Turning the corner...

Bush today:

"And the economic growth is strong, and it's getting stronger. And that's good for everybody in America."

US Labor Department today:

U.S. employers added a paltry 32,000 workers to payrolls last month, the government said on Friday in a startlingly weak report that led Wall Street to forecast a slower pace of Federal Reserve interest-rate rises.

The Labor Department also cut its tally of job growth in May and June by a combined 61,000, adding to the weak tenor of a report that came as unwelcome news for an election-bound President Bush.