The Wall Street Journal

Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney called Friday’s jobs report “terrible,” as he accused the president’s policies of slowing the economic recovery. “It’s a terrible and very disappointing report this morning,” Mr. Romney said in an interview with Fox & Friends Friday morning. “We seem to be slowing down not speeding up. This is not progress.” Unemployment ticked down to 8.1% in April from 8.2%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Mitt Romney’s list of endorsements from top elected Republicans will grow on Monday when the No. 3 GOP leader in the House announces his support for the former Massachusetts governor. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), the House majority whip, will endorse Mr. Romney, according to an advance copy of the press release. The endorsement follows a week in which former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced his support of Mr. Romney and Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.)...

When generations of immigrants looked up and saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time, they surely had many questions and doubts about the life before them. Yet one thing they knew without a doubt—in America anything was possible, and their children would have a better life. That deep confidence in a better tomorrow is the basic promise of America. Today that promise is threatened by a faltering economy and a lack of presidential leadership

Should the 21st century be an American century? To answer, it is only necessary to contemplate the alternatives.

One much bruited these days is that of a Chinese century. With China’s billion-plus population, its 10% annual average growth rates, and its burgeoning military power, a China that comes to dominate Asia and much of the globe is increasingly becoming thinkable. The character of the Chinese government—one that marries aspects of the free market with suppression of political and personal freedom—would become a widespread and disquieting norm.

Those looking for the message in Mitt Romney’s new campaign ad need only watch the first three seconds.