Jobless rate fell in half the states

AP:

The Labor Department says unemployment rates dropped in 25 states, rose in 14 and stayed the same in 11. That's a modest improvement from August, when unemployment rose in 26 states.

Nationwide, employers added 103,000 net jobs in September, nearly double the number created in August.

The problem is that it's not enough jobs to lower the unemployment rate. This is pretty much what folks were predicting, that the economy would limp along wounded for a long time coming.  And with a divided Congress, and the repugicans consistently filibustering anything substantive that could help the economy, expect it to remain this way for a long time.  The repugicans see no benefit in helping the economy before the 2012 election.  And it's time Democrats publicly called them on this.