As my colleague Phil Kein noted this morning, liberals are falling overthemselves to offer the lamest reasons we should ignore Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s strong jobs record. Matt Yglesias, not mentioned by Phil, arguably makes the most laughable claim. He actually argues that “robust job growth is a consequence of robust population growth.” Matt’s reasoning:

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