In the wake of the new jobs numbers report this morning showing an increase of 162,000 jobs created in March and the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.7%, Republicans in Congress have been quick to point out that the news -- while encouraging -- is no reason to rejoice.

As you'll notice, most of the statements include the word "but" or a similar conjunction:

House Minority Leader John Boehner: "Today's private-sector job gains are encouraging but not nearly what President Obama promised when he signed the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus' into law last year with promises it would keep unemployment below eight percent and create jobs ‘immediately.'"

Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price: "New job opportunities for the American people are always welcome news, but we have still yet to see the robust private sector job creation the Obama administration promised would come from its $862 billion failed stimulus."

Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam: "In this economy, any increase in jobs is good news. But today's jobs numbers are the economic equivalent of cotton candy."

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor: "Any report showing that the economy added jobs is clearly a better alternative to one showing that it lost more jobs. Yet we must set our sights higher, our goals larger, and our actions bolder."

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