Obama Seeks to Capitalize on Jobless Drop After Debate

President Barack Obama seized on an unexpected decline in the unemployment rate to talk about an improving economy and reset his campaign after a tepid debate performance against Republican Mitt Romney.

“It’s a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now,” Obama said yesterday as he and Romney dueled over the report’s significance in Virginia, one of the states both campaigns see as crucial to deciding who wins the election.