W.House Struggles to Halt Flap Over Jobs Report
Reuters
Thursday, February 19, 2004; 1:06 PM
By Steve Holland
The White House on Thursday struggled anew to contain the fallout over an overly optimistic forecast that 2.6 million jobs will be created this year and some Republicans expressed concern about the damage being done to President Bush.
"It was a theoretical discussion by an economist," he told NBC's "Today" show.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan called it "a snapshot in time by economic forecasters."
spin, spin, and more spin. Wait a minute.. I thought the CLINTONS left office a long time ago!