NYT editorial excoriates GOP for obstructionism undermining the economy

There are two unavoidable conclusions from the May jobs report: The slow economy is getting slower, and there is no help on the way.

Republicans in Congress seem more determined not only to block any boost that President Obama wants to give the economy, but they are preparing to take the nation’s credit rating hostage again over the debt ceiling. Mitt Romney, the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, has no new ideas.

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How Slow Can It Go?
(h/t Mark Thoma)

There goes "the liberal media" again. Ouch.