February 7, 2022 THE LATEST 
Why Democrats' Covid attitude may cost them the midterms by Noah Rothman The White House and Democrats were worried that omicron would be a major drag on the economy. So when it turns out nearly a half million jobs were added in January, it was a major shock. That "surprise comes, in part, because the information ecosystem in which consumers of mainstream news marinate maintained a steady drumbeat of pessimism throughout these last eight weeks," Noah Rothman writes.
"This condition — Democratic pessimism in the face of all relevant data — has become an existential conundrum for the Biden White House," Rothman writes. "This jobs report provides the White House with an offramp away from a state of permanent pandemic restrictions and the despondency they encourage."
Read Noah Rothman's full analysis in your Monday MSNBC Daily. TOP STORIES
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