The Washington Post Doesn't Have Access to Data on the Labor Market or Government Finances

That is what readers of its lead editorial demanding that President Obama move to the right will undoubtedly conclude. After all, it begins by telling readers:

"THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE for the next president will be putting the nation’s long-term finances on sounder footing. The failure to do so is the biggest shortcoming of President Obama’s first term [capitalization in original]."

After all, people who had access to data on the labor market would have to believe that the fact that tens of mi...