DNC chair ‘pretty happy’ with the economic recovery

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who chairs the Democratic National Committee (DNC), described herself as “pretty happy” with the ongoing economic recovery — which prompted her Republican counterpart to suggest she’s been on Mars, or a “fantasy land.”

“I am pretty happy about straight 28 months of job growth in the private sector,” Wasserman Schultz said on Fox News Sunday when asked about the latest jobs report showing 8.2 percent unemployment nationally and 80,000 jobs created.

“Like I’ve said — we — and President Obama has said, we continue — we need to continue to improve and we need to do more and we need to work together,” Wasserman Schultz added when Fox News’ John Roberts pressed her about those figures. ” But I am pleased that the manufacturing has had a resurgence and created 500,000 jobs in the last 28 months.”