Update – US – Omitted California claims: Calif. official under-reporting was Obama campaign donor?

The reason for the massive drop in jobless claims two weeks ago was because the BLS forgot to include California in their report. (US – Jobless claims dropped because BLS omitted California)

Now we learn that the Calif. official whose agency under-reported unemployment stats was Obama campaign donor

Marty Morgenstern, the secretary of the California agency that substantially under-reported unemployment claims last week, contributed to President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential election campaign, The Daily Caller has learned.

On Oct. 11, the federal government reported that weekly jobless claims were down significantly, suggesting a dramatic national increase in economic growth and a steep decline in layoffs.  Jobless claims, according to the Labor Department, had fallen by 30,000 to 339,000, their lowest level since February 2008…

via Calif. official whose agency under-reported unemployment stats was Obama campaign donor | The Daily Caller.