In the live-blog last night, I touted the fact that Romney's Massachusetts came in 47th out of 50 states in job creation. That's true if you average out all four years, but he improved the ranking from 50th to 28th over that period. I know the Romney campaign would never give Obama's job record that kind of fair treatment, but still, I want to issue a clarification that puts Romney's record in a much better light.
As for the 4.5 million jobs touted by Castro last night, that's roughly the number of new private sector jobs since the stimulus helped turn the economy around. It's not a net number over the full four years. But again, since it actually tells the real narrative, rather than a static average, I have no problem with that. You just can't do that with Obama's record and not do the same with Romney's.
The Dish 