Wall Streetlayoffs and Californiawildfires pushedAmerica'sweeklyjoblessnumbersto a 16-year high, indicating a much steeper increase in overall unemploymentin the monthsahead.
Since the GOP convention, Romney has been getting blasted by his ought-to-be fellow travelers, notably TheWeekly Standard, TheWallStreet Journal, and freelance radio right-wingers.
Walt Mossberg is the author and creator of theweekly Personal Technology column in TheWallStreet Journal, which has appeared every Thursday since 1991.