Analysis: Jobs rate gives Obama positive plot line

WASHINGTON (AP) — The promis­ing drop in unem­ploy­ment on Fri­day looks like a job-security bonus for Pres­i­dent Barack Obama as well, under­cut­ting Repub­li­cans’ asser­tions that his eco­nomic poli­cies have failed. The pres­i­dent him­self her­alded the news with his most con­fi­dent assess­ment yet.