slightly last month, although most experts contend that that s simply because a lot of folks dropped out of the labor force. folks who are finding jobs, a number of them, part-time workers. last month, 7.4% to 7.3%. you ve been to detroit, minneapolis. what does the jobs picture look like on the ground? it looks bad. unemployment is going down. but as you said, more people are going to part-time work and wages are falling. i think what s happening is this economic crisis was so bad that employers realized workers are scared. so they re offering them worse and worse conditions. and the question that the afl-cio and other labor groups are trying to answer is what are they going to do to fight back? can they rise to the occasion? this is a make-or-break moment for the labor union. michke elk, always appreciat it. got potholes?
i think if you look back at the kinds of things that were worrying corporal america back in the 2012 campaign cycle it was exactly this kind of regulations the president its talking about or his advisors are talking about. empowering the epa which had been pretty aggressive in the president s first term to be even more aggressive in his second term and bypassing congress to do so. martha: the president was criticized early on when the focus was a seriously ailing economy and the jobs picture. now you have got this big speech and talk overseas in berlin yesterday and you have got this pressing situation in syria and a lot of big stuff going on that s feel he s not showing the leadership on. now this. it s a curious sort of turn at this point, is it not? i think it is. certainly it s not just syria. look at the continued threats from al qaeda and its affiliates.
to 65, has a 401(k), has some investments and that market has almost doubled in the recent year, almost doubling your wealth in that kind of asset. you point out that the consumer confidence is the highest it s been in years. it s a whole bunch of things altogether so consumer confidence, housing, the jobs picture has gotten better. we ve had false starts before in this economy. but it s beginning to look at this one is real. it s a very ominous position for republicans to be in. there s not much they can do about it. the incumbent president and his party are going to get credit for it. they aren t talking it database. now they re talking scandal. you can t talk it down. if people recognize it s getting better. you re left with talking about scandal. that s great if you get a watergate or something.
house republicans marched towards impeaching him. in terms of scandal, house republican so far have significantly less to to work with than they did in 19 8. so the big question is will democrats see the political benefits from the economy if it really takes off? dana milbank joins us. along with david corn. you call green, not everybody is in the stock market, but everybody, if they are lucky up to 65, has a5he 401(k), has som investments and that market has almost doubled in the recent year, almost doubling your wealth in that kind of asset. you point out that the consumer confidence is the highest it s been in years. it s a whole bunch of things altogether so consumer confidence, housing, the jobs picture has gotten better. we ve had false starts before in this economy. but it s beginning to look at this one is real. it s a very ominous position for republicans to be in.
401(k), has some investments and that market has almost doubled in the recent years, almost doubling your wealth in that kind of asset. you point out that the consumer confidence is the highest it s been in years. it s a whole bunch of things altogether so consumer confidence, housing, the jobs picture has gotten better. we ve had false starts before in this economy. but it s beginning to look at this one is real. it s a very ominous position for republicans to be in. there s not much they can do about it. the incumbent president and his party are going to get credit for it. they aren t talking it database. now they re talking scandal. you can t talk it down. if people recognize it s getting better. you re left with talking about scandal. that s great if you get a watergate or something. but if it s just a bunch of noise about what somebody in cincinnati did with the irs, it s not going to win you an election. i m a nut on history. you point out they made a mistake under clinto