quiet rooms. turn the lights on. get rid of this backdrop. folks, this country doesn t need to be quiet. this country needs to make some noise. i m done with quiet conversations. when 66% of americans say there s a conflict between the rich and poor, we shouldn t be whispering. we should be shouting. when 1 in 2 americans are poor or struggling, we shouldn t be speaking in hush tones. we should say it loud. when the 400 richest americans have a greater combined wealth than the bottom 150 million, we need to speak out. we need to get loud. willard, we re done with quiet rooms. but i can see why you like them so
about inequality. amazing. it turns out this is where you are supposed to talk about injustice, not out in public. you aren t supposed to raise uncomfortable topics out there. you need to save that for quiet rooms like this. you aren t supposed to talk about huge income gaps in this country. no, sir. you save that for the quiet room. well, you know what? i had enough of quiet rooms. turn the lights on. get rid of this backdrop. folks, this country doesn t need to be quiet. this country needs to make some noise. i m done with quiet conversations. when 66% of americans say there s a conflict between the rich and poor, we shouldn t be whispering. we should be shouting. when 1 in 2 americans are poor or struggling, we shouldn t be speaking in hush tones. we should say it loud. when the 400 richest americans have a greater combined wealth than the bottom 150 million, we need to speak out. we need to get loud. willard, we re done with quiet rooms. but i can see why you like them so
message, gingrich takes the conversation wherever he wants. will newt find the discipline to actually back up in his words about being the nominee? remember that talk about how there was enough middle ground on capitol hill to get something done on the payroll tax cut extension? maybe we re giving congress too much credit this week. competing votes last night came up way short. it s friday, december 2nd. 2011. this is the daily rundown and i m chuck todd. let s start with the november jobs report, the big number takes a big dip in the unemployment rate. it falls to 8.6%. that s the lowest rate since march, 2009. 120,000 jobs were added overall. but over 300,000 people gave up looking for work. that means they weren t counted as unemployed. now, one month does not make a trend but that 8.6% number will grab a lot of headlines today. look at the economic and political implications all throughout this hour starting with of course our friend over at moody s analytics the chief
remember that talk about how there was enough middle ground on capitol hill to get something done on the payroll tax cut extension? maybe we re giving congress too much credit this week. competing votes last night came up way short. it s friday, december 2nd. 2011. this is the daily rundown and i m chuck todd. let s start with the november jobs report, the big number takes a big dip in the unemployment rate. it falls to 8.6%. that s the lowest rate since march, 2009. 120,000 jobs were added overall. but over 300,000 people gave up looking for work. that means they weren t counted as unemployed. now, one month does not make a trend but that 8.6% number will grab a lot of headlines today. look at the economic and political implications all throughout this hour starting with of course our friend over at moody s analytics the chief economist there, everybody s favorite economist in washington, mark zandi, in just a few minutes and also we ll have white house economic adviser al