By: Paulo Ordoveza

This morning, the much-anticipated September job numbers were released.  Unemployment fell from the August rate of 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent with 114,000 new jobs added. You can read the report straight from the horse’s (or should I say Bureau of Labor Statistics’) mouth here or check out coverage of the release in pretty much any major news outlet (but here’s the link for NPR!).

Let’s play a game – put yourself in President Obama’s shoes: how would you frame these job numbers?

A lot of people are saying that this is great news for the campaign – unemployment has fallen below 8 percent for the first time in almost 4 years!  This is proof of a rebounding economy!  This news is great for his campaign!

But others are saying, sure, these numbers are an improvement, but they’re nothing to brag about.  The number of jobs added is relatively low, and many Americans are still facing tough economic times.  Instead, one blogger suggests that Obama needs to

emphasize the mess that he inherited from the Republicans, the fact that every effort he has made to produce a stronger recovery has been blocked by the opposition, and the dismal 30-year trend of worsening inequality and rising insecurity.

So what do you think?  What would you advise the President (or Governor Romney) to say?