HOW DEMOCRATS USED TO TALK ABOUT DEFICITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT: “As you hear Democrats and members of the media insisting that an unemployment rate of 8.1 percent isn’t that bad — ignoring how much of the drop from the peak is driven by Americans ending their job searches and leaving the workforce — recall how they greeted economic times that look positively bountiful compared to our current state.”

That was different. Then there was a Republican in the White House.