‘Winter since 2008?’ Predictable scapegoat for latest dismal jobs report

@DLoesch Climate change is Bush's fault too

— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) January 10, 2014

"We suspect the [weak US jobs report] is largely because of the unseasonably severe winter weather last month" – Capital Economics

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) January 10, 2014

"We put this slow payroll gain down to bad weather …" – RDQ Economcis

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) January 10, 2014

"Weather depresses job gains in December … yet this doesn’t fully explain the loss of 347,000 workers from the labor force" – IHS Global

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) January 10, 2014

Don’t blame the weather for the dreadful December job report http://t.co/c8ZPsI7ki6

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) January 10, 2014

"It's hard to see how the weather — or anything else — was to blame for the 25,000 decrease in employment of accountants." – JPMorgan

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) January 10, 2014

That famous Bernstein-Romer jobs chart: a final appraisal http://t.co/iJTwbsnGUx

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) January 10, 2014

Under the Weather. @felixsalmon on the jobs report http://t.co/eln0BPRdLc

— The Hand & Eye (@thehandandeye) January 10, 2014

RT @Goldfarb Little noticed in jobs report: 273,000 workers were unable to work due to bad weather, up from usual 138,000.

— Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) January 10, 2014

"There is clear weather imprint" on the December jobs report, says Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial. So Januar… http://t.co/p2RIV4l1z1

— MarketWatch Radio (@MWRadio) January 10, 2014

To all the Dems blaming the weather for the jobs report: If your 'recovery' can be derailed by a minor cold snap, it never really existed.

— Robert Laurie (@RobertLaurie) January 10, 2014

Unexpectedly, of course. RT @JammieWF BREAKING: Polar vortex to be blamed for next month's shitty jobs report

— Cheryl Stack (@stacker44022) January 10, 2014