Dave Pollard provides perspective on why a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush:

This would make Bush the first president since the great depression to record an absolute loss in total employment during his administration... Yet a recent AP-Ipsos poll reports 46% of Americans 'approve' of Bush's handling of the economy. Who are these people and what have they been smoking?
Fiscal mismanagement and misleading the public on jobs should be issues count this Fall.
All the while, Silicon Valley's Santa Clara County lost 231,000 jobs, more than the State of Ohio. Tech employment is largely decreasing this year. Feels good to be hiring now.